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Spatial Reasoning – Mapping the World Around Us (Maths Session 3) Evening Session

Online Course

Stronger 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.

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Loose Parts and Transient Resources in Your Outdoor Environment – Outdoor Learning Workshop (South Gloucestershire)

Parkwall Primary School Earlstone Cresent, Barrs Court, Bristol, United Kingdom

Stronger Practice Hub Event

In this workshop, we will explore the term and popularity of Loose Parts Play and how it supports children’s fascinations, schema play, learning and development. Children can make sense of the world around them by exploring and investigating things that are current, relevant and interesting to them, as well as using natural resources in transient play.

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Communication and Language for Childminders With Ofsted Inspector Julian Grenier

Stronger Practice Hub Event

In this session, Julian will share the findings of Ofsted’s latest early years education research and what it means for you in your setting. He will talk about Ofsted’s approach to the inspection of childminders using the Education Inspection Framework (EIF). He will finish by sharing some resources we hope you’ll find helpful before answering some of your questions.

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Children’s Kitchen: Enabling Child-Led Food Exploration (South Gloucestershire)

Parkwall Primary School Earlstone Cresent, Barrs Court, Bristol, United Kingdom

Stronger 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.

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Introduction to Trauma and Adversity

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

This online session will offer time and space to have an awareness of ACES and protective factors, to understand the neuroscience behind trauma and how this impacts a child, and to build your confidence in using a therapeutic response.

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Children’s Scrapstore: The Power of Loose Parts (Bristol)

Ashton Vale Community Centre Risdale Road, Ashton Vale, Bristol, United Kingdom

Stronger 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.

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Assessment and the Two-Year-Old Check for Childminders, With Sarah Neville

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Do you ever wonder what the best methods of assessments are? Do you feel your assessments are making a difference to the children’s learning and development? Are you confident about writing the two year check for your mindees? Come and join Sarah Neville for information and advice regarding assessments and the two year check specifically for childminding settings.

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Talking with Babies

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

This session will explore how we can talk with babies to help them become confident communicators and develop respectful relationships that enable babies to make genuine choices. We will consider how mindful care routines might support communication and language, the power of non-verbal communication and learning the ‘conversational dance’.

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Sensory Processing in the Early Years: What It is and Why It’s Important with Christina Welsh

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

This training is intended for practitioners and those who work with babies and children in the early years; the training aims to improve their confidence in identifying and supporting those experiencing sensory processing differences. The training will introduce the eight sensory systems and how they may have an impact on a child’s experience of the world around them. Training participants will become familiar with what is meant by ‘sensory processing’ and take part in interactive activities to embed this understanding.

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Getting it Right for Babies

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

These sessions will explore getting it right for babies. They will support practitioners in looking at your provision through the eyes of the baby. We will consider how we value babies' voices and reflect upon attachment and brain development. We will spend time focusing on what respectful routines are and what these might look and feel like in your setting.

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