Evidence Informed Practice for Communication and Language

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

The Education Endowment Foundation has developed a summary of evidence-informed approaches to help educators to understand and reflect on their practice. Ali Carrington and Nicola Cherry invites us to reflect and explore what this means for our everyday practice in communication and language. What can we learn from research? What does this look like in our work with children?

Brain Development – A Session for Childminders with Sarah Neville

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

In this session, we will talk about typical brain development and how it impacts children’s play and learning. We learn how to feed the brain through our positive interactions with children and reference relevant research and guidance to support our practice.

Exploring and Growing Fresh Produce in a Childminding Setting (for Childminders)

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

This session is for Childminding settings 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. 

Being Two: Sense of Belonging

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Understanding your world and where you fit into it can be exciting and complex when you are two! This workshop will focus on promoting a sense of belonging in your setting by exploring how, through caring and respectful relationships, we can demonstrate that children feel seen and heard, that we recognise them and their families as unique, and that they belong.

Evidence Informed Practice for Early Literacy

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

The Education Endowment Foundation has developed a summary of evidence-informed approaches to help educators to understand and reflect on their practice. Ali Carrington and Nicola Cherry invites us to reflect and explore what this means for our everyday practice in early literacy. What can we learn from research? What does this look like in our work with children?

Being Two: Patterns of Play

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Have you noticed the uniqueness of two-year-olds’ play? This is largely influenced by their lived experiences, personal interests, and the individual ways in which their brains work. Join us for this interactive workshop to look at the multiple types of play and how these impact children’s learning. There will be opportunities to consider ways that practitioners can maximise play-based learning opportunities.

Introduction to Staff Supervision

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Supervision is an effective tool to support staff wellbeing, accountability and ambition in your school or setting. The Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage requires that providers must put appropriate arrangements in place for the supervision of staff who have contact with young children and families.

SPH Introduction Session – What can the SPH do for your setting?

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

The Bristol & Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub has been running for a couple of years now, yet many early years practitioners and managers, childminders, and teachers still don't know about us and what we can offer you. This introduction session will allow you to meet our SPH lead, Lucy Driver, and other network leads, hear more about the Hub and what is going on in your area and share your voice and needs so that we can tailor our support for you.

Being Two: Communication

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

How do you respond to the different communication styles of two-year-olds in your setting? This workshop will examine the variety of ways children communicate and the factors that influence this. We will discuss practical strategies for supporting communication and how to plan well-thought-out daily routines that include opportunities for mindful interactions.

Relationship Mapping With Jacqui Lewis

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Using the beautiful simplicity of sociograms, this course will provide you with a visual representation of the relationships with the children in your setting. As early years educators and leaders of pedagogy, you are invited to deconstruct, confront, theorise, and potentially think otherwise about the significance of positive and nurturing relationships within the setting.

Literacy for Under 5s for Reception Teachers in Schools with Dr Karen Boardman

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Dr Karen Boardman invites us to think about embracing a multi-modal approach to early literacy and to reflect together on our provision for phonics, digital literacies, early reading and storytelling in early years education. This session will develop some deeper discussions with some provocations and impact on literacy pedagogy.

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Parking
St. Pauls Children’s Centre: There is no on-site parking but parking is available on the road for £1 an hour for a maximum of 3 hours, or in Cabot Circus which is 5-minute walk from the St. Pauls Children’s Centre.

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