Liverpool City Region and beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub


Dr Diane Boyd talks to Tracie Dowling about the role of the Strategic Childminder Lead at Liverpool City Region and Beyond Stronger Practice Hub


Exploring Understanding the world
By Michelle Bennett.

By Emma Louise Scott, Maria Edge and Dr Diane Boyd


‘Lost words’ reflected through the three pillars of sustainability and the SDGs.
By Diane Boyd

Craig Bolton, Headteacher at East Prescot Road Nursery School, Liverpool, introduces the NELI Preschool programme. East Prescot Road Nursery School is a partner of the Stronger Practice Hub.





Video blogs
Everton Nursery Teacher Kate Doyle and Dr Diane Boyd present
The Authentic development of a Sensory Garden through the 17 SDGs
1. The 'otherness' of the non-human world - highlighting worms!
2. Agency in Action – Children voicing their thinking through mark making.
3. Discovering recycling waste and contamination through a community visit.
4. Understanding Construction and Positioning of a Bug hotel in our garden.
5 Sparking interest through visiting Everton Park Nature Garden in our neighbourhood
6. The Fix-it Shop! Shopping lists, money, decision – making in action.
7. Sensory cognitive explorations using recycleable sustainable resources through tyres, hurricanes and the rain!