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Outdoor play in the early years - CACHE endorsed

Online CACHE endorsed CPD short course for early years practitioners


Laser Learning

Summary

Price
£25 inc VAT
Study method
Online
Duration
2 hours · Self-paced
Access to content
Lifetime access
Qualification
No formal qualification
Achievement
Endorsed by NCFE CACHE
Certificates
  • Certificate of completion - Free
  • NCFE CACHE endorsed e-Certificate - £4.99

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Overview

This CACHE endorsed short introduces play and learning opportunities that can be facilitated outdoors.

Discover the benefits of outdoor play to a child’s life, gain ideas for activities, and understand how to encourage children to expand and develop their imaginative play outdoors. Additionally, you will learn how to review current outdoor play provision, plan a new space, and help children to manage risk.

Achievement

Endorsed by NCFE CACHE

Resources

  • e-Book: Encouraging positive behaviour in a learning environment - download
  • e-Book: Understanding cognitive development in children - download

Description

Learning outcomes

  • You will gain an appreciation of the outdoor environment and the opportunities it offers for healthy development
  • You will know how to encourage children and young people to develop their imaginative play outdoors
  • You will be able to review their current outdoor play provision and identify improvements

Advantages of this course

  • It is often reported that children nowadays are spending less time outside than ever before, and so this course will help practitioners to encourage children and young people to spend more time playing and exploring in a natural environment
  • Discuss the benefits and necessity of outdoor play, and feel confident in passing this on to children, young people, and their families
  • You will be given a number of suggested outdoor activities, along with advice for balancing risk and opportunity when planning activities
  • Websites and video resources looking at outdoor play are included in this lesson
  • Additional activities encourage you to reflect on your learning
  • There is also suggested extended reading that gives both practical information and links to websites to expand knowledge

On successful completion of this course, you will receive a Laser e-Certificate (included in the course price). You will also have the option of purchasing a CACHE Endorsed e-Certificate for an additional £4.99.

Endorsement statement: Our short course has been reviewed by a Subject Specialist and endorsed by CACHE demonstrating the quality and rigor. This is an unregulated programme and is not a nationally recognised qualification.

After purchasing this course on Reed, a customer service representative from Laser Learning will email you with instructions on how to access your course on the Laser Short Course website.

If the purchase was made within business hours, you should expect your email within 1-2 hours. If your purchase was made outside of business hours, you should expect your email the next working day.

Requirements

Early years practitioners working in a range of settings.

Questions and answers


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Carol asked:

Hi. I am interested in this course. I home Educate my daughter and I am passionate about outdoor and learning. Is this course suitable for me?

Answer:

Hello Carol, thanks for your question. Good to hear from you. I believe the course would be relevant to you and give you lots of ideas. I suppose it was written for a nursery or primary setting in the main, but the same principles will apply.

This was helpful. Thank you for your feedback.

Certificates

Certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

NCFE CACHE endorsed e-Certificate

Digital certificate - £4.99

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FAQs

Study method describes the format in which the course will be delivered. At Reed Courses, courses are delivered in a number of ways, including online courses, where the course content can be accessed online remotely, and classroom courses, where courses are delivered in person at a classroom venue.

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An endorsed course is a skills based course which has been checked over and approved by an independent awarding body. Endorsed courses are not regulated so do not result in a qualification - however, the student can usually purchase a certificate showing the awarding body's logo if they wish. Certain awarding bodies - such as Quality Licence Scheme and TQUK - have developed endorsement schemes as a way to help students select the best skills based courses for them.