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Bristol & Beyond Early Years Hub (formerly The Bristol Early Years Teaching Hub) is a hub for professionals in Early Years settings and Primary Schools, who wish to collaborate, challenge and innovate to improve provision, leadership and achievement in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Our Hub has a significant role in supporting quality improvement across Bristol and beyond. Through our strategic alliance with the LA, we play a central role in quality assurance, self-evaluation, professional development and school/setting improvement for the whole EYs sector. This includes all reception classes in Primary Schools, Nursery Schools, Nursery classes, private voluntary and independent nurseries and childminders.

Bristol & Beyond Early Years Hub has a long-standing track record of leading and delivering high-quality support and professional development that has a measurable and sustainable impact.

As our reputation has grown for delivering expert CPLD, we now offer an annual training programme and bespoke packages for EYs settings and schools both nationally and internationally.

Originally designated and established as a National Teaching School in 2012, our EYs Hub is led by St Pauls Nursery School and Children’s Centre, an ‘Outstanding’ provider, and we work in collaboration with the Bristol Local Authority EYs team, other Bristol Nursery Schools, Pen Green and the 5 Counties Teaching Hub.

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Brilliant Beach Schools – Reflecting Upon Physical Activity and Self Regulation – A Study Day Hosted by Woodland House Nursery (AM Session)

Severn Beach Severn Beach Road, Severn Beach

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Come along to the wonderful (sometimes sunny!) Severn Beach to find out all about Beach School experiences.  Woodland House Nursery  (Clifton, Bristol) have been running Beach School sessions with their Pre-School children since 2012. They won the Nursery World Award for Enabling Environments in 2013 where they were praised for their use of the beach environment to support children's wellbeing and development.  Bristol Beach Schools was created in 2016 by Woodland House Nursery and Archfield House Nursery to help spread the word about the fantastic learning opportunities that attending regular sessions at the beach can have.

Free

Musical Creativity in the Baby Room With Dr Mona Sakr

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

In this online workshop, we’ll focus on practical ways to bring more musical creativity into the baby room daily. Mona will offer starting points for bringing more musical creativity into the baby room. Then, there will be the chance to work together to develop practical ideas and tips that you can take back to your place of work to make a difference immediately. We know that musical creativity is something that binds babies, children and adults together – it’s part of what makes us who we are. So, finding ways to be more musically creative with babies is part of developing a happier and healthier baby room.

Free

Supporting EAL in the Early Years For Practitioners in Early Years Settings and Childminders

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

This interactive virtual session considers how we best support multilingual children and their families. It will reflect on how working with families can make the biggest difference and offer practical advice for everyday practice. Multilingual children and families are an important part of the fabric in our early years settings. How do we best support and grow their language skills to ensure they reach a good level of English while maintaining their home language?

Free

Introduction to Makaton With Jacqui Lewis (For Early Years Practitioners in Schools)

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Come and join this interactive Makaton taster session. This fun and informative introduction will explore what Makaton is and who uses it. You will learn more than 30 signs and symbols which you can start to use immediately in your practice. You will receive a copy of all the signs and symbols you have learned and a certificate of attendance.

Free

Exploring and Growing Fresh Produce in an Early Years Setting (for Nursery Schools and Schools With a Nursery or Preschool Class)

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

This session is for Early Years settings of all sizes who would like to improve their understanding of food, in particular vegetables, herbs, spices and fruits. The session is led by Jo Ingleby, the Director of The Children’s Kitchen, a Feeding Bristol project focused on encouraging young children and families to explore, cook and grow fresh produce. The project focuses on the areas of Bristol with the highest levels of food insecurity. Settings working with The Children’s Kitchen are encouraged to move away from traditional baking on cakes and towards child-led food sessions led by curiosity and creativity. 

Free

Supporting EAL in the Early Years for Practitioners Working in Schools

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

This interactive virtual session considers how we best support multilingual children and their families. It will reflect on how working with families can make the biggest difference and offer practical advice for everyday practice. Multilingual children and families are an important part of the fabric in our early years settings. How do we best support and grow their language skills to ensure they reach a good level of English while maintaining their home language?

Free

Tuning in to Babies

Stronger Practice Hub Event

This session will explore the role of the key person in tuning in to babies and reflecting upon babies' rights, and listening to their voice, both verbal and nonverbal. It builds upon previous sessions "Getting it Right with Babies" and "Talking with Babies".

Free

Creativity in the Early Years with Pete Moorhouse For Childminders

Knowle West Nursery School Leinster Avenue, Bristol, United Kingdom

Stronger Practice Hub Event

The session will be focused around creativity. Pete will facilitate a deep dive into the topic in order for childminders to gain a deeper understanding of creativity. You will look at children’s creative development and the Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning, tying this into the latest research.

Free

Humour Development From Birth to 3 Years With Dr Elena Hoicka

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

In this session Dr Elena Hoicka will discuss research-based evidence about how to share humour with children from infancy through 3 years. She will discuss when infants first understand and produce humour and go through 21 types of humour that children appreciate in the first four years. She will also discuss how you can share humour with children and understand when they joke with you. Finally, she will discuss research about early humour's potential benefits.

Free

Literacy for Under 5s for Early Years Settings and Childminders with Dr Karen Boardman

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Karen Boardman invites us to think about our provision for early literacy and to reflect together on phonics, digital literacies, early reading and storytelling in early years education. This session will open up some further discussions and include some provocations and impact for our pedagogy.

Free

Live Panel Webinar: Eight to Relate

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Come and join our dynamic panel in conversation about Eight to Relate, a newly launched Bristol audit tool to support you and your Early Years team in developing the best provision in which children’s emotional well-being and personal and social development can thrive.

Free

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