Training | Woodwork CPD
Price
The price listed is for international participants for a group of up to 10 (£500). Additional pricing options are available for international participants and UK participants.
International Participants:
a. Individual licence £120
b. Group of up to 25 £950
The cost you pay in your currency will be based on the exchange rate at the time of booking.
UK Participants:
a. Individual: £120 plus VAT
b. School/nursery group up to 10: £500 plus VAT
c. School/nursery group up to 25: £950 plus VAT
d. School/nursery group of 25+: POA contact Irresistible Learning for more information
e. Local authority courses: POA contact Irresistible Learning for more information
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Facilitator
Pete Moorhouse
This masterclass course draws on over 20 years experience of providing woodwork to young children. It draws upon extensive international research in many countries including Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, Finland, Denmark and USA and my research on the Big Bang research project at Bristol University – evaluating the impact of woodwork on children’s learning and development. Pete has presented research at several international conferences such as OMEP, BECERA, IAEC.
Pete is the author of ‘Learning Through Woodwork’ (Routledge 2018), Pete has written several books and had many articles and papers published in educational journals.
Introducing Woodwork in Early Childhood Education
Professional development training.
This online course comprises of a set of recorded videos that those enrolled can stream and a comprehensive collection of handouts and course notes that can be downloaded. You will require a reasonable internet connection. This gives participants the freedom undertake the CPD where and at a time that is most suitable.
This in-depth course provides everything you need in order to safely introduce woodwork in early childhood settings. Comprising of 8 training videos, a selection of handouts and in-depth guidance for a hands-on practical session to experience the most suitable woods and tools before you start to introduce woodwork to children. The tutor has over 20 years of experience of providing woodwork to young children. He is the author of Learning Through Woodwork (Routledge) and has undertaken extensive international research.
Unit 1 – An introduction to the course. The historical and current context. Equal opportunities.
Unit 2 – Theory: Associated learning and development
Unit 3 – Introduction to tools, wood, resources and workbenches
Unit 4 – How to set up a woodwork area and manage the provision
Unit 5 – Health and safety and risk assessment. Parents
Unit 6 – Longer term and collaborative projects, primary progression, makerspaces
Unit 7 – 20 top tips and concluding comments
Unit 8 – Practical: Guidance for practitioner hands-on experience
Currently around the world we are seeing a surge of renewed interest in woodwork and we are seeing an ever increasing number of settings embed woodwork within their practice. There is something so special about working with wood, the smell and feel of wood, using real tools, which all go to captivate young children and we see extraordinary levels of sustained engagement and focus. Hands, minds and hearts working together. Woodwork incorporate all areas of learning, particularly developing children’s core dispositions to learning as well as their creative and critical thinking skills. Physical development, mathematical thinking, mark-making, literacy, scientific thinking, STEM, communication, collaboration and design thinking all are incorporated in the magic of woodwork.
The emphasis of the course is on ‘creative’ woodwork, with children learning how to use tools safely and then going on to make what they want to make. I see wood as just another material with which children can express their imagination. Wood is not the easiest material to work with and it certainly throws up lots of challenges, but when children are making what they want to make they have the intrinsic motivation to persevere, to problem solve, and resolve their ideas. In this way woodwork is truly exceptional for developing children’s creative and critical thinking skills, as well as core dispositions such as taking risks and persistence, and thus builds children’s self-esteem, confidence and a sense of agency.
Woodwork, time and time again, has proved to be exceptional for engaging certain children who typically find it hard to focus and concentrate. Their curiosity is captured and woodwork becomes the key that unlocks their learning as they thrive and flourish at the woodwork bench.
The course explains the most suitable tools and woods and how to introduce them safely. We look at progression and how to safely manage your provision. There is an in-depth explanation of the value of woodwork – exploring the pedagogical context focusing on all areas of children’s learning an development. We look closely at the health and safety and measures we need to put in place to ensure woodwork is safe, understand risk assessment and how to best respond to possible parents concerns. Examples of longer term projects are provided and there is detailed guidance for a practical session before you start to introduce woodwork to children. The course is comprehensive, the video format enabling me to provide even more content than when delivered face to face.
The course is aimed at all early childhood educators; teachers, support staff, childminders, headteachers, local authority advisors, and students. It is suitable for everyone irrespective of the specific curriculum or approach followed so whether you follow the EYFS, Curriculum for Excellence, or IB PY, or you are a Montessori, Froebelia,n or Reggio inspired setting, the course will be highly relevant for you.
On completion of this accredited course there is a very short simple assessment form to complete and then your CPD certificate will be issued.
What is Included
- Set of 8 training videos (approx 1 hour each)
- Course notes, with links and discussion/reflection prompts
Comprehensive Set of 18 Handouts
- Woodwork equipment and suppliers
- Health and safety checklist
- Example woodwork risk assessment
- Example letter to reassure parents
- Woodwork booklist
- Specific booklist with positive role models for girls using tools
- Health, safety and risk guidance summary
- Learning and development summary
- Woodwork and curriculum
- Woodwork learning outcomes
- Mathematical thinking through woodwork
- Progression in woodwork
- 20 top woodworking tips
- Nails and screws
- Soft start – balsa wood and alternatives
- Physical and anatomical development
- Instructions to make your own workbench!
- CPD Certificate (on completion of short simple assessment)
- 20% discount voucher on the book – Learning Through Woodwork
- Post course support: For group bookings – option of a follow up consultation by zoom. For individuals follow up questions answered by email
- Invitation to participate in the Big Bang research project
Training | Woodwork CPD
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