Makaton Workshop for Childminders

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

The ‘Introduction to Makaton’ taster session is a 2-hour workshop designed for complete beginners or those with previous training who would benefit from a refresher. You will learn what Makaton is, how to use it and who with, you will learn approximately. 50 signs and symbols relevant to your role as a Childminder with the focus being on Early Years Vocabulary alongside core, functional vocabulary.

Free

Introduction to Staff Supervision (Leadership Session 3)

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. During this session we will review understanding, policy, protocols and procedures for developing effective supervision in your EYFS setting/class teams.

Free

Identifying and Supporting Speech, Language and Communication Needs for Childminders

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Post Covid, many practitioners are concerned about children’s speech and language development. This is an amazing opportunity to hear straight from Speech and Language therapists about the best way to support the children with their speech, language and communication and how to identify any specific needs within these areas.

Free

Courageous Conversations (Leadership Session 2)

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

We all sometimes get stuck when we need to say some hard things to people. This session will provide you with the opportunities to explore what might be stopping you from doing this, consider different ways of approaching and leading the conversation, and provide space to practice them. You will be offered a variety of strategies from which you can apply your new learning to that next tricky conversation you need to have.

Free

Authentic, Ambitious and Values-Based Leadership (Leadership Session 1)

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

This session will offer you the opportunity to consider your beliefs, values and ambitions for leadership within the context of leadership theories and frameworks, and particularly through times of change. We will encourage you to reflect on what you yourself bring to the team, and support you to consider ways in which you can empower your team members both collectively and individually, to build resilient and sustainable distributed leadership.

Free

Boosting Communication, Language and Literacy through Movement (2-5s) with Guest Trainer Helen Battelley (PD Session 1)

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Movement is our first language and form of communication with the outside world. This session will explore how becoming movement literate can impact on the acquisition of language. The session will also explore other fundamental ways movement supports these areas from focal support to promoting neuroplasticity.

Free

Talking with Babies (Online)

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’.

Free

Exploring Schematic Play for Childminders with Guest Trainer Tamsin Grimmer

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

In this session we will explore some definitions of schemas and schematic behaviour, find out about different behaviour displayed relating to schematic play, consider how sometimes schematic play is misinterpreted as poor behaviour and reflect upon your children and consider how to plan for schematic play.

Free

New to EYFS Bundle (Online) Nursery staff in PVIs or Nursery schools

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

This session is for Nursery staff in PVIs or Nursery schools only. This three-part course will support you to embed the Early Years Foundation Stage in your setting whilst ensuring that children and families are at the heart of good practice and will cover three areas: Principles of EYFS, Observation, assessment, and planning and The Role of the Adult and an Enabling Environment.

Free

Developing a Loving Pedagogy in a Childminding Setting with Guest Trainer Tamsin Grimmer

Online Course

Stronger Practice Hub Event

In this session, we will consider what constitutes a loving pedagogy and explore what we mean by love and pedagogy, learn about speaking different love languages and helping our children feel loved, consider how to foster a loving pedagogy in practical ways, and review and evaluate our practice in the light of a loving pedagogy.

Free

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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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