LIVE ONLINE: The Power of Touch for Primary settings (Afternoon 1.30-3.30pm)

Course date: 13th Nov 2025

From the moment we are born to the final days of our lives, touch acts as a central aspect of
the human experience — impacting our physical, mental and emotional health, and quite
literally shaping the way we go through our lives.

  • Newborns that are given nurturing touch grow faster and have more improved mental
    and motor skill development.
  • Children raised with more physical interaction tended to be less aggressive and
    violent.
  • Partners who cuddle have been shown to have lower stress levels and blood
    pressure and improved immune function.
  • Elderly people who receive the soothing, affirming experience of touch have been
    shown to better handle the process of aging and passing with dignity.

Tony Robbins

https://www.tonyrobbins.com/blog/the-power-of- touch?srsltid=AfmBOopQc66hjk5VYJ95f_qaN2vt67eTqIK6vWj8xTsYH9rFrxZhSFym

£125.00 + VAT (20%)

Target Group: ALNCOs, ELSAs, LSAs, TAs, YR1 - YR6 Teachers

Course objectives

The course will cover:
  • The benefits of touch
  • Touch and safeguarding
  • Touch and Neuroscience
  • Touch and Nurture/Attachment
  • Positive Touch
  • Touch Programmes

Course Presenter: Angela Coates

EARLY YEARS / WELLBEING – Angela Coates is an Independent Educational Consultant and part time Advisory Teacher with over twenty years of experience working in the early years and primary setting.
Angela has spent the last twelve years in the Nurture Unit where she developed a reputation for successfully managing the most challenging classes. Angela Coates’ role as a part of running the Nurture unit included advisory work for Mainstream Schools and SLT duties predominantly dealing with Safeguarding and pastoral care/family liaison. Pupils in her care attended both settings. Therefore, she has experience of overseeing the fusion of Nurture and Mainstream classes. Angela now runs training courses for schools/parents/educational bodies etc. She has her own business page https://www.facebook.com/thenurturepro  where by she coaches Teachers and parents in supporting ALN. Angela’s main degree was in Language and Communication. She is an NGN (Nurture UK) qualified Nurture Teacher and level 3 OCN Forest School practitioner. She is Group Theraplay(R) trained and Mental Health First Aid Trained. Angela has been a volunteer for SNAP Cymru. Angela is passionate about ALN and continues to support and guide teachers in the Mainstream and Special Educational settings to successfully deliver the ALN reforms and Nurture/Inclusive Curriculums.

Course Location: LIVE ONLINE MEETING

Zoom or teams meeting 

What Happens Next?
  • Please provide Collective Learning with the email address of the person who will be attending the training.
  • Your presenter will email a meeting invitation link to the person who is attending so that they can join her live on the day.
  • The meeting room will only be available to those who have been sent the link and will be admitted to the room on the day.
  • All resource materials will be sent electronically to the attendee after the event.
NB: The attendee may choose to attend the training from their home base if this has been approved by the school.