Join us this summer for an exciting series of professional development webinars designed for Early Years educators across England. Stronger Practice Hubs across the UK, including Bristol & Beyond Stronger Practice Hub, are offering a diverse range of sessions covering everything from enabling environments to climate action plans.
July Events
REACHout SPH East of England – Enabling Environments in the EY Setting
Date: Wednesday 23rd July, 7:00-8:00pm
Audience: All EY Educators
Description: This session covers setting up your space to make it as enabling as possible. Perfect to watch before the summer break – may inspire you to make some changes!
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HEART Midlands EY SPH – Developing your Climate Action Plan
Date: Monday 28th July, 1:00-3:00pm
Audience: All EY Educators
Description: Wherever you are on your sustainability journey, this session can help you get started or take the next step.
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August Events
Thames Valley and South Central EY SPH – Babies’ Brains and Coregulation
Date: Tuesday 5th August (Recorded webinar available)
Presenter: Dr Mona Sakr
Audience: All EY Educators
Description: We will look at the development of the baby’s brain in the first 2 years.
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Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire EY SPH – Exploring the EEF Resources (STAIRS model)
Date: Tuesday 5th August, 1:00-2:00pm
Audience: All EY Educators
Description: Join Mary Prest as she shares the EEF STAIRS model, which can be used to help practitioners develop their scaffolding skills.
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Early Years South West SPH – Supporting Vocabulary Development
Date: Wednesday 6th August, 3:30-5:00pm OR Friday 15th August, 9:30-11:00am
Audience: All Early Years Educators
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Bristol and Beyond EY SPH – Sleep Support for SEND Families
Date: Wednesday 6th August, 6:00-7:30pm
Audience: All Early Years Educators
Description: This session will help you to better support parents of children with SEND with better sleep practices.
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London South EY SPH – Schematic Play with Stella Louis
Date: Thursday 7th August, 7:00-8:00pm
Audience: All EY Educators
Description: Get ready to uncover the secrets of the developing brain! In this webinar, we’ll dive into the fascinating world of schemas — the building blocks of learning and development.
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Bristol and Beyond EY SPH – Introduction to Staff Supervision
Date: Monday 11th August, 4:00-6:00pm
Audience: All EY Educators
Description: During this session we will review understanding, policy, protocols and procedures for developing effective supervision in your EYFS setting/class teams.
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Northern Lights and Great North EY SPH – Supporting Self-Regulation in the Home Environment
Date: Monday 11th August, 6:30-8:30pm
Audience: All Childminders
Description: Want to learn more about self-regulation skills in young children and how to support them in your childminder setting? This webinar is for you!
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HEART Midlands EY SPH – Supporting Self Regulation in the Early Years
Date: Wednesday 13th August, 10:00-11:00am OR 6:00-7:00pm
Audience: All EY Educators
Description: Deepen your understanding of children’s emotional development with our interactive session on co-regulation and self-regulation.
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St Edmunds EY SPH – Supporting Your Families With Toilet Training
Date: Wednesday 13th August, 6:00-7:00pm
Audience: All EY Educators
Description: Whose job is it to toilet train children? This webinar will outline current data, challenges and some solutions to address the significant increase of children arriving in reception still in nappies.
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Yorkshire and Humber Together EY SPH – Working with children who are pre-verbal
Date: Thursday 14th August, 6:00-8:00pm
Audience: All EY Educators
Description: This webinar will talk a lot about early social communication – interactive skills and imitation etc. We will cover autism, social communication and AAC as part of this webinar.
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East of England EY SPH – Sharing and Empathy with Tamsin Grimmer
Date: Thursday 14th August, 6:30-8:00pm
Audience: All EY Educators
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Liverpool City and Beyond EY SPH – Introducing the Climate Action Plan Audit
Date: Wednesday 20th August, 6:00-7:00pm
Audience: All EY Educators
Description: Dr Diane Boyd shares how to set up an audit and get your Climate Action Plan in motion.
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Kent and Beyond EY SPH – Early Years Date Night
Date: Thursday 21st August, 7:00-8:00pm
Description: Watch a recorded webinar of Greg Bottrill’s “An Adventure into the Kingdom of Play” – A chance to view this together and discuss in the chat.
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Northern Lights and Great North EY SPH – Curriculum Building
Date: Wednesday 27th August, 6:00-8:00pm
Audience: All EY Educators
Description: This session explores curriculum building for children in the 2- to 3-year-old age range. Join Sue Asquith as we explore child development within the prime areas of learning.
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Bright Futures EY SPH – Starting Strong Through Play
Date: Wednesday 27th August, 7:00-8:00pm
Description: This session will dip into challenging play such as: risky play, weapon play, rough and tumble play, and schematic play. It will explore how children communicate within these playful approaches.
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Don’t miss out on these valuable professional development opportunities! All webinars are designed to support Early Years educators in delivering high-quality provision for young children. Make sure to sign up early, as places may be limited.
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