Watch our Live Panel Webinar on Babies in Mind, the first city-wide look at baby room practice in Bristol. Cassie Holland and Rosie McCallum-Faraday share what practitioners and leaders told them, and Mona Sakr of Middlesex University sets it alongside her national research.
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In this staff meeting template, explore sleep and rest in your setting through four practical activities, including the different types of rest, the updated EYFS safer sleep requirements alongside The Lullaby Trust’s guidance, and seeing sleep through the child’s eyes. Designed to fit into 45 minutes, it supports your team to reflect on current practice, build a shared understanding of safe sleep checks and agree one clear action to take forward.
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In this blog post, early childhood professional Gwyneth Keen explores how something as familiar as story time can create opportunities for connection, emotional safety and belonging. She reflects on sensitive, responsive interactions, making space for the different ways children listen and participate, and why returning to the same story can bring comfort, understanding and reassurance.
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In this case study, Bristol childminder Emily from Emily’s Little Adventurers shares how attending our Spring Outdoor Learning Session at Ashton Court, with her mindees alongside her, inspired her to plan outings more carefully, set up a bug hunt station in her garden and see that great outdoor resources don’t need big budgets.
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In this blog post by Robin Taylor, Associate Head of St Pauls Nursery School and Specialist Leader in Early Mathematics, he explores what really underpins children’s mathematical development. Drawing on research from the Centre for Early Mathematics Learning and the Erikson Early Math Collaborative, Robin unpicks the foundational concepts, spatial reasoning and mathematical language that help children learn to count, and asks what a rich, playful “palette of provision” looks like in practice.
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In this staff meeting template, explore how to plan and celebrate Black History Month meaningfully through three practical activities, including reflection on your current approach, worked examples and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED Talk on the danger of a single story. Designed to fit into 1 to 2 hours, it supports your team to move beyond tokenism and consider what will remain in your everyday practice once October is over.
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In this Early Years Spotlight, we’re looking at resources around screen use. Nearly 98% of two-year-olds watch content on screens daily, and the early years are a critical period of rapid brain development, so settings play a vital role in supporting healthy habits. Explore policy guidance, provider support, campaign resources for families, and practical alternatives that keep children engaged.
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In this staff meeting template, explore books, belonging and representation through five practical activities, including a ranking exercise, a book area audit, a case study and a team commitment. Designed to fit into 1 to 2 hours, it supports your team to reflect on whose experiences are visible in your book collection and whether children choose and connect with the books you provide.
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In this case study, Tawanda Tongogara, Early Years Practitioner at The Limes Nursery School, shares her experience of the Tuning in to Two-Year-Olds programme. She reflects on moving from the three- and four-year-old room into the twos, learning to slow down and follow children’s lead, and how the Principles of Attunement poster has shaped conversations with her team and with families.
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In this blog post, Simone Barnes explores why belonging sits at the heart of personal, social and emotional development. She looks at representation in the early years workforce and in children’s books, and shares team reflection questions to help settings tell every child: you belong here.
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The Bristol & Beyond Stronger Practice Hub is delighted to launch our 2026 to 2027 programme of fully funded professional development. Almost 100 activities across 12 subject areas, running from September through to August, are now open for booking, and the new brochure is ready to download.
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