The Stronger Practice Hub offers early years educators access to fully funded Emotion Coaching training, promoting children’s emotional and behavioral well-being. Two cohorts are available: one in Bristol and another online, with workshops covering self-regulation and practical strategies. Interested parties should submit an expression of interest by December 12.
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The Stronger Practice Hub is launching two professional development programs to enhance early years mathematics teaching in Bristol. The Maths PDP Pilot offers interactive training for 15 settings, while the Maths Champions Programme trains staff to improve children’s maths outcomes. Both initiatives provide evidence-based strategies for educators.
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Join Jo Ingleby from The Children’s Kitchen for this practical webinar on the new Nutritional Guidance for Early Years Settings. Learn how to improve snacks and meals, promote healthier lunchboxes, develop food policies, and access helpful resources. Perfect for childminders and early years practitioners!
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This blog explores the updated Early Years Nutrition Guidance, the changes it brings, and why it matters now more than ever—particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. With rising food insecurity and increased marketing of ultra-processed foods, the early years sector has a vital role to play in shaping healthy eating habits from the very start. Clearer guidance offers a much-needed opportunity to align practice across all settings and support families with consistent, realistic, and affordable messages around food. As nutrition becomes a statutory part of the EYFS safeguarding and welfare requirements from September 2025, this blog highlights how settings can respond, adapt, and lead the way.
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Helen Pugh, Forest and Beach Adventures Ambassador at Little Adventures Nursery,...
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Lauren Wilcox is the Baby Room Leader at The Learning Tree Nursery, Chilcompton, Somerset. Lauren...
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This comprehensive 45-minute staff meeting template guides early years practitioners through understanding and implementing joyful pedagogy in their setting. The resource explores how joy differs from simple enjoyment, examining it as a deeper, lasting state of wellbeing that benefits both children and educators. Teams work through practical activities including sharing personal experiences of joy, identifying recent joyful moments with children, and mapping barriers and bridges to joy in their provision. The template emphasises how joy is expressed differently across cultures and encourages practitioners to recognise diverse forms of joyful expression. With reference to research showing that engaging in joyful play reduces educator stress whilst enhancing wellbeing, this resource includes follow-up activities, supervision prompts, and suggestions for creating ongoing celebrations of joy. The template empowers settings to prioritise authentic, culturally responsive joyful experiences that foster children’s relationships, self-determination, and positive social-emotional development.
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Are you ready to transform your understanding of how children learn and develop? Join Helen Battelley in this comprehensive 2-hour webinar that goes far beyond the traditional five senses to explore ALL eight sensory systems that shape early childhood development.
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Our 2025-2026 CPD Programme is Now Available We are delighted to announce that our 2025-2026 CPD...
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Join us this summer for Growing Practice, an exciting series of professional development webinars...
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This blog explores the updated Early Years Nutrition Guidance, the changes it brings, and why it matters now more than ever—particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds. With rising food insecurity and increased marketing of ultra-processed foods, the early years sector has a vital role to play in shaping healthy eating habits from the very start. Clearer guidance offers a much-needed opportunity to align practice across all settings and support families with consistent, realistic, and affordable messages around food. As nutrition becomes a statutory part of the EYFS safeguarding and welfare requirements from September 2025, this blog highlights how settings can respond, adapt, and lead the way.
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We’re excited to introduce our lead Early Years setting for the Bristol & Beyond...
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