Care & Early Years at Wakefield College

Hear from student Emily about her time studying Childcare with us 👶💬

T-Level Eduaction and Early Years, year 2 participated in an outdoor learning session inspired by the Forest School approach, led by a FS leader. This outdoor session supported knowledge and skills within Performance Outcome 1, skills such as collaboration, active listening, problem solving and imagination were demonstrated by learners. Lots of fun had by many, including Sneezy the dragon! 🐉Education

The first year T-Levels for Education and Early Years have been learning about a range of occupations within the sector (Element 1: Wider Context). They have listened intently to a childminder guest speaker and asked questions to extend their knowledge and understanding of the role and responsibilities. They have also been working collaboratively to create their own collage occupations and used digital skills to create occupation road maps for their own career aspirations. They will be continuing their learning during further guest speakers that include a nanny, an early years educator and a senior children's library officer.

Well done to all our Care & Early years learners 🎉🎊

Students from Wakefield College are celebrating after the class of 2023 delivered another strong set of results👏
Read more: https://ow.ly/RJK150PApaK

Year 10 students enjoyed time in our childcare sessions this week. They took part in creating story time props using a range of creative materials.

Fantastic day had by our Care & Early Years at Wakefield College team

We are so proud of you Brook!

Going for gold 🥇

Level 1 Childcare and Early Years student, Brooke Lammas, has just returned from the Special Olympics World Games 2023, after winning gold with Great Britain's Field Hockey team 🏒

What an amazing achievement 👏

We are so proud of you Brooke! Winner!! 🥇

Going for gold 🥇

Level 1 Childcare and Early Years student, Brooke Lammas, has just returned from the Special Olympics World Games 2023, after winning gold with Great Britain's Field Hockey team 🏒

What an amazing achievement 👏

2nd year childcare learners celebrated their final day in college after two years of study with a trip to Scarborough. We wish them all luck on their next journey ☀️

So proud of our level 1 Childcare learner Brooke Lammas! 🏑 🥅

Good luck Brooke!!!

Special Olympics World Games 2023 pending...

Our Level 1 Childcare and Early Years student, Brooke Lammas, is gearing up to represent Great Britain in Field Hockey at the Games in Berlin this weekend 🏒

We're all rooting for you Brooke 👏

Read more about Brooke's story: https://ow.ly/7cW450OO0eO

Families and students had lots of fun at our Mayhem day Castleford College

Today is day 1 of Paediatric First Aid for all of our Level 3 Diploma and T -level Childcare and Education learners 🏥⛑️😷

It's almost May-Hem time!
Join us 31 May @ Castleford College for a variety of crafts, games, curriculum activities and historical learning🖍🏓
FREE entry for families 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦
More info: http://ow.ly/9y4J50OnISW

Our adult Level 3 childcare learners carried out craft activities with our level 1 childcare learners at Wakefield College today. This helps learners to aspire to higher level progression and for our learners to gain confidence in carrying out activities.

Today our Level 2 childcare learners went on a walk to find leaves to create a printing picture. This activity was observed to identify skills gained whilst they have been in their nursery placement.

The level one's have been manifesting some positivity this morning before the run up to their GCSE's in a few weeks! 🎉🥳

Level 1 and Level 3 Childcare learners collaborated today in our outdoor learning environment.
Level 3 lead a range of outdoor activities including bug hunts, den building and story telling 🍂⛺️🐜

This week, Level 3 Childcare learners have been on a trip to Yorkshire Wildlife Park.
They took part in a classroom workshop, carried out risk assessments and planned a range of activities for young child 🦒🐒🦘

Today level 1's took part in some upskilling sessions to enhance their knowledge in preparation for moving to level 2 Childcare in September! 🎉🥳

May-Hem is back for 2023. We have lots of activities on the day from both our CU learning destinations and college tutors.

Learning Destinations attending include RSPB Fairburn Ings and St Aidan's, Girlguiding Whitwood Division, Wakefield School of Tennis, Castleford Library, Renewi- Wakefield recycles, Castleford Heritage Trust, Wakefield Cathedral, Featherstone Rovers Foundation Charity , Hearts Collective, The Wonkey Donkey Visitor Centre ,Wakefield Museum and Wakefield Castle.

To register your interest for the event please follow the link below.
https://www.facebook.com/events/1554098138429042/?ref=newsfeed

Keep your eyes peeled for further updates this week about activities with our college departments that can be pre-booked.

Our Childcare level 3 diploma students have had an excellent day exploring Leeds City Museum and MathsCity

**WEATHER UPDATE – FRIDAY 10 MARCH 2023*

Due to the weather conditions and staff difficulties in travelling to some of our campuses, we have made the decision to close Wakefield College to students today. Please see our website for further notifications and stay safe.

The level 2 health and social care students have enjoyed exploring their emotions and using The Colour Monster Book to show how we can support children with their emotional development when looking at mental health and well-being.

Hello! My friend Kate Louise is fundraising for Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. Here’s their JustGiving page, if you’d like to donate:

Kate's page Help Kate Louise raise money to support Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

Some of our childcare students collected and delivered donations to Eastmoor community project. Thank you for all the donations 😊

Level 3 year 1 learners at Castleford completed a Christmas display 🎄❄️⛄️🎁

Level 3 childcare learners have been developing their creative skills using paper plates as the base.
The activities have been completed to give students the opportunities to experiment and practice before they plan and lead these in placement.

Our T level Education and Childcare students and level 3 Early Years Educator students spent the day at Normanton All Saints C of E infant school supporting children and their families to engage in Hygge inspired activities. What a great experience for our students to help set out the activities and support families to enjoy such a fantastic event. Can't wait for the next one!

Please donate anything you can to support another local charity 🎁🎄⛄️❄️

T level learners have created a door display focused on exposing children to print and highlighting links to holistic development such as, promoting a sense of belonging, children feeling safe linking to Marlow’s hierarchy of needs whilst creating an inviting and enabling environment

Some of our level 1 childcare learners took part in a Pilates and relaxation session to support them with understanding of a healthy lifestyle

Thank you to everyone who took part and for those who shared our page to raise funds and awareness for Beat Autism

Yesterday our Level 2 Health and social care learners took part in a fundraising activity, including taking part in Autism awareness activities and planning and taking part in craft activities that consider the importance of inclusion.
It’s not too late to donate to our charity this term, check out our other posts for more information 😊

Care & Early Years at Wakefield College staff joining in with our charity event today to raise funds and awareness for Beat Autism

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/laura-hopkins-2?utm_term=eZzjNaQjZ
We are excited to see all our learners in fancy dress today to raise money for Beat Autism
Please support our charity by sharing or clicking the link above and donating what you can :-)

Help raise £100 to Support Beat Autism Charity Weʼre raising money to Support Beat Autism Charity. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

We look forward to seeing all our learners in fancy dress on Monday to raise awareness and funds for this fantastic charity Beat Autism

Join in our fancy dress day at Care & Early Years at Wakefield College to raise awareness and funds for Beat Autism
We look forward to seeing all your creations 🧙‍♀️ 🎃 👻 🕷 🐈‍⬛