Courageous Conversations – Leadership

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We all sometimes get stuck when we need to say some hard things to people. This session will provide you with the opportunities to explore what might be stopping you from doing this, consider different ways of approaching and leading the conversation, and provide space to practice them. You will be offered a variety of strategies from which you can apply your new learning to that next tricky conversation you need to have.

Talking About… Babies’ Co- and Self-regulation

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A discussion on how practitioners can nurture co-regulation and support babies in developing the foundations for self-regulation through responsive, attuned care. Talking About... is a series of informal, one-hour online networking sessions designed for early years practitioners to come together, share experiences, and explore key topics related to babies in early years settings. Each session focuses on a different aspect of practice, providing a space for discussion, reflection, and peer support.

Trauma Informed Practice Immersion Session at Knowle West Nursery School TIP Hub

Knowle West Nursery School Leinster Avenue, Bristol, United Kingdom

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Knowle West Nursery School invites you to come along and find out about trauma-informed practices and how they are embedded into their pedagogy. Hear about how they have developed a relationship-led curriculum and whole school culture of safety and belonging. You will have the opportunity to meet with the Trauma Informed Practice Leads and spend time in the classrooms observing practice and provision. There will be time to reflect and ask questions.

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Physical Development – Gross Motor Skills to PE With Helen Battelley

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Virtual Event

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As early years educators, we are at the forefront of building strong physical foundations that support not just movement, but confidence, coordination, and a lifelong love of being active. In this session, we’ll explore how early physical development naturally progresses into more structured physical education, supporting fundamental movement skills. We’ll look at key movement milestones, developmental readiness, and how to create purposeful movement transitions from play-based physical activity to more formal PE in the early years and beyond.

Back to Basics: Learning Through a Continuous Provision Approach

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Virtual Event

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Play is a process that enables all children to make sense of the world they inhabit and supports all areas of learning and development in the earliest years. Continuous Provision is an effective approach that provides the context and teaching strategies for playful learning to occur in a differentiated manner. Come and find out more about the research that underpins the approach and explore ways to make it work effectively for the children in your setting. We will consider how enabling learning environments, both inside and out, can deepen children's thinking, skills, and knowledge, and we will explore the role of the educator as an effective play partner alongside.

CPD Programme: Using Evidence to Strengthen Your Early Years Leadership

St. Pauls Nursery School and Children’s Centre Little Bishop Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

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The Bristol and Beyond SPH is collaborating with the Somerset Research School to deliver this leadership programme. It is a three-part training programme for Headteachers, EYFS Leads, Nursery/PreSchool Managers, Room Leaders, and EYFS Teachers. The programme aims to enable those leading in the early years to become closer to the growing body of educational research evidence and use it to make decisions about the ‘best bets’ for their school or setting.

Communication, Language and Literacy Network: Unpicking the STAIRS Approach

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Virtual Event

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Come and find out more about the STAIRS approach that provides educators a memorable and straightforward set of strategies to embed research evidence about scaffolding into everyday practice. It employs the ‘Goldilocks principle’: not too much and not too little, enabling educators to provide a level of challenge for children that is ‘just right’.

Back to Basics: Quality Interactions

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Virtual Event

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This session will explore the basics of effective, authentic and meaningful interactions with children in the EYs. We will cover what makes for quality interactions: the way we use our body and voice, how we listen, pause, and reflect on children’s learning with them. How can we deepen their thinking, provoke new learning and delight in the children’s fascinations? We will use the Quality Interaction Checklist to learn more about developing good practice, as well as guidance from the EEF Evidence Store.

SEND Network: Supporting Non-Verbal Children with Communication and Behaviour – Using Visuals in the Early Years

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Virtual Event

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Supporting Non-Verbal Children with Communication and Behaviour: Using Visuals in the Early Years is a practical course designed for early years practitioners working with children who are not developing communication in the usual way. The session focuses on how visual supports can help children make sense of their environment (receiving communication) and find ways to express their needs, wants, and feelings (giving communication). Practitioners will explore a range of simple yet effective strategies to reduce frustration, support emotional regulation, and foster meaningful interaction. The course also looks at how to make early years settings more inclusive for children with a wide range of communication needs.

Bristol Behaviour Surgery at Filton Avenue Nursery School

Filton Avenue Nursery School Blakeney Road, Bristol, United Kingdom

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Come along to our in-person behaviour surgeries, where you can bring your scenarios and questions to local colleagues and experts. Through reflection, discussion and shared curiosity, we can unpick experiences, helping you to provide the best possible support to children in your care.

Identifying and Supporting Speech, Language and Communication – January 2026 (Twos Session)

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Virtual Event

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Are you an educator working with two-year-olds? Would you like to learn more about how best to support their communication skills? Join local speech and language therapists from the Sirona Early Years Speech and Language Therapy Team to reflect on supporting two-year-olds’ speech and language development. This session is for all Early Years practitioners, including Early Years settings, schools, and childminders.

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