Somerset Baby Practitioner Network Meeting – February 2026

Online Course
Virtual Event

Baby Practitioner Networks provide a lively and dynamic opportunity for professional conversations around the needs of our youngest learners. Each meeting involves an opportunity for discussion, sharing celebrations, problem-solving as a group, and sharing recent research and articles. During this network, we will reflect on being outdoors with babies and making the most of our outdoor environments. There will also be time to reflect on anything else that is on your mind in the baby room at the moment.

Identifying and Supporting Speech, Language and Communication – February 2026 (Babies Session)

Online Course
Virtual Event

Stronger Practice Hub Event

This session is for all Early Years practitioners, including Early Years settings, schools, and childminders. This online workshop will feature input from speech and language therapists on typical language development, followed by a supportive discussion on strategies for support and valuable resources. Building on what we already know about supporting speech, language and communication difficulties. This session will focus on supportive strategies and ideas to use with babies, including building foundations for interactions through people games and routines, and resources to share with parents.

CPD Programme: Getting it Right for Babies

Online Course
Virtual Event

Stronger Practice Hub Event

This programme will explore getting it right for babies in early years settings. They will support educators in looking at provision through the eyes of the baby, reflecting on a pedagogy of care, daily routines, and babies' rights. The sessions will explore safeguarding babies, reflecting upon care routines such as sleep and eating and prompt educators to think about caring for non-mobile babies. They will also explore the themes of the EYFS in the baby room: unique child, positive relationships, enabling environments, and learning and development.

Back to Basics: Learning How to Plan Your Daily Routine

Online Course
Virtual Event

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Getting your daily routine right is a way to maximise the learning in every session and build children’s sense of belonging and autonomy. Join this session to explore the rationale behind effective daily routines, reflect on current practices, and discover how well-planned routines support each child's emotional wellbeing and belonging whilst maximising learning opportunities through quality interactions and teachable moments.

SEND Network: Introducing SCERTS – Supporting Social Communication in the Early Years

Online Course
Virtual Event

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Introducing SCERTS: Supporting Social Communication in the Early Years is a clear and accessible course for early years practitioners working with children who have autism or social communication difficulties. SCERTS stands for Social Communication, Emotional Regulation, and Transactional Support — and this session introduces the framework, its development, and its application in early years practice. With practical, play-based examples, the course shows how SCERTS can support children’s interactions, emotional well-being, and relationships. Practitioners will leave with a solid understanding of the approach and feel confident and excited to begin using it in their own settings.

Guest Author: Communication, Language and Literacy Network

Online Course
Virtual Event

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Come and listen to our guest author who will inspire practitioners to use stories as a way of igniting children’s imagination, creativity and love of language. This promises to be a great way of supporting our practice in providing magical storytimes.

The Joy of Reading Right From the Start

Online Course
Virtual Event

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Research tells us that early positive experiences with books and stories can foster a lifelong love of reading. This not only supports academic achievement but also enriches personal and emotional development. Join us to discover how we can support imagination and creativity, allowing children to explore new worlds and ideas that ignites an enthusiasm to learn to read. This session is for EYFS in schools and is facilitated by the EYs Stronger Practice Hub and the English Hub.

Back to Basics: Learning Through a Continuous Provision Approach

Online Course
Virtual Event

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Play is a process that enables all children to make sense of the world they inhabit and supports all areas of learning and development in the earliest years. Continuous Provision is an effective approach that provides the context and teaching strategies for playful learning to occur in a differentiated manner. Come and find out more about the research that underpins the approach and explore ways to make it work effectively for the children in your setting. We will consider how enabling learning environments, both inside and out, can deepen children's thinking, skills, and knowledge, and we will explore the role of the educator as an effective play partner alongside.

PSED Network: Environment, Routines and Curriculum

Online Course
Virtual Event

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Join the Bristol PSED team for four networking sessions over the year as we collaborate to discuss key areas of PSED practice. We will be guided by Eight to Relate, a values-driven auditing tool for embedding connection and relationship-based practice in your setting. The networks will be an opportunity to come together and explore aspects of provision, sharing ideas, reflecting and connecting with other settings, coming away full of ideas and tools you can use straight away.

Pattern-spotters, Pattern-makers: The Power of Pattern

Online Course
Virtual Event

Stronger Practice Hub Event

Maths is about the search for relationships and patterns, and pattern is a defining quality of mathematics. Children’s pattern awareness is a key predictor of later maths learning, and helping children recognise the regularities and relationships in all sorts of patterns helps them “make sense” of mathematics. Robin will consider the diverse forms of patterns and how creating a pattern-rich environment supports children in becoming pattern spotters and problem solvers.

Tuning in to Two-Year-Olds (Bundle)

Online Course
Virtual Event

Stronger Practice Hub Event

This two-part training series takes a deep dive into the world of two-year-olds - a time of rapid growth, big feelings, and emerging independence. Across both sessions, we’ll explore how to truly ‘tune in’ to two-year-olds through responsive interactions, a nurturing environment, and developmentally appropriate practice. Expect reflection, discussion, and practical strategies to enhance your work with this unique age group.

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