EYE SUPPLEMENT Student Spotlight: Influencing lives

Lily’s course involves full-time study for three years plus one year in paid employment. It includes over 1,200 placement hours in a wide range of early years settings. Her fourth year comprises employment as a newly qualified nanny, alongside the final module of the Norland diploma. (Students now study the BA (Hons) Early Childhood Education and Care and Norland diploma.)

I am currently a student at Norland in Bath. I am studying for a BA (Hons) degree in Early Years Development and Learning as well as the Norland diploma. A typical week at Norland comprises four academic lectures covering a variety of topics such as: physical development, working with families and reflective practice. Alongside this, we have a sewing lecture, practical food and nutrition sessions, an online food and nutrition session (we cover topics such as hygienic practice, allergies and food intolerances) and masterclasses that cover topping and tailing, making up cots, brain development and potty training. I have also had the privilege of attending multiple guest lectures over my three years at Norland on a broad range of topics such as food preferences, exploring representation of LGBTQIA+ identities in practice, supporting diversity and inclusion, leadership and supporting bilingual children.