Mini INSET Session: The Characteristics of Effective Learning
In this staff meeting template, explore the Characteristics of Effective Learning through four practical activities, including an obstacle course, video, group reflection and learning walk. Designed to fit into 45 minutes, it supports your team to reflect on how your environment and interactions nurture children’s curiosity, engagement and resilience.
Case Study – Emotion Coaching
In this case study, Amber, a teacher from St Pauls Nursery School in Bristol, shares how the Emotion Coaching CPD programme transformed her practice, helping her support children’s emotional regulation and resilience, strengthen family partnerships, and shift her whole team’s approach to children’s feelings.
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We want to make sure our website is working well for you, and we'd love your help making that happen. The Bristol & Beyond Stronger Practice Hub website is designed to help you book CPD events, access resources, and stay connected with early years news and...
We’re Recruiting Early Years Stronger Practice Advisers (SPAs)
Advance Your Career and Shape Early Years Education Are you an experienced Early Years Leader or Setting Manager eager for your next professional challenge? The Bristol & Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub, covering the north of the SW region, is recruiting...
Recruiting Now for Learning Leads!
RECRUITING NOW FOR LEARNING LEADS - Deadline is 9am on the 17th June Advance Your Career and Shape Early Years Education Are you an experienced Early Years Leader or Setting Manager eager for your next professional challenge? The Bristol & Beyond Early Years...
Case Study – Sensory Processing
In this case study, Amy Marsh, Head of Nurseries and Preschools at The Priory Learning Trust, shares her experience attending the Sensory Processing Immersion Morning at Springboard Opportunity Group, and how it shifted her thinking from managing children’s behaviour to understanding the biology behind it.
Is Your Setting Ready to Champion Early Maths?
Maths Champions is a fully-funded online professional development programme developed by the NDNA, with support from the EEF. Proven to boost children’s maths and language attainment by an average of three additional months, it’s one of a number of evidence-based CPD programmes currently open to early years practitioners across our region.
Case Study – Getting it Right for Twos
This case study examines Sarah Ellis’s professional development as Nursery Manager at Bristol Children’s Playhouse, focusing on improving services for two-year-olds. By engaging with the Bristol Early Years All About Twos guidance and participating in the Getting it Right for Twos programme, she aimed to enhance team understanding in key developmental areas.
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