Stronger Practice Hub
EVENTS
All the webinars listed below are completely free to book
and are fully funded by the UK government.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Join Chloe Storr, where she will talk about the importance of play in relation to children's speech and language.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Play is at the heart of children’s learning and development. Join St Edmund’s Early Years Stronger Practice Hub for an inspiring afternoon of expert talks and practical insights on strengthening the role of play in early years practice.
🗓 Tuesday 4th November
📍 Briar Court Hotel, HD3 3NT
⏰ 1:30pm – 4:30pm
🍴 Complimentary teas and coffees
Play Matters: St Edmund’s Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Conference 2025
Play is at the heart of children’s learning and development. Join St Edmund’s Early Years Stronger Practice Hub for an evening session, with inspiring talks on how play empowers children and sparks creativity, problem-solving, and collaboration.
🗓 Tuesday 4th November
📍 Briar Court Hotel, HD3 3NT
⏰ 6:30pm – 8:00pm
🍴 A complimentary buffet-style dinner is included along with tea and coffee
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Great news! The network for school-based nursery teachers in West & South Yorkshire is holding a regional meet-ups to share best practices, resources, and practical strategies for early years teaching.
Join us to meet other professionals navigating this exciting journey. It's a chance to share your ideas, inspirations, worries, and challenges in a supportive environment. We'll also start shaping future sessions based on what matters most to you.
With screen use rising rapidly among under-fives, this webinar explores how to support your families to build healthier habits through active, play-based learning.
Early years staff are uniquely placed to model screen-free routines and inspire meaningful play that supports communication, physical development, and emotional wellbeing.
Becca Oberg, Director of the Institute for the Early Years, will share key evidence, explore the risks of excessive screen time, and offer practical, creative strategies to use in settings and at home. Leave equipped to champion screen-free play and engage families in building positive habits from the very start.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Whose job is it to toilet train children? This webinar will outline current data, challenges and some solutions to address the significant increase of children arriving in reception still in nappies. We will provide some top tips for a partnership approach with parent's when toilet training children.
The session will be followed up with practical documents to support a partnership approach
Dixons Allerton Academy are opening their doors to share their practice. As well as having the opportunity to explore their environment, they will focus their discussions around the process of project learning with the Reggio approach. Hear more about the projects they have undertaken this year and speak to their staff.
We’d love to welcome you to Dixons Allerton Academy for a visit focused on project learning through the Reggio approach.
Together, we’ll explore some of the projects we’ve been working on this year, with time to chat with our team about how these ideas developed and what supported them along the way.
You’ll also have the chance to look around our setting and see how we use space and materials to spark curiosity and support meaningful learning.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Our Community of Practice this term invites leaders and managers to explore how a well-structured induction process can be a key driver in addressing this issue and embedding professionalism from day one.
Together, we’ll share strategies for designing and delivering induction programmes that not only cover policies and procedures but also support the development of professional attitudes, interpersonal skills, and reflective practice.
Our CoP provides a collaborative space to reflect, innovate, and strengthen workforce quality across early years settings.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Co-op Academy Delius is a Primary Special School offering provision to children from the age of 2 years with a range of special educational needs including Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD), Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) and Autism.
During this visitor session, there will be a 30 minute brief overview of Delius' curriculum and assessment.
We will discuss the communication strategies, behaviour strategies and areas of provision that work well in our setting. We will additionally try and cater some of the session if there is a particular focus you want, and opportunities for questions.
This will follow with a tour of our EYFS classes and the rest of the school provision.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Visit Grass roots Nursery in Calderdale to discover how they work, to share best practice, and to network with other Early Years educators!
At Grass Roots Day Nursery, we’re proud of the calm, connected feel you get the moment you walk through the door.
It’s a home-from-home setting where children thrive and staff feel genuinely supported - our practice is rooted in relational care that nurtures wellbeing and confidence across the team.
We’re big believers in emotionally intelligent practice and making sure our staff feel confident, valued, and equipped. As past winners of a team development award, we’re passionate about creating a workplace where professional growth goes hand-in-hand with joy and connection.
As the PVI partner for the St Edmunds Stronger Practice Hub, we’d love to welcome you in and show you how we do things - what’s working well, what we’re learning, and how everyday acts of care create a setting that feels good to be in, every single day.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Are you new to the early years sector? Are you an apprentice? Our Early Years Essentials is a Community of Practice especially for you!
Meeting every half term, for just 45 minutes, we will share exciting playful activity ideas - with a little of bit of the "why it works well" When you have attended all of the sessions, you will get a wonderful resource bag, worth around £100, linked with each of our network themes. Even better than all that, you will get to meet others doing the same role as you and share ideas.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Join one of NDNA's free online information sessions to discover how the Maths Champions Programme works - and have the chance to ask questions directly to our team about how it can support your setting.
Great news! The network for school-based nursery teachers in West & South Yorkshire is holding a regional meet-ups to share best practices, resources, and practical strategies for early years teaching.
Join us to meet other professionals navigating this exciting journey. It's a chance to share your ideas, inspirations, worries, and challenges in a supportive environment. We'll also start shaping future sessions based on what matters most to you.
This is a supportive space for EY practitioners to come together, share experiences, and discuss common challenges around SEND.
Do you work with young children?
Do you have children in your setting who need additional support?
Do you need strategies that really work to support children’s development and enable them to make progress?
Join our Specialist Learning Network led by Shannon Sulston from Co-op Academy Delius, a Special school in Bradford.
The Community of Practice will bring together Early Years educators from across our region (West and South Yorkshire) and across the sector (Childminders, PVIs, Schools).
Shannon will provide the expertise, whilst you, as like minded practitioners will support one another; sharing the challenges and successes of the journey, developing practice across settings and really making a difference to young children's lives.
Are you new to the early years sector? Are you an apprentice? Our Early Years Essentials is a Community of Practice especially for you!
Meeting every half term, for just 45 minutes, we will share exciting playful activity ideas - with a little of bit of the "why it works well" When you have attended all of the sessions, you will get a wonderful resource bag, worth around £100, linked with each of our network themes. Even better than all that, you will get to meet others doing the same role as you and share ideas.
Are you looking to build confidence in supporting multilingual learners and fostering an inclusive environment?
This session, organised by Doncaster Council Early Years Inclusion Team and St. Edmund’s Early Years Stronger Practice Hub, is led by Sian Hudson, Headteacher of St. Edmund’s Nursery School and Children’s Centre, where families speak over 15 different languages.
✅ Discover practical strategies to ensure high-quality education and care for ALL children—no mysteries, just confidence!
✅ Explore how communication goes beyond words to create a sense of belonging for every family.
✅ Learn top tips for building respectful, genuine partnerships with families from diverse backgrounds.
Let’s work together to make every child and family feel truly welcome!
This will be an in-person event: Central Family Hub 7 Welcome Way Doncaster DN1 3QS
Great news! The network for school-based nursery teachers in West & South Yorkshire is holding a regional meet-ups to share best practices, resources, and practical strategies for early years teaching.
Join us to meet other professionals navigating this exciting journey. It's a chance to share your ideas, inspirations, worries, and challenges in a supportive environment. We'll also start shaping future sessions based on what matters most to you.
Are you new to the early years sector? Are you an apprentice? Our Early Years Essentials is a Community of Practice especially for you!
Meeting every half term, for just 45 minutes, we will share exciting playful activity ideas - with a little of bit of the "why it works well" When you have attended all of the sessions, you will get a wonderful resource bag, worth around £100, linked with each of our network themes. Even better than all that, you will get to meet others doing the same role as you and share ideas.
Co-op Academy Delius is a Primary Special School offering provision to children from the age of 2 years with a range of special educational needs including Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD), Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) and Autism.
During this visitor session, there will be a 30 minute brief overview of Delius' curriculum and assessment.
We will discuss the communication strategies, behaviour strategies and areas of provision that work well in our setting. We will additionally try and cater some of the session if there is a particular focus you want, and opportunities for questions.
This will follow with a tour of our EYFS classes and the rest of the school provision.
This is a supportive space for EY practitioners to come together, share experiences, and discuss common challenges around SEND.
Do you work with young children?
Do you have children in your setting who need additional support?
Do you need strategies that really work to support children’s development and enable them to make progress?
Join our Specialist Learning Network led by Shannon Sulston from Co-op Academy Delius, a Special school in Bradford.
The Community of Practice will bring together Early Years educators from across our region (West and South Yorkshire) and across the sector (Childminders, PVIs, Schools).
Shannon will provide the expertise, whilst you, as like minded practitioners will support one another; sharing the challenges and successes of the journey, developing practice across settings and really making a difference to young children's lives.
Co-op Academy Delius is a Primary Special School offering provision to children from the age of 2 years with a range of special educational needs including Severe Learning Difficulties (SLD), Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) and Autism.
During this visitor session, there will be a 30 minute brief overview of Delius' curriculum and assessment.
We will discuss the communication strategies, behaviour strategies and areas of provision that work well in our setting. We will additionally try and cater some of the session if there is a particular focus you want, and opportunities for questions.
This will follow with a tour of our EYFS classes and the rest of the school provision.
Dixons Allerton Academy are opening their doors to share their practice. As well as having the opportunity to explore their environment, they will focus their discussions around the process of project learning with the Reggio approach. Hear more about the projects they have undertaken this year and speak to their staff.
We’d love to welcome you to Dixons Allerton Academy for a visit focused on project learning through the Reggio approach.
Together, we’ll explore some of the projects we’ve been working on this year, with time to chat with our team about how these ideas developed and what supported them along the way.
You’ll also have the chance to look around our setting and see how we use space and materials to spark curiosity and support meaningful learning.
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