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Working with Children in Early Years and Primary Settings Level 2

Students working with toys in our Early Years classroom.
Getting Ahead

Working with Children in Early Years and Primary Settings Level 2 Certificate (Pre-T Level) at Alton Campus

Welcome to the Getting Ahead work for Level 2 Working with Children in Early Years and Primary Settings! We’re so excited to meet you, and look forward to guiding you in this wonderful and rewarding career path. In preparation for your journey into Further Education with HSDC Alton, we think it is important that you think and prepare for your learning before you start with us in September.

To enable you to have a positive start, a better understanding of your course and the units you will study, we would like you to complete the following work over the summer and email it back to us.

Please email all of your completed work to katie.clarke@alton.hsdc.ac.uk.

We look forward to reading your work and meeting you in September!

Students working with toys in our Early Years classroom.

Look at CBeebies bedtime stories on the internet or on CBeebies on the TV at 6.50pm.

View several different presenters and then write a reflection on how they read the story.

Write an account of your experiences with children and reflect on what skills you think you have for working with children and what skills you think you may need to improve.

Meet your Teachers

  • Katie Clarke

  • Sally Hughes

  • Karen Parish

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Your Learning Space

*This is a representation of your learning space and may not be the exact room you will be using

My time at the college was definitely life changing, I have learnt a lot of new skills, and obviously it’s a completely new experience. The support was great, there was always people there to help and try make it as easy as they can for you. The college is really fantastic, it has helped me on the way to get to what I want to achieve within my career goals.

Erin Morgan, BTEC student

I’m very, very happy, I didn’t expect to do so well. The College has been helpful and supportive. I loved my courses, and the teachers were really good – every single one of them. The facilities are great, but it’s the staff that really make this place.

Matthew Randell, A Level student

Everyone at the College was really helpful, and there’s lots of facilities, meaning it’s very easy to get your work done on time, and get good grades. The teaching and support was excellent, they were always on top of it, and made sure you got work done on time and you were challenged. Everyone is friendly and its really diverse, meaning you can get involved in lots of different things.

Conor Ward, BTEC student