Stronger Practice Hub
EVENTS
All the webinars listed below are completely free to book
and are fully funded by the UK government.
Are you building capacity in your team to reduce reliance on your role?
Are you struggling to recruit staff into leadership roles in your setting?
You are not alone, come along to our leaders and managers network to share challenges and also share your successful strategies. Come and hear how Becky Cook and the team at Waterton Academies are ensuring they are upskilling their practitioners.
Join our new online Community of Practice: Working with Children Under 2!
Our first session will explore “How Care Routines Help Build Trusting Relationships” - practical insights to strengthen connections with the little ones in your care and their families.
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.
This short (only 45 minutes) interactive session will explore why patterns support mathematical skills, providing an opportunity to make some patterns yourself!
Join us for a focused online session dedicated to Early Reading! This is a great chance to swap creative storytelling tips and boost literac
We are also excited to introduce the National Year of Reading - we'll discuss what this initiative means for childminders and how you can get involved to celebrate books all year long.
Dixons Allerton Academy is a mainstream school where the Reggio Emilia approach is deeply embedded across the Early Years Foundation Stage. We are delighted to open our doors to share our practice with fellow educators.
In addition to exploring our Nursery and Reception environments, the session will focus on how our provision supports pupils with speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN). Following a tour of the setting there will be an opportunity to reflect on your own practice and gather practical ideas - specifically for enhancing early literacy skills - to take back to your own setting.
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
This short (only 45 minutes) interactive session will explore why patterns support mathematical skills, providing an opportunity to make some patterns yourself!
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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