New Regional EDI Network Sessions
Online CourseStronger Practice Hub Event
This EDI network will create an opportunity for Early Years professionals to come together in a safe space and reflect upon Equality, Diversity and Inclusion. The three sessions will explore our own individual values and influences and how this informs our professional selves, how we know and understand the identities of the unique child, their families and our communities and how we can use our knowledge to change practice in our settings.
Making the Most of Mealtimes, for Childminders, With the Children’s Kitchen
Online CourseStronger Practice Hub Event
Are mealtimes the worst part of your day? Children waste food and don’t eat proper meals? Are you fed up with chucking uneaten food? Come to our session on ‘Making the most of Mealtimes’ specifically for Childminders trying to provide healthy, low-cost meals that children will eat at the same time as providing quality care and education.
Children’s Kitchen: Enabling Child-Led Food Exploration (Bristol)
Ashton Vale Community Centre Risdale Road, Ashton Vale, Bristol, United KingdomStronger Practice Hub Event
This fun, inspiring and hands-on session aims to introduce you to child-led food exploration and give you ideas and practical insights to take back to your setting. It will also get you thinking about growing and exploring fresh produce, food insecurity, and the importance of this for young children. Each two-hour session will be led by Jo Ingleby, director of The Children’s Kitchen, who has 20 years of experience leading award-winning early years food programmes.
Children’s Scrapstore: The Power of Loose Parts (Gloucestershire)
Little Stars Nursery Coleford House, Boxbush Road, Coleford, Gloucestershire, United KingdomStronger Practice Hub Event
Now more than ever young children need to play. They need an environment that’s rich in opportunities for exploration, deep engagement, and communication. This interactive session explores the many benefits of playing with scrap and how it nurtures all areas of development and learning in the EYFS as well as fostering the characteristics of effective learning.
The Power of Pattern (Maths Session 2) Morning Session
Online CourseStronger Practice Hub Event
The Power of Pattern – how recognising patterns and structures supports all areas of mathematics. Pattern is a defining quality of mathematics, and children’s pattern awareness is a key predictor of later maths learning. Almost all mathematics is based on pattern and structure, and helping children recognise the regularities and relationships in all sorts of patterns helps them “make sense” of mathematics. We will consider the diverse forms of pattern, progression in repeating patterns, and key experiences that support pattern understanding – helping children be pattern spotters and problem-solvers!
The Power of Pattern (Maths Session 2) Evening Session
Online CourseStronger Practice Hub Event
The Power of Pattern – how recognising patterns and structures supports all areas of mathematics. Pattern is a defining quality of mathematics, and children’s pattern awareness is a key predictor of later maths learning. Almost all mathematics is based on pattern and structure, and helping children recognise the regularities and relationships in all sorts of patterns helps them “make sense” of mathematics. We will consider the diverse forms of pattern, progression in repeating patterns, and key experiences that support pattern understanding – helping children be pattern spotters and problem-solvers!
Respectful Care for 0-3 Year Olds – A Reflection on the Pikler Principles in Practice
Lakehouse Nursery and Preschool 49 Beach Road West, Portishead, United KingdomStronger Practice Hub Event
Lakehouse Nursery is nestled at the corner of the Lakegrounds in Portishead. Situated in an old Victorian house and benefitting from beautiful surroundings, we provide outstanding care and education for children aged 3 months to 5 years old. A few years ago, our team attended training on the Pikler Approach. We were bowled over by the level of respect and autonomy this afforded our youngest children and have implemented the Pikler principles ever since.
Children’s Scrapstore: The Power of Loose Parts (North Somerset)
Community Scrapstore North Somerset 66 Gazelle Road, Weston-super-Mare, United KingdomStronger Practice Hub Event
Now more than ever young children need to play. They need an environment that’s rich in opportunities for exploration, deep engagement, and communication. This interactive session explores the many benefits of playing with scrap and how it nurtures all areas of development and learning in the EYFS as well as fostering the characteristics of effective learning.
Attachment Aware Practice: Developing a Sense of Belonging for All Children in Your Setting
Online CourseStronger Practice Hub Event
This online session will offer time and space to understand attachment theory and how it underpins practice, the critical role of the adult in supporting children’s well-being, and how your environment and routines impact children’s sense of safety.
Children’s Scrapstore: The Power of Loose Parts (Bath and North East Somerset)
Somer Centre Gullock Tyning, Midsomer Norton, Radstock, United KingdomStronger Practice Hub Event
Now more than ever young children need to play. They need an environment that’s rich in opportunities for exploration, deep engagement, and communication. This interactive session explores the many benefits of playing with scrap and how it nurtures all areas of development and learning in the EYFS as well as fostering the characteristics of effective learning.
Communication Friendly Spaces in Childminding Settings with Elizabeth Jarman: Developing Effective Learning Environments
Online CourseStronger Practice Hub Event
This is a Seminar for Childminders by Elizabeth Jarman. Using case studies and images from childminder contexts, the input from Elizabeth will include key points to remember when reviewing learning environments, with particular consideration around post-Covid practice.
Spatial Reasoning – Mapping the World Around Us (Maths Session 3) Morning Session
Online CourseStronger Practice Hub Event
“Understanding spatial relationships begins at birth” ( Erikson, 2014 ) and we use our bodies and sensory experiences, gesture and language, memory and modelling, pictures and drawings to understand and map the world around us. We will consider the key aspects of spatial reasoning and how best to support children’s learning trajectories through a maths-rich practice and provision. We will touch upon shape and space, mapping and navigation, and visualisation and representation.