DAY 1: Preparing to Set Up a Homebased Childcare Business:

• Understanding the law, developing skills for good business management, marketing your business, finance, health and safety and developing effective partnerships with parents are some of the many aspects covered during this tutor-led day

• At the end of Day 1 participants will be set four private study tasks.  These tasks are an important aspect of the course and will focus on whether you have acquired Day 1 knowledge needed for practice.  You will need to set a minimum of  five hours for completion of these home study tasks (full resources provided) to be submitted at Day 2
  
  

DAY 2: Preparing to work as a homebased educator:

• This tutor led day enables you to understand the characteristics for young children’s effective learning and the provision of educational activities matched to children’s interests for the attainment of their early learning goals. There will also be DVD presentations promoting related techniques towards establishing effective daily routines at the home-based setting. 

• You will be set three home study improvement tasks, which when completed you may share at your Ofsted registration visit
  
  

DAY 3: The Early Years Foundation Stage in Action: (non-compulsory, but HIGHLY recommended)

• This half day external learning experience takes place at the Chelwood Nursery School – rated outstanding by Ofsted.  An opportunity to observe exceptional adult/child relationships and how staff plan and promote children’s individual learning needs in the Early Years Foundation Stage
• We then move across to attend the registered childminders network meeting at Chelwood House meeting room 
  
  

DAY 4: Preparing to Deliver the Statutory Learning and Development Requirements:

• This day introduces the critical tools childminders will use to show how young children are learning and achieving at their homebased setting.  We cover the statutory requirements as set down and engage in the practical the skills for recording, assessing and tracking every child’s learning across the Early Years Foundation Stage seven key learning areas