November 2026
Virtual Event
Communication and Language Network - November 2026 (Making Storytimes Powerful)
Stronger Practice Hub Event
An informal online networking session for early years practitioners to come together, share experiences and explore key topics related to communication and language, with each session offering a space for discussion, r...
Emotion Coaching to Support Self-Regulation
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Explore Emotion Coaching as a strategy for supporting children's behaviour and self-regulation, with practical tools for Early Years practitioners and childminders to help children understand and manage their emotions.
Virtual Event
Language PDP Info Session
Stronger Practice Hub Event
An online information session for childminders, and any early years practitioners, interested in the Early Language Professional Development Programme. Bristol & Beyond SPH Early Language Leads Liberty Fletcher-Gardine...
Virtual Event
Interactive Writing
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Explore the EEF's evidence-informed approach to Interactive Writing, where educator and child work together through purposeful back-and-forth conversation to build children's confidence as writers and mark-makers while...
Virtual Event
SEND Network: Looking Beyond Behaviour: Understanding Children's Needs in the Early Years
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Explore behaviour through a neurodevelopmental and relational lens, looking beyond behaviour itself to consider what children may be communicating, and understand the links between behaviour, communication, sensory pro...December 2026
Virtual Event
Childminder Network: Leading a Team
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Are you co-minding, working with assistants or apprentices, or considering expanding your business in the future? Join us to network with childminders in similar situations and explore ways to empower your team. We wil...
Trauma Informed Practice Study Morning at Knowle West Nursery - December 2026
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Spend a morning in a 'trauma-informed' school, hearing how Knowle West Nursery School — the first Early Years setting in the country to achieve the Trauma Informed Schools Award — has developed a relationship-led c...
Virtual Event
Songs, Rhymes and Rhyming Books - Why we do it and why it matters
Dr Susan Richards of Speech and Language UK draws on over a decade of research to show how songs, rhymes and rhyming books give children the building blocks of language. Find out how the rhythms and patterns of language, as revealed by neuroscience, help scaffold childr...
Virtual Event
Leadership Matters Network (December 2026)
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Leadership Matters is a termly online network for early years leaders across the region to connect, share best practice and grow together in a supportive, collaborative space. It's an opportunity to exchange practical ...
Virtual Event
Talking About Babies: Talking to Parents and Carers
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Reflect on how we build trusting relationships with families, share babies' experiences and learning in meaningful ways, and navigate sensitive conversations with confidence and compassion — part of the Talking About...
Virtual Event
Supporting Language Development Through Book Sharing (SALT Network Session)
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Explore how shared book experiences can promote language development and meaningful interactions, with practical strategies to make book sharing engaging, responsive and accessible — supporting attention, turn-taking...
Virtual Event
My Home as a Playground with Helen Battelley: Supporting Movement Play and Physical Development in Childminding Settings
Stronger Practice Hub Event
Explore how childminders can transform ordinary home environments into rich movement spaces that support children's physical development, confidence, wellbeing and learning, drawing on current research in this practica...
