Action Kids Foundation Centre of Excellence

We are delighted to confirm the next A.C.E. training dates are in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire & Hatfield, Hertfordshire (details below)

Becoming an A.C.E. nursery is as easy as 1, 2, 3...

  1. Book 2 places at your preferred venue
  2. Choose 2 members of your team
  3. Look forward to enhancing your whole setting with inspired, motivated staff and children as they begin their 'active learning journey of a lifetime' .....

Training Course Details:

North venue:
Date: Monday 22nd March & Tuesday 23rd March
Venue: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
National Children’s Centre
Brian Jackson House
New North Parade
Huddersfield
HD1 5JP
Telephone: 01484 519988
Directions: Click here for directions
Parking: bus station car park 8am – 6pm, 80p per hour (pay at meter)
Times: 9.00am – 3.00pm (9.00am coffee, course starts 9.30am)

South Venue:
Date: Wednesday 31st March & Thursday 1st April
Venue: Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Breaks Manor Youth Centre
Link Drive, Hatfield,
Hertfordshire, AL10 8TP.
Telephone: 01707 263 201
Directions: Click here for directions Parking: on site
Times: 9.00am – 3.00pm (9.00am coffee, course starts 9.30am)

This is a practical course, so please come prepared to move about, in comfortable clothing; jogging bottoms, T-shirt and trainers would be ideal.
Drinks are available during the day and a light lunch will be provided.
Please let us know as soon as possible, if you have any special dietary requirements.

Click here to download and print the actions to the Action Kids Warm-up song.

What is the Action Kids Centre of Excellence (A.C.E.) Active Learning Journey?

An accredited Action Kids Centre of Excellence Active Learning Journey supports your early years provision through music, movement, games and imaginative play, by providing an exciting, inspiring and fun environment for children and staff. The innovative Action Kids Centre of Excellence (A.C.E.) approach offers a dynamic, certificated training programme, which promises to enhance your whole setting.

Staff development:

With an ongoing staff training, development & support programme; our core focus is on you, your staff and your children. Your staff will be trained to an exceptional standard and encouraged to be pro-active, motivated, thoughtful, better communicators, inspiring and approachable. As an Action Kids Practitioner, they will understand the key areas of a child’s physical development and will be fully qualified to deliver the Action Kids movement play activities. In addition, they will develop the necessary skills to observe and assess each child’s progress ensuring they provide appropriate levels of challenge and create a real sense of achievement for both themselves and the children in their care.

Developing all your children (0-7yrs):

Action Kids activities access all six areas of learning and development in the EYFS guidance and are fully inclusive, educational and fun. A.C.E. can encourage a wealth of opportunities to help root the foundations from which children flourish and begin to realise their own potential. Action Kids is physical activity based and naturally opens up opportunities for learning. It provides children with feelings of success and achievement from the outset, whilst broadening their experiences and skills. Action Kids encourage each child’s power to think, feel, do, know, understand, represent and express whilst promoting care and respect for themselves, each other and the environment around them. Through daily Action Kids activities, children develop their speaking and listening skills, extend their vocabulary, converse and increase their non-verbal communication skills. As with all Val Sabin’s programmes, each activity has been carefully designed to include exercises for essential brain stimulation, to enhance the efficiency of the cerebellar-vestibular system.

"The Action Kids programme is an excellent way for children to exercise both body and mind, learn about values, the world & develop their physical, creative, social and emotional capabilities in a fun and friendly environment."

Neil Bangs, Senior Lecturer, Middlesex University for Academic Superstars.

"The children can't wait to do Action Kids and they are always a lot calmer after they have done the activities. There is always someone singing a song from Action Kids even when we are not doing it. It is a great learning experience for our children and staff".

Zoe Holmes, Manger of Apple Tree Day Nursery (Action Kids Centre of Excellence), Halifax, West Yorkshire.

Action Kids invite you to become an A.C.E. Nursery.

Come and dive into our magical world of now!! Sing your song of sixpence, dance around your fairy cottage, entice your tastebuds as you bake your very own warming loaf of fun from Recipe and Run. You don’t have to have a big space, you don’t need a huge pot of money!

To enter the prize draw you can visit us on stand 180 at the Nursery World Show or complete the ACE enquiry form. Thank you.

Click here to complete our Centre of Excellence Enquiry Form

If you are from a Private Day Nursery, Pre-school Playgroup, Pre-school or School and would like to become an Action Kids Foundation Centre of Excellence please read on.

What is an Action Kids Foundation Centre of Excellence?

Apple Day Nursery

An accredited Action Kids Foundation Centre of Excellence (A.C.E.) provides experienced, well trained staff who use Action Kids activities to deliver the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum. The comprehensive Action Kids movement play programmes fit into the six areas of learning and development in the EYFS guidance and are fully inclusive, educational and fun.

Through music, movement, games, creative storytelling and imaginative play, children develop their physical, creative, social and emotional capabilities in a fun and friendly environment. They also develop a knowledge and understanding of the world, experience and develop communication language and literacy, and practise their problem solving reasoning and numeracy.

"The children just love to do the Giants and Fairies. They can't wait to do Action Kids and they are always a lot calmer after they have done the activities. There is always someone singing a song from Action Kids even when we are not doing it. It is a great learning experience for our children.

Our nursery is very happy with the results and benefits from the Action Kids Centre of Excellence programme. We feel it has complemented the routine and structure of the day. Action Kids is a credit to Apple Tree and we would highly recommend it to all nurseries."

Zoe Holmes, Manger Apple Tree Day Nursery.

What are the advantages of becoming an Action Kids Foundation Centre of Excellence (A.C.E.)?

Apple Day Nursery

Action Kids activities access, directly or indirectly, over 90% of all the Early Learning Goals for the Government's EYFS Curriculum, encouraging children to become confident, capable and creative learners through an emphasis on relevant and motivating activities that are fun to do. Becoming an Action Kids Foundation Centre of Excellence will ensure your setting gains the essential knowledge and experience required to deliver the sessions. It will enable you to deliver Action Kids in a flexible way to suit your environment, reaching all the children as frequently as possible for maximum benefit. Action Kids can be tailored to suit any setting e.g. small or large spaces, small or large groups, indoor or outdoor, carpet time, anytime!

How do we become an Action Kids Foundation Centre of Excellence (A.C.E.)?

In order to achieve the A.C.E. status, the first stage is for at least two members of staff to become Action Kids Practitioners by attending the initial 2 day training course. The 'Core Training' on Day 1 covers all the principles and teaches the fundamental concepts of Action Kids, focusing on Early Years physical progression and development. The 'Session Plan Training' on Day 2 focuses on the weekly session plans for the following term. During the first year, 2 further 'Session Plan Training' days must be attended to complete the initial training programme.

In year 2 (and subsequent years) one 'Annual Training' day must be attended each year to retain your A.C.E. accreditation and an optional training/refresher day is also available.

In addition, for a monthly membership subscription your setting will become a member of the Action Kids Foundation and will receive:

Girl throwing ball

What are the costs?

Apple Day Nursery

Initial set up £450 which includes:

(Flexible payment options available)

Details of continuous support and training for your membership subscription:

For a set monthly membership subscription, which could cost as little as 12p per child per day* you will receive all the benefits listed above.

* based on setting with 26 places for 5 morning & 5 afternoon sessions, total 52 children, if open for NEF 38 weeks. Day Nurseries open more than 38 weeks - cost per session is less.

What about training?

For Action Kids 'Centre of Excellence' settings, a full support package of ongoing training and development is available.

Initially to gain your ACE accreditation, 2 or more* members of staff will attend the 'Year 1' training programme to become Action Kids Practitioners. During this time your setting will be 'working towards' ACE accreditation.

In Year 2 (and subsequent years) your Action Kids Practitioners must attend at least 1 'annual training day' to retain your ACE accreditation.

* additional staff can be included in the training programme for a small charge per course.

Details of Training Days


Year One

Day 1 Day 2
August Core Training Programme
(1 day)		 Session Plan Training
(1 day)
November Core Training Programme
(1 day)		 Session Plan Training
(1 day)
March Core Training Programme
(1 day)		 Session Plan Training
(1 day)

(The above Core Training and Session plan Training days are run as a block 2 day course.)

Year One - working towards A.C.E. accreditation

Action Kids with scarves

Regardless of start date, each practitioner must complete 4 days of training over a 12 month period:

In the first year each practitioner must attend:

Please note, there are 3 possible Core Training Days to attend each year. Each Core Training Day is the same, therefore it is only necessary to attend one.

The 3 individual Session Plan Training Days are all different. They run over a period of a year and cover the entire Action Kids session plan programme. Therefore it is essential all 3 days are attended in the first year.

Year Two (and subsequent years)


August Annual Training Day
November Annual Training Day
March Annual Training Day
January Optional Training Day
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Year 2 - to retain A.C.E. accreditation

In the 2nd year of training (and in subsequent years) it is compulsory to attend one annual training day to retain your Action Kids Centre of Excellence accreditation.

The Compulsory day is run at 3 different times throughout the year (August, November and March).

In Addition there is a 2nd day of training available which is optional.

Additional Training Programmes

To enhance your Action Kids programme, the following training is currently available:

Please contact us for details of prices for additional courses

*An additional monthly membership subscription licence required

Training Dates for 2009/10


Monday 23rd November 2009 Practitioner Course
Monday 22nd March 2010 Core Training Day
Tuesday 23rd March 2010 Session Plan Training Day

August and November 2009 dates to be confirmed.

(Please note these dates are subject to change)

Will we need to buy equipment?

TJ Action Kids James

You may already have a cupboard full of equipment which can be used for the activities and we can show you how to use it. If you have little or no equipment we will provide you with a list of basic essentials and details of suppliers.

As you can see, being an Action Kids Foundation Centre of Excellence will be a hugely rewarding experience, offering you a unique opportunity to implement this exceptional physical development programme. A programme highly regarded by teachers and constantly sought after by parents.

The Action Kids programme is proven, the training & support programme is of an exceptionally high standard and the costs are kept to a minimum, to allow you to make your Action Kids Setting a high quality, successful & profitable business.

To enquire please complete our A.C.E. enquiry form or phone 01604 580974 for more information.

Click here to complete our Centre of Excellence Enquiry Form

ACTION KIDS FURTHER DEVELOPMENT DAY

FOR EXPERIENCED ACTION KIDS PRACTITIONERS WHO HAVE ALREADY ATTENDED THE 2-DAY ACTION KIDS PRACTITIONER COURSE

Course Objectives:

This is a comprehensive and thought-provoking course which explores new material from the Action Kids range of publications.

Course participants experience a wide range of activities from these varied materials and as part of the National Course Fee, will receive the "Sound and Music" and "Parachute Play" sections from the Action Kids 600 manual, some example sessions from the Action Kids After-School Clubs manual, the last 2 weeks of the Activate 5 programme and the complete Action Kids 162 Parachute Games manual. These are accompanied by 3 CDs of music.

Please link through to Val Sabin Publications website for more details about the specific materials mentioned.

To enquire or to make a booking, please phone 01604 580974 for more information.



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