Early Excellence Podcast

Hayley Coupe, from Holmgate Primary School in Derbyshire, joins us for this week’s podcast episode. As part of our conversation, Hayley shares her recent experience of the inspection process.

• Stay up to date with our Senior Leader Termly Briefing
• Join us at one our our Early Excellence Roadshow events
• Listen to The Early Excellence Head-to-Head Podcast

Does your practice reflect the value of self-regulation? In this week’s episode, we’re joined by members of the senior team from Rawmarsh Nursery School in Rotherham as we explore the vital importance of nurturing self-regulation skills. 

• Access training on Child Development including Self-Regulation
• Become an Early Excellence Partner School
• Explore Continuous Provision Inside Out

Tamsin Grimmer joins us for this week’s episode as we discuss the importance of a loving pedagogy and explore how schools and settings can implement this approach.

• Find out more about Tamsin’s work
• Access Continuous Provision Inside Out
• Join us for one of our many Early Excellence Roadshow events

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How effective is your dough area? In this week’s episode, we’re joined by our very own Llewella Ivins as we explore some key considerations.

• Find out more about our Inside Out suite of materials
• Explore our curated resources for your Dough Area
• Discover our Free Audits and Planning Guides

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This week we’re joined by Llewella Ivins, Early Excellence Curriculum Consultant, as we discuss the benefits that sand play provides for young children and also how to create an inspirational sand area in your setting.

• Read our Blog "The Importance of the Sand Area in Indoor Continuous Provision"
• Find out more about creating an effective wet sand area with Inside Out
• Find out more about creating an effective dry sand area with Inside Out

In this week’s episode, we revisit Manor Wood Foundation Stage in Leeds to hear all about their wonderfully creative, child-centred approaches in the EYFS.

• Listen to part 1 of our interview with the Manor Wood team
• Read our blog on Building on Children’s Interests
• Develop your practice with Early Excellence

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This week we’re joined by Clare King, one of our Curriculum Consultants at Early Excellence. We discuss the key principles of effective continuous provision and how to put these principles into practice.

• Take a virtual classroom tour of the Early Excellence learning environments
• Find out more about our Inside Out suite of support materials
• Download our free continuous provision audit tool

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Summer Re-Release Episode - September is a crucial time for your practice, so for this week’s episode, Andy & Llewella explore the key things for you to remember at the start of this school year. Recorded for September 2022

• Join our Free ECT Webinar
• Explore all our Upcoming Training

Summer Re-Release Episode - We’re joined by Nicky Turner the Early Years Lead for the Astrea Academy Trust. As part of our conversation, we explore what we mean by cultural capital in the early years.

• Read our Blog "All About Building on Children’s Interests"
• Access Training on How to Explore and Develop Children’s Interests
• Watch our Free Training Video on Developing High Quality Domestic Role Play Provision 

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Summer Re-Release Episode - This week, Andy and Llewella explore how too many weekly enhancements can be an unhelpful part of practice and consider what the alternatives are.

• Explore our webinar "Too Much Provision, Not Enough Teaching"
• Order a copy of our Guide to Continuous Provision
• Read our Blog "What is Continuous Provision?"
• Listen to our "Building on Children’s Interests in the EYFS" podcast