Online Sessions

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Clare’s Online Training & Resources

Clare offers interactive live training designed for educators and play advocates. Choose from one-off sessions for focused insights or multi-unit courses that explore concepts in greater depth.

Flexible Learning Options:

  • Live Sessions – Engage in real-time, ask questions, and connect with others.
  • Recorded Sessions – Can't join live? Access recordings to watch at your convenience.

These sessions are designed for ease of access, affordability, and meaningful learning – no travel required!

Clare also shares her expertise on online summits and podcasts, collaborating with organisations across the UK, Ireland and beyond.

How to Do Play & Observation Series

This step-by-step recorded training provides practical and transformative strategies to help you embed high-quality play and observation practice into your setting. Each module consists of 75-minute live sessions, with a focus on implementation between sessions to ensure meaningful progress.

To book any of these courses, please contact clare@claredevlin.org

"We have enjoyed this training so much and have had much to reflect on for steadily changing practice and provision. Wonderful to see joy put back into play, the way it was whenever I started teaching over 30 years ago and before it was strangled with copious planning, contrived structure and endless learning intentions.        
Joy for teacher as well as pupil!!" Ruth

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How to do Play

Find out more about this course and what it will include by clicking the Read More button below.

This play module will include the following units. The programme is delivered as a package and cannot be sold as separate units:

  • Setting up the Environment & Managing Play 
  • World Around Us through Play 
  • Maths through Play 
  • Question & Answer session 
  • Creativity through play 
  • Physical Development and Movement through play 
  • Language & Literacy through play 
  • Evaluating & Making the Learning visible 

Time: Each session lasts 1 hour 15 mins 

Cost: £560 & VAT per school

Audience:  Practitioners working with children age 4-8 years

To book this course, contact Clare Devlin


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How to do Outdoor Learning

Find out more about this course and what it will include by clicking the Read More button below.

This module is divided into four units and will include the following:

  • Setting up the outdoor environment – importance of zones, storage and “boutiquing” 
  • Delving into learning possibilities in key outdoor zones 
  • Building up your continuous provision -
  • How to evaluate and plan for extended learning outdoors 

Time: Each session lasts 1 hour 15 mins 

Cost: £320 & VAT per school 

Audience:  Practitioners working with children age 3-8 years

To book this course, contact Clare Devlin

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How to do Observation

Find out more about this course and what it will include by clicking the Read More button below.

This module is divided into two units and will include the following:

Unit 1: 
Introduction to 3 stage process of observing, assessing and planning

  • Examining observation, documentation and assessment formats 
  • Practicing the observation & assessment process 
  • Managing the observation & assessment process in settings

Unit 2: 

  • Question & Answer session re implementation of process
  • Addressing the correlation between involvement, wellbeing and children's learning
  • Closer look at connection between observation, assessment and planning for learning 
  • Distinction and correlation between observation and evaluation of learning 

Time: Each session lasts 1 hour 15 mins

Cost: £160 & VAT per school/setting

Audience:  Practitioners working with children age 2-8 years

To book this course, contact Clare Devlin

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The Power of Play for Older Children

Find out more about this webinar and what it will include by clicking the Read More button below.

This webinar will include:

  • A focus on play for 6-11 year olds
  • Strategies to plan for and evaluate the learning
  • The most versatile materials
  • The role of the adult
  • How adults need to play too in order to better understand the possibilities for learning

Time: 75 mins

(Recording of session will be made available for 3 weeks)

Cost: £80 & VAT

Audience:  Practitioners working with children age 6-11 years

To book this course, contact Clare Devlin

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Planning in Nursery & PreSchool

Find out more about this course and what it will include by clicking the Read More button below.

This online planning programme is designed to support practitioners develop and implement a planning process that follows the curriculum in a child-centred approach.
 

  • All planning documents provided (Long Term plans for 6 curriculum areas, sample medium- and short-term plans)
  • Each session is live
  • Recording of session available for 3 weeks
  • eBook provided with supporting images

The programme is delivered as a package and will include the following units:

Planning for PSE

Planning for WAU

Planning for The Arts

Planning for Physical Development

Planning for Maths

Planning for Language

Time: 90 mins

Cost: £480 + VAT per setting

Audience:  Practitioners working with 3-4 year olds

To book this course, contact Clare Devlin

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Summits and Podcasts

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Play Summits - Inspiring Ideas, Deep Conversations, Meaningful Change

Bringing together educators, practitioners, and play advocates for thought-provoking discussions, expert insights, and practical strategies—all designed to champion the power of play.

Boutiquing in Early Years Settings and Schools Investigative Play - Spot Light Talk with Clare Devlin

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Clare on Air: Conversations That Matter

A collection of podcasts featuring Clare’s insights on play, learning, observations and child development.

Why are Observations an essential component of early years practice?

https://youtu.be/7LChwU0jPdQ

What does early years maths look like?

https://youtu.be/2V-Qb0yS-xw

Testimonial

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"Your online course has been so inspiring!"

Julie Thompson

The ‘How to Do Play’ online training series with Clare Devlin has been invaluable — full of practical ideas and strategies that I am excited to share with colleagues and implement in my own practice. Clare encourages you to take something from each session and try it out, providing clear steps and guidance to help you succeed. I have gained so much from her expertise and support, and I look forward to working with her again in the future. 

Hannah

St Patrick’s PS, Newry

Get In Touch

For more information on any of the workshops, training programmes or services offered by Clare Devlin – Education Consultancy, please visit our Online Sessions , Live Events and Coaching pages, or don't hesitate to get in touch.

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