CLPL Currently on Offer

February 2024

Course Overview

  • Venue: University of Strathclyde (via Teams)
  • Dates:
    • 1st February - Learning Process
    • 8th February - Learning Environments
    • 22nd February - Observations
    • 29th February - Documentation
    • 7th March - Adult Role
    • 14th March - Planning
  • Time: 17:15-17:35
  • Cost: £8 per session or £40 for all 6 sessions
  • Apply via our Online Shop to pay by card, or via our Application Form - Bitesize

Delivering the session: Deirdre Grogan and Charlotte Bowes 

Deirdre Grogan and Charlotte Bowes will be presenting bite-size training to support play pedagogy within the early years. Each session will last for twenty minutes and will focus on three key points. Participants can opt to attend all the sessions or select to attend one session.

This course is suitable for the following participants: anyone involved in the development of play pedagogy

March 2024

Course Overview

Delivering the session: Deirdre Grogan and Charlotte Bowes 

This conference is a great opportunity to listen to a variety of speakers talking about play beyond primary 1.  The keynote presentation  will focus on why play is important for children within the middle and upper primary. 

There will also be a variety of workshops sharing effective practice, examples of planning, organisation for learning and children as leaders within the middle and upper primary.

There will be opportunities to Discover, Design and Discuss.

This course is suitable for the following participants: anyone with an interest in developing play beyond primary 1

May 2024

Course Overview

  • Venue: University of Strathclyde (via Teams)
  • Dates:
    • 2nd May - ‘The Creative Zone’
    • 16th May - ‘The Discovery Zone’
    • 30th May - ‘The Social Zone’
    • 6th June - ‘The Outdoor Zone’
  • Time: 16:30-16:50
  • Cost: £8 per session or £28 for all 4 sessions
  • Apply via our Online Shop to pay by card, or via our Application Form - Pockets of Play
  • Contact: Jan Bissett

Delivering the session: Deirdre Grogan and Charlotte Bowes 

Each session will examine in detail the design, organisation, and materials of each zone with the children’s interests and learning in mind. It is vital that the play materials are located in such a way that children can make informed choices and connections in their learning. Examples will be shared with reflective questions to support practitioners to implement changes linked to how young children learn.

This course is suitable for the following participants: anyone working in early years - early childcare to primary 3

Course Overview

Delivering the session: Jane Catlin

This offering involves two interactive online sessions designed to support creative approaches to inclusion. These sessions are participatory so participants should come prepared to do some low stakes drawing, and to have their Zoom cameras switched on to unleash the power of drawing for learning and fun in your classroom. 

Whether you are you a habitual drawer, doodler, or, whether you would say “but I cannae draw the curtains!” this forum might be for you. We will discuss the benefits drawing can bring to everyone’s mental wellbeing, why it is an important thinking tool for learning, and how it extends and enhances children’s literacy skills. We will discuss current research evidence on why drawing is a powerful memory tool which can be used across every curricular area. You will participate in some practical drawing activities that can be easily applied into your classroom practice and that change your perceptions about what drawing is for. This CLPL activity will be especially useful for practitioners working in multilingual classrooms, and working with learners who struggle with traditional approaches to literacy.

This course is suitable for the following participants: early years practitioners; primary teachers; secondary teachers; any child care or community arts setting; Further Education lecturers; policy makers (expressive arts, literacy, creativity, CfE)

Course Overview

Delivering the session: Deirdre Grogan and Charlotte Bowes 

This online twilight session will explore the intent, implementation & impact of play-based pedagogy at Early, First & Second Level. The ‘12 R model’ of pedagogical leadership will be used as a scaffold to combine the theory & practice of optimal playful environments, whilst providing participants with a ‘7 Steps to Success’ takeaway to inspire changes within their own setting. The provision will include a refresher on Deirdre & Charlotte’s ‘A-G of Playful Planning’ approach & a guest input from James Cook, Head of Cawdor Primary, detailing his whole-school approach to high-quality play.