Liverpool City Region Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Hub Home Events Newsletters Blogs Programmes Documents Subscribe Childminders Recruitment ENGAGING GROWTH WITH ‘THE GARDEN CLASSROOM’ By Tracie Dowling My name is Tracie Dowling, I have worked in childcare for over 30 years. I’m an OFSTED Registered Childminder, Mentor for the Department of Education , Northwest Childminder Representative and Childminding Network Co-ordinator, PEEP Facilitator and Childminder Employer based in Liverpool. I employ an amazing assistant, Debbie and together we care for eight children under the age of five years. Throughout my career as a Registered Childminder, I have incorporated holistic learning into my practices. Over the years this has evolved, and I refer to my way of teaching as ‘The Garden Classroom’ which you can read about on my blog . Although this way of learning is primarily outdoors, the learning is year-long and therefore I have created ways of learning no matter the season. The Garden Classroom practices always incorporate the three prime areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and the Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning. Read on to learn how I weave these key components into outdoor play. OUTDOOR LEARNING The Garden Classroom is a space where children can learn and grow, connecting to nature and the world around them. Outdoor exploration not only connects toddlers and babies with the seasons and everchanging weather, but also promotes physical activity, a sense of wonder, and an appreciation for the natural environment. Providing gardening activities for my children has proven to be great way to engage them with hands-on learning, including growing food from seed to plate, food sensory education , pond-dipping and lifecycles, and practicing sustainability through composting and recycling. The children learn vital skills such as adaptability and resilience by witnessing their environment going through the cycles. This helps them understand the concept of change and builds resilience in the face of transitions. In one area of our garden, we have a pet cemetery. Here, we have buried our family pets and other creatures who have come and gone. This space allows us to teach the children about the life-death cycle and accept change. Similarly, every year we experience frogspawn, giving us the opportunity to learn about birth and growth as we watch their little tails shrink and their legs grow. To support the children’s cognitive skills, we provide activities to observe and understand nature through investigation. The children’s favourite activities at the moment are pond dipping and growing and harvesting flowers, fruit, and vegetables. Some of the learning objectives within these activities are linked to lifecycles, categorising, comparison and pattern recognition in nature. Supporting the children to experience the wonders of changing seasons has a positive effect on their emotional well-being, mine, and Debbie’s too! The children take naps outside and participate in meditation while the birds are singing away. These activities provide opportunities for relaxation and promote a sense of calm and happiness. It is proven that spending time in nature has mental health benefits as well as emotional and physical benefits . SEASONAL LEARNING Every season and even every different day outdoors, brings a new set of sensory stimulation by exploring the sights, textures, aromas, even the noises of the natural world. The experiences are endless. The children love finding the strawberries and munching away, and there is no better taste than a sun-ripened cherry tomato, if they leave me any! Unfolding the characteristics of seasonal vocabulary during our activities also contributes to early language and provides children with the skills to articulate their observations and experiences. Whether its playing in the muddy puddles, counting the frogs or learning to sow seeds, the language opportunities are endless. The seasons are also a lovely way to promote cultural celebrations and traditions. We love the harvest festival where we like to gather our produce and share with our families, or Diwali where we cover the garden with lights and have a magical Diwali feast. There are many ways to weave cultural traditions into your very own Garden Classroom. “Lovely to watch her be so interested in how it grows. How she cares for it, and that she’s happy with the end result, we’ve even started growing our own strawberries and sunflowers at home” – Elsie’s Mum. By incorporating a Garden Classroom into your setting, your children can foster environmental awareness, develop a sense of responsibility and appreciation of the natural world, which in turn lays the groundwork for their future environmental consciousness. Seasonal changes spark natural curiosity and wonder within the children, giving them the opportunity for questioning and exploration, cultivating a mindset of inquiry and lifelong learning. The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) The Early Years Toolkit brings together the best available evidence on key areas of learning and development. It can support all childminders when making decisions on how to improve learning outcomes. Physical development approaches | EEF educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk) Other research Useful resource: Garden activities for September :: The Garden Classroom - NurtureStore The Edible Garden – Alys Fowler (book and BBC Series 2010) Strategic Partners Stronger Practice Hub Privacy Notice

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Liverpool City Region Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Hub Home Events Newsletters Blogs Programmes Documents Subscribe Childminders Recruitment Autumn the time of apples By Diane Boyd By immersing early years children in place-based learning and letting them become part of seasonal experiences, will strengthen their environmental sustainability lens. Children can only become empathetic and caring about their world, if they understand how their world works. A wonderful way to be aware of the seasons is to follow a seasonal calendar. The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) are keen for children to become gardeners and provide resources to support this process -RHS Crop Planner Additionally, The Horticultural Society provides a month-by-month guide for you to use - Vegetable Planting Guide By Month In The UK | Horticulture At Everton Nursery School and Family Centre recently the children were very lucky to have an amazing Autumnal experience using a crop of apples. The crop of locally grown apples comprised of Keswick Codling, Ribston Pippin, Ladies Finger of Lancaster, Scrumptious and Egremont Russett. What a wonderful array of names for apples! The children were introduced to the different varieties initially to observe, feel and taste them. This simple sensorial activity will enhance the children’s communication and language development in a holistic and organic way. Consider the language that describes the taste of different apples – bitter, tart, sweet but also some apples seem fluffy to eat, whereas others are hard or crunchy. Apples also come in all shapes and sizes, so this simple activity provides easy opportunities for early numeracy to be developed. As the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) Early Years evidence store for Communication and Language states, “Vocabulary instruction that explicitly draws pupils’ attention to words, their meanings and their features appears to be effective”. (EEF | Communication and Language ) The bowls of apples inspired Intergenerational conversations that were both cultural and social, allowing children to hear the conventions of a conversation, that reflect social sustainability with parents and grandparents reminising about tradititional October activities with apples. They recalled apple bobbing with apples floating in bowls of water or hanging from string, with the aim of trying to eat them! Research from the EEF Personal, Social, Emotional Development Early evidence store ( EEF | Personal Social and Emotional Development ) highlights the importance of showing “children good examples of social communication,” and by listening to these cultural narratives provides such examples for children. Supporting children to repeat the names of the apples tasted or to engage in a conversation about cultural stories will aid “children’s early literacy”, which “is dependent on their oral language skills” (EEF Early Years Evidence Early Literacy)( EEF | Early Literacy ). The National Literacy Trust emphasises the importance of quality pedagogical experiences especially in disadvantaged areas such as Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester where research (Pro Bono Economics) identified that more than a quarter of five-year-olds have low levels of literacy. These authentic teaching moments need to be extended with songs, stories and high-quality conversations revisiting the experiences. Ensure your setting or home has a variety of stimulating books to revisit the experiences and develop their communication and language. Examples here reflect both apples (starting point of original provocation) and the seasonal element of falling apples to collect. Links below. Hello, World! How Do Apples Grow? : Jill McDonald: Amazon.co.uk: Books Autumn: 4 (Seasons, 4) : Child's Play, Busby, Ailie: Amazon.co.uk: Books Do encourage parents to visit their local library to extend the language, as research from EEF Early Years Evidence – C&L suggests “shared book reading has often been found to be a useful activity…”. alongside “explicit vocabulary instruction”. This also sustains the local library too for the community. From an Environmental Sustainability perspective seeing apples that are wonky and not perfect, celebrate the diversity of the natural world, celebrating all things (both human and non-human) are worthy regardless of shape or size (SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities). This also highlights that we must eat all fruit and vegetables regardless of whether they look perfect, encouraging our parents and grandparents to buy the cheaper ‘wonky’ produce in their shops. The children and their families were invited into the nursery to use real working equipment and press the apples and make freshly squeezed juice. From an economic sustainability perspective, the families had been asked to bring recycled plastic containers to use for their squeezed apple juice. This simple request highlights SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production, with children and families seeing how to effectively support the planet by reusing them. The process of apple pressing was then demonstrated to everyone emphasising the correct terminology of trade and environment. As the EEF Early years evidence store opines for C&L, “the adult models using language to summarise activities” ( EEF | Communication and Language ) . The parents and grandparents were invited to be an active part of the collaborative process, demonstrating the authenticity of Intergenerational learning as a socio-cultural sustainability approach and resonating with SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities. The process involved everyone putting apples into either electronic presser, so the children had to stretch up high and aim correctly to place their apples into the open vent. Smaller or less confident children were physically lifted and supported by their key person to aim. This process was enjoyed by the children filling them with excitement. They were told to carefully watch the bottom funnel and see what happens as a result! This is both economic sustainability in action, but also STEM (Science, technology, engineering and Math) learning. Introducing children in their early years to STEM activities supports their Understanding of the World Specific area (EYFS(DfE,2024) in seeing how materials change. The apple started the process as a round hard matter, then became pulp before finishing as a dark liquid. The colour depended on which variety of apples were pulped. This provides wonderful scientific conversations and consolidates the EEF Early evidence store C&L, which states, “there is strong evidence that teaching and modelling vocabulary to children in the early years can have a positive effect on their oral language skills.”( EEF | Communication and Language ). The children also had the chance to physically crush and press the apples manually too, aligning with the pioneering giants of early childhood, such as Froebel or Steiner, who advocated that children must be physically active developing their hand -eye co-ordination and skills. The EEF Evidence Store for Physical Development( EEF | Physical Development ) highlights the importance of children having the “time for play, practise, and repeat an activity”. It also aligns with both SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth and SDG 9 Industry, innovation and Infrastructure. Using the actual tools of apple pressing, also supported their physicality- consider the effort it takes to crush apples in a solid state, to reduce them small enough to be pushed through the juicer! The children shared and worked co-operatively together, enhancing the community spirit. The EEF Early Evidence Store regarding Self -regulation and Executive Function( EEF | Self-Regulation and Executive Function ) reminds educators “to scaffold cooperative learning between peers”. The quality of the practitioner (SDG 4 Quality education) was evident in how they supported the children through the process. Not only did they model the language, but they demonstrated both the action to be completed but also supported the children in repeating the actions themselves physically. The children moved their bodies like the wheels turning in the crushing process and jumped as the apples squashed into the shute. These authentic physical opportunities will extend and develop the whole body especially children from disadvantaged backgrounds, which the EEF evidence store for PD states; “are at greater risk of not reaching expected levels of physical development than their more affluent peers. Evidence indicates that children from disadvantaged backgrounds benefit from educators targeting their movement and handling skills” (EEF | Physical Development ). Songs are a cultural and social way to consolidate both the language and action, drawing on the pioneer Frederick Froebel. His original Mother songs made connections to real life, for example, the rhyme ‘Pat-a-cake’ made links for the children with the corn growing in the fields, the miller grinding the corn, the baker kneading the bread and finally being eaten by the child. Froebel made a seemingly simple song about baking, but the depth and meaningful notions, can be shared with children through song and action (Froebel, 1895; Froebel Trust). You could create your own songs and actions to help children’s holistic development, such as the Apple press rap! Think of the fun they would have recorded it developing their technological skills. The children were given agency to decide what aspect of the process they wanted to be involved in, with some children preferring to just sit quietly and watch. Quality early childhood education requires educators to know the children in their care, to offer new and exciting pedagogical experiences, but know their boundaries. This is socio-cultural sustainability resonating with the Article 12 of the UNCRC (1989)( Convention on the Rights of the Child text | UNICEF ) which says that “every child has the right to express their views, feelings and wishes in all matters affecting them, and to have their views considered and taken seriously.” There was one little two-year-old boy who did not to want to drink water in the nursery and always needed to be encouraged to stay hydrated. He loved the fresh apple juice and proceeded to drink three lots of the juice. His mum was thrilled as she had never tried apple juice with him before and now had a healthy alternative to offer him, resonating with SDG 3 Good Health and Wellbeing. Additionally, the kitchen staff were part of the community of apple pressers watching and joining in with the parents and children. Afterwards they took away in recycled bottles fresh apple juice for the lunch time meal, ensuring all children had the opportunity to try freshly pressed juice. This simple activity of pressing apples reflects all three Pillars of Sustainability and the 17 SDGs. In 2015 the United Kingdom Government signed the Paris Treaty (UNSCO,2015) which positioned the 17 Sustainable Development Goals as an integral part of all policy, curricula and pedagogical experiences (SDG 12.8). At Everton Nursery and Family Centre they are now central in the entrance foyer so parents, carers and Grandparents can become familiar with them. Make them visible and part of your everyday pedagogical experiences. Strategic Partners Stronger Practice Hub Privacy Notice

Liverpool City Region Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Hub Home Events Newsletters Blogs Programmes Documents Subscribe Childminders Recruitment ‘Lost words’ reflected through the three pillars of sustainability and the SDGs. By Diane Boyd As early years practitioners we recognise the importance of our role in supporting children’s oral skills through holistic development. Influential research by Hart and Risley (1992,1995) stated that early year’s children living in poorer disadvantaged situations experienced significantly less adult directed words than their higher socio-economic peers. The research implied there was a ‘30-million-word deficit’ for the lower socio-economic children by the time they were four. That is a lot of missing words! These crucial findings draw attention to the importance of what quality practitioners can do to support and narrow the gap for children through quality interactions and using their quality environments (SDG 4 Quality Education). So, how can we close the gap and support children’s communication skills? The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS DfE, 2024, p9) clearly states the importance of “back-and-forth interactions” as a necessary requirement for language and cognitive development in young children. Sameroff and Fiese (2000) suggest back-and-forth interactions are more important than the quantity of the vocabulary children are exposed to, because the bi-directional conversations shared together are closely entwined with Personal, Social and Emotional Development, a universal prime area (EYFS, DfE,2024). As practitioners we need to focus on ensuring all children have opportunities to encounter through modelling and scaffolding, complex language input with a high level of longer, richer sentences (Rowe, 2008). This aligns with the Education Endowment Foundation – Communication and Language toolkit, which reminds practitioners to support and model effective linguistic aspects of communication. However, reflecting on pedagogical interactions Margaret Donaldson (1978) says this must make ‘human sense’ to the children, suggesting the need to draw on the socio-cultural aspects of community too (SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and communities). Within the Specific Area Understanding the World (EYFS, DfE,2024, p11) practitioners are asked to guide “children to make sense of their physical world and their community.” Taking children out beyond the gates of your setting allows them to experience holistically their neighbourhood, and what makes sense to them. Every neighbourhood is different (think of smells in a city compared to a beach town!) but as the EYFS (DfE, 2024, p 11) states “the frequency and range of children’s personal experiences increases their knowledge and sense of the world around them”. One such example is walking with your children through the town daily or weekly, past the local shops and engaging in back-and-forth conversations, adding new vocabulary as they walk. Exchanging hellos and making conversation with shop keepers will help children to become familiar with new vocabulary that is seemingly being lost due to the overuse of supermarkets. In large supermarkets everything is there and available in one stop – just come in and buy! There are limited interactions, relationships and vocabulary shared. Sadly now, how many children know for instance, what a cobbler is and what their work comprises of, linking here to SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth. By visiting in a natural organic way through a neighbourhood walk, children will become familiar with the shop keepers such as an optician, haberdasher, greengrocer, butcher, chemist, and baker (remember use this core language) that reside on their high street. When do children ever hear these occupational words now? So, it is imperative early years practitioners highlight these words before they become ‘lost’. Reinforce the words further through reading non-fiction books and revisit language associated with each profession, for example, Dylan the Shopkeeper by Guy Parker Rees. Set up your role play as different shops visited to consolidate language further. The new vocabulary can be extended to understand the produce they can purchase from the different shops, resonating with SDG 8, SDG 9, and SDG 11. The EYFS (DfE,2024) asks practitioners to build ‘positive relationships’, and this is a way of doing this through your locality. For example, in the greengrocer discuss the type of apple with the children and then taste test them. Granny Smith or Royal Gala which are sweet or bitter? Think of the lovely describing words or faces here! Other extension activities could include memory games- I went to the baker and I bought bread, a cake, some pastries; or I went to the butcher, and I bought some pork sausages, a bacon chop, some beef burgers; this consolidates the produce from each shop and the repetition aids the children’s cognition. After visiting the high street, the children could make their own big story book from each shop rather than buying books to support. This would be very effective as this supports children’s understanding of text - words and images together have meaning, that there is a beginning, middle and end in books which will make ‘human sense’ to them as this connects them to their community high street shops, and the satisfaction of knowing they wrote the book. Due to plastic credit cards being used in supermarkets there are other words that are now less frequently used in the terms of monetary currency. How often do children hear in purchasing back and forth conversations, or the words pennies and pounds being used? By highlighting during your neighbourhood walks not just the local shop keepers, their profession and produce sold, take the children into the shop, and model the use of real money. As the EEF Communication and Language states “settings should use a range of different approaches to developing communication and language skills.” It is important that children hear your “back-and-forth interactions” (EYFS, DfE,2024p, 9) with the shop keepers, as they are valuable conversations of both produce and currency together. The EEF (Early numeracy approaches) research shows that by utilising holistic pedagogy it has “a higher impact than when maths was delivered as a supplementary activity.” Through these conversations children will hear pennies, pounds, change and cost which they can replicate in role play back at your setting because this makes “human sense” (Donalson,1978) to them. Moving out into the locality and community children will have countless opportunities to use their 5 senses – hearing, smelling, tasting, seeing, and touching. By visiting local parks, gardens, or beaches regularly children will develop empathy and care for their environment. The emphasis is that you always use correct terminology with the children. For example, not the generic term ‘flower’ but daffodil or snow drop, and you encourage the children to observe the fauna but not pick them. There is a fabulous book called Lost Words by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris (2021) which focuses again on disappearing words but this time in the natural world. The book states “all over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. These are the words of the natural world; Dandelion, Otter, Bramble, and Acorn, all gone. A wild landscape of imagination and play is rapidly fading from our children's minds. The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood”. This book could be used as a follow up to walks or scientific observations in woodland. Crucially for the planet we need to ensure young children hear, use, and understand key words from nature. As the EEF- Early Literacy approaches state you must ensure that “your early literacy strategy is well-balanced and combines approaches that will support the development of skills, knowledge and understanding”. From a sustainable perspective we need to invest in our locality whether this is the high street or park or woodlands or coastline. If children develop a relationship with their community and locality then they will love the area, respect the area and care for the area. EEF- Early years evidence highlights “approaches for teaching early literacy should, therefore, be used in ways that build on approaches that support communication and language, which are fundamental to children’s literacy.” This resonates with the Specific Area Knowledge and Understanding which asks practitioners to “foster their understanding of our culturally, socially, technologically, and ecologically diverse world” EYFS (DfE,2024, p11). Extending and developing these ‘lost words’ of the high street and environment builds “important knowledge,” and “extends their familiarity with words that support understanding across domains” (EYFS, DfE, 2024, p11). Economic sustainability through regular opportunities to use and understand words associated with currency, socio-cultural sustainability through engaging and connecting with your local community high street shops and environmental sustainability with care and empathy because of a relationship with the natural world. This clearly demonstrates the interconnected and holistic approaches to both early childhood and sustainability. Strategic Partners Stronger Practice Hub Privacy Notice

Liverpool City Region Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Hub Home Events Newsletters Blogs Programmes Documents Subscribe Childminders Recruitment The following information and documents will provide you with an insight of the Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs working with the Education Endowment Foundation A flexible way for settings to engage with various online recordings Liverpool City Region Early Years Stronger Practice Hub, have introduced a flexible way for settings to engage with various online recordings. Feedback from Local Authorities highlighted Communication and Language development as a continued key priority, so this has been the focus of the CPD resource. The resource provides flexibility to suit all educators, whether refreshing their knowledge or exploring communication and language in more depth for the first time. Childminders plan to use the recordings during network meetings to encourage good practice and discussion. Similarly, other settings can incorporate the recordings into INSET days or staff meetings. To support this, there is a written INSET template for those who prefer this delivery format. This resource will be a valuable tool to support evidence-informed practice, encourage professional dialogue, and promote the effective sharing of knowledge across early years settings. If you would like the recording that accompanies this inset resource please email sphubnw@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk providing us with your name, setting name, postcode and Local Authority your setting is registered with. Early Education Journal Early Education published a Journal issue on Cultures of Sustainability in Summer 2024. The journal started a conversation exploring sustainability, referenced by Jan White in the editorial. This issue is a follow on from that one, building on the articles and educators’ experiences of sustainability in practice. Communication and Language A short INSET template to use with your team which will support professional development to improve practice and outcomes for children. Early Years Pupil Premium | EEF - Education Endowment Foundation The Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) has one aim: to improve outcomes for socio-economically disadvantaged children from 9 months upwards. In April 2025, the Department for Education (DfE) increased funding for the EYPP by 45% to £570 per child per year. https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/early-years/pupil-premium A School’s Guide to Implementation Maximise the impact of new approaches and practices. educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk A School's Guide 1 A School's Guide 2 Early Mathematics The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement. https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/early-years-evidence-store/early-mathematics Early Years Evidence Store https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/support-for-schools/evidence-for-the-early-years/early-years-evidence-store Support to help you put evidence-informed approaches into practice. educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk Early Years Toolkit A summary of the best available evidence on key areas for learning and development Early Years Toolkit | EEF (educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk) Preparing for Literacy Seven recommendations to support improving early language and literacy Preparing for Literacy | EEF (educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk) Early Literacy The EEF is an independent charity dedicated to breaking the link between family income and educational achievement. EEF | Early Literacy (educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk) Strategic Partners Stronger Practice Hub Privacy Notice

Liverpool City Region Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Hub Home Events Newsletters Blogs Programmes Documents Subscribe Childminders Recruitment New CPD Guide for childminders New Early Years SENCO Level 3 The hub offers free advice, support and training to childminders across Liverpool City Region. We are aiming to set up Peer to Peer Childminder Support and Play Sessions for Children. Please join our mailing list to be kept informed of future events and launches, newsletters and availability for training dates and drop-in sessions. If you would like to be involved or have suggestions, please let us know. Online Childminder Network which is the last Saturday morning 10a.m. – 11.30a.m. of every month: CHILDMINDER DROP IN Deysbrook Network: Everton Nursery School and Family Centre, Spencer Street, Liverpool, L6 2WF Held every Wednesday 9.30- 11.30am Hunts Cross Network: St Hilda’s Church Hall, Stuart Avenue, Hunts Cross L25 0NG Held every Wednesday 9.30-11.30am Kendal Network: Beck Community Centre, 20 Esthwaite Avenue, Kendal LA9 7NZ Held every Thursday 9.30 – 11.30am Bromborough Childminder Network: Bromborough Family Hub, Gratrix Road, Wirral CH62 7BW Held Thursdays 9.30 – 11.30 am What is a Childminder Drop In? The childminder drop-in sessions provide local childminders with an opportunity to access up to date information, recourses, face to face support, support from a member of the hub team and for childminders to share best practices. The group offers the children a multitude of benefits including enhanced social, emotional, and cognitive development, improved communication skills and opportunities to access larger play equipment to promote physical development. The facilities provide a safe space where childminders can organise events, celebrations and provide larger scale structured activities for the children which in turn supports transitions to school. Liverpool City Region Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Childminder Network Meetings Held every last Saturday of each month for Teams Link see the monthly newsletter. The aim of the Monthly meetings is to keep childminders up to date with local / national changes, information sharing, identify training needs and give general help and advice. Should you want to have anything specific added to the agenda please email the Stronger Practice Hub on sphubnw@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk WELLCOMM BAGS If you are a Liverpool Childminder and wish to borrow a Wellcomm bag to use with your children, email the sph email as we can support you and loan a Wellcomm bag to you for a period of time. CHILDMINDER RESOURCE BAGS Calling all SPH Network Members….. FREE Resource bags coming soon, funded by the SPH this is a fantastic opportunity for Childminders. Each bag of carefully selected items will be a welcome addition to your setting which in turn supports your children’s development. Each resource bag is designed to be used individually, with a group of childminder colleagues and shared as a lending library. In the next few weeks you can apply for resources that cover Communication and Language, Early Maths and Story Comprehension including a selection of various quality Story Sacks. Also included will be Outdoor and Nature, Habitats and Musicical Instruments bags. Look out for the launch coming the end of April/early May depending on your location within Liverpool City Region and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub…. CM CPD CPD Guide for childminders Early Years SENCO Level 3 Strategic Partners Stronger Practice Hub Privacy Notice

Everton Nursery School û Navenda Malbatê: Dîrokek Dibistana Zarokan û Malbata Everton Centre (Navenda Xweseriya Destpêkê ya DfES di 2001-an de) di îlona 2000-an de ji hevgirtina Everton Road Nursery bi prensîba karmend û zarokên ku ji Karûbarên Civakî yên Rojane yên herêmî ve hatine damezrandin. Zarokxaneya Roja Adam Cliff). Everton Road Nursery School yek ji şeş dibistanên kreşê bû ku di wê demê de ji hêla Desthilata Perwerdehiya Liverpool ve dihat parastin. Ew mezintirîn û kevintirîn bû ku ji sala 1932-an vir ve hatiye damezrandin. ji hêla xwediyê Adam Cliff ve. Kurçika Dayê ya Adam Cliff hema hema li tenişta Dibistana Zarokan a Everton Road li Everton Road bû. Her du sazî hewcedarê tamîrkirinê bûn. Di Îlona 1998-an de, Meclîsa Bajarê Liverpool-ê Dibistana Hemşîreya Everton Road veguhezand cîhê Dibistana Seretayî ya berê ya Everton Park bi mebesta avakirina navendek yekgirtî bi karûbarên civakî. Di Îlona 1999-an de, Zarokxaneya Day a Adam Cliff tevlî Dibistana Zarokxaneya Everton Road bû ku bi hev re bixebitin di avakirina yekem navenda yekbûyî ya bajarê Liverpool de. Di sala akademîk a 1999-2000 de, karmend hem ji karûbarên civakî û hem jî ji perwerdehiyê ji bo cûrbecûr postên perwerdekarê zarokatiya destpêkê hatin peywirdarkirin. Di 1999-2006 de bernameya herêmî ya West Everton û Breckfield Sure Start pêş ket û bi navendê ve bi bernameyek avahiyek mezin ve hate girêdan. Insiyatîfa herêmî ya Sure Start civak û beşên tenduristiyê yên avahiyê fînanse kir. Dibistan û Malbata Everton Nursery Centre di destpêkê de hem ji hêla perwerdehiyê û hem jî ji hêla karûbarên civakî ve hatî fînanse kirin digel Karûbarên Perwerde û Fêrbûna Jiyan, Werzîş, Pirtûkxane û Karûbarê Serdemê ku di wê demê de berpirsiyariya sereke ya dibistanê / navendê girtibû. Dibistana kreşê hejmara xwe ya DfES (341 1003) ji Dibistana Zarokan a Everton Road parast. Dibistana kreş, di Sibata 2001 de statûya DfES 'Navenda Xweseriya Destpêkê' û di Hezîran 2003 de bi tevahiya malperê re statuya Navenda Zarokan bi dest xist. Lijneya Rêvebir berpirsiyariya rayeyên wek dibistanên seretayî û navîn girt ser xwe. Mînak budceya. Hin beşên dibistanê/navendê (hinek girêbestên karmendan ji servîsên civakî yên berê) wê demê bi navendî dihatin rêvebirin lê xet ji hêla Midûr/Serokê Navendê ve dihat birêvebirin. Dibistana kreş/navenda entegre di Gulana 2004an de teftîşek 0-19 Ofsted a yekbûyî pîlot kir. yek Serek û yek Desteya Rêvebir. Di Kanûna 2004-an de lijneya rêveberiya herêmî ya Sure Start ya West Everton û Breckfield hate hilweşandin û Desteya Rêvebir ya Dibistana Nûrsery ji nû ve hate damezrandin. Di Çile 2005 de, Dibistana Zarokan û Navenda Zarokan yek Desteya Rêvebir ji bo tevahiya malperê bi nûnerên tevahiya malperê re hebû. Rêveberê Dibistana Hemşîreyê di Îlona 2005an de jî bû Serokê Navendê piştî ku dibistan/navend di navbera Hezîran – Tebax 2005 de (bi Bernameya Destpêka Destpêkê û Bernameya Starê ya Destpêkê re asîmîlasyon û ji nû ve ava kirin destpêşxeriyên ku dibin pêşniyara bingehîn a tevahî ya Navenda Zarokan, bi girêdanên bi desthilatdariya herêmî re ji bo berpirsiyariya pêşkêşkirina karûbarên pêşniyara bingehîn). Di sala 2010-an de Desteya Rêvebir ya Dibistana Zarokan û Navenda Zarokan nirxand ku divê dibistan / navend ji Navenda Zarokatiya Destpêkê ya Everton / Navenda Zarok û Malbatê ya Everton were guheztin. Ji Îlona 2010-an ve malper hate guheztin nave Everton Nursery School û Navenda Malbatê. Dibistana Hemşîreyê ji Ofsted (Beş 5) di Gulan 2004 (HMI), Gulan 2008, Gulan 2011, Gulan 2014, û di Cotmeha 2018 de (S 2018) ji Ofsted (Beş 5) Serketî hate darizandin. Navenda Zarokan di Çile 2011-an de ji HMI-ê di hemî waran de Serkeftî bi dest xist. Felsefeya Dibistana Hemşîre û Navenda Malbatê her gav li ser bingehê peydakirina perwerdehiya destpêkê ya bi kalîte û lênihêrîn û karûbarên bi kalîte ji bo hemî zarokên piçûk bi hevkariya bi malbatên xwe û civaka herêmî re ye. Everton Nursery School û Navenda Malbatê li beşa Everton a Liverpool-ê ye. Wekî dibistanek kreş û navendek zarokan, dibistan û navend xwedan perwerdehiya zarokatiya zû ya bi kalîte ye ku di bingehê dabînkirina wê de lênihêrîn heye. Dibistana hemşîre ji 124 zarokên FTE yên ji 2 heta 5 salan, bi cîhên drav û fînansekirî yên demsala berdest vedihewîne. Navend salê 48 hefte vekirî ye û di dema bêdem de bi rêya navenda zarokan çalakiyan dide. Xelatên me Dibistan û Navenda Malbatê ya Everton di nav çend salan de xelatên cûrbecûr bi dest xistine, ku pratîk û peydakirina Pêşkêşkirî qebûl dikin û pîroz dikin.

EYSH Blogs Lost words Di Ahengê de Case Studies In Harmony Liverpool ji El Sistema ya Venezuelayê îlhama xwe digire û çêkirina muzîka orkestrayê bikar tîne da ku tenduristî, perwerde û daxwazên zarok û ciwanên li Everton baştir bike. Di sala 2009-an de li Dibistana Seretayî ya Faith ku bi 84 zarokan ve hatî damezrandin, In Harmony Liverpool berfirehtir bû ku zêdetirî 700 zarok û ciwanên 0-18 salî û malbatên wan niha her hefte, bêpere, beşdarî muzîka orkestrayê ya bi kalîteya herî bilind dibin. li dibistanê û li derve. Çêkirina muzîkê li Dibistana Seretayî ya Faith, Dibistana Seretayî ya Beacon CE, Dibistana Zarokan a Everton û Navenda Malbatê, Dibistana Seretayî ya Katolîk a All Saints, Navenda Zarokan a Anfield û li Liverpool Philharmonic li Friary, navenda me ya provayê li West Everton pêk tê._cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Case Studies Send in a Case Study to be published here. Mail Email: sphubnw@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk Case Study Template By Diane Boyd ‘Lost words’ reflected through the three pillars of sustainability and the SDGs. Little Oaks Playschool Early Years Sustainable Hub – Case Study Template Little Oaks Playschool Climate Action Plan Home | Climate Action Strategy | Case Studies | Curriculum Resources | Blog and Video Logs

Liverpool City Region and beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Hub Home Events Programmes Documents Blogs Childminders Early Years Professional Development Programme Newsletters Recruitment Subscribe Recruitment Early Years Experts and Mentors Learn More Here. The Liverpool City Region and beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub is one of 18 DfE designated Stronger Practice Hubs across England. The Liverpool City Region Hub will cover the Liverpool City region Local Authorities and Beyond , offering bespoke support, EEF evidence informed training opportunities as well as conferences and opportunities to network with others working in Early Years. The hub is fully funded, meaning the offer will always be free to those who take part. The team running the hub are all working within the schools/settings currently and want to offer support across the whole Early Years sector. If you are a childminder, working in a PVI or school/maintained nursery class and would like more information and to join our network, please sign up to the hub here: Subscribe Events Liverpool City Region and Beyond Learn More Programmes Liverpool City Region and Beyond Learn More Documents Liverpool City Region and Beyond Learn More Blogs Liverpool City Region and Beyond Learn More Childminders Liverpool City Region and Beyond Learn More EYPDP Liverpool City Region and Beyond Learn More Newsletters Liverpool City Region and Beyond Learn More Recruitment Recruitment opportunities at the Liverpool City Region Stronger Practice Hub. Learn More Early years stronger practice hubs provide advice, share good practice and offer evidence-based professional development for early years practitioners. They are part of the early years education recovery support package, which also includes the early years experts and mentors programme. The early years stronger practice hubs programme is supported by the Education Endowment Foundation and the National Children’s Bureau. It is funded for 2 years, until late 2024. More information, along with our privacy notice for the programme, is available on the National Children’s Bureau website. Hubs support other nurseries and childminders in their area to adopt evidence-based practice improvements by: * establishing local networks of early years educators to share knowledge and effective practice * sharing information and advice on evidence-based approaches – for example, through newsletters, blogs and social media * acting as a point of contact for bespoke advice * signposting to other funded support * working with the Education Endowment Foundation to select evidence-based programmes to fund and make available to nurseries and childminders Hub locations There are 18 hubs in total – 2 in each of the 9 government office regions across England. Each hub consists of a lead setting and up to 4 partners . Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs will support other early years settings in the designated areas to improve outcomes for children in their local area across the EYFS, but specifically focusing on areas of development that research informs us have been most impacted by COVID-19: personal social and emotional development (PSED); communication and language, and early literacy and maths. Each Hub is led by a group-based (school-based, private, voluntary, or independent) early years provider. The Department’s ambition is for Hubs to be evenly distributed across England, with two Hubs in each of the nine government office regions. Everton Nursery School and Family Centre have been successfully appointed as one of the 6 new DfE Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs, and will lead the Liverpool City Region and Beyond Stronger Practice Hub supporting 11 Local Authorities surrounding Liverpool City Region. There will also be an opportunity to gain coaching and mentoring with early years specialists through the Stronger Practice Hubs as well as CPD and workforce development opportunities. Strategic Partners Stronger Practice Hub Privacy Notice

1/1 Navenda Malbatê Ev proje beşek ji Bernameya Rêyên Xebatê ya ESF ya Herêma Liverpool-ê ye û beşek ji hêla Fona Civakî ya Ewropî û Însiyatîfa Karkirina Ciwanan ve tê fînanse kirin. Armanca bernameyê ew e ku bi lêgerîna kar, rahênerî û şêwirmendî, ezmûna xebatê, perwerdehiyê, pêşkeftina jêhatîbûnê û agahdarî, şêwirdarî û rêbernameyê piştgirî bide mirovên herêmî di xebatê de. Hûn bi xêr hatin Navenda Malbata me Weke Navendek Zarokan a 'Bêbawer' ku vê dawiyê ji hêla Ofsted ve di Çile 2011 de hate darizandin, em piştgiriyê didin dêûbavên pêşerojê û zarokên di bin pênc pêncan de û malbatên wan. Karkerên Malbata Destwerdana Destpêkê û Karkerên Tevlêbûna Civakê li Evertonê ne ku bi hevkariyek nêzîk bi dêûbav û lênêrên li civatê re bixebitin da ku alîkariya baştirkirina jiyana malbatê bikin. Navenda me ya zarokan yek ji 26 navendên zarokan li Liverpoolê ye. Navendên zarokan ji bo malbatên xwedî zarokên di bin pênc salî de lênêrînê, perwerdehî, tenduristî, pêşveçûna civakê û xizmetên malbatê li hev kom dikin. Tîma xebatkarên me bi malbat û civakê re bi hev re dixebitin ku hînbûn, tenduristî û başbûna çêtirîn ji bo zarokan peyda bikin. Em bawer dikin ku dema we ya Dibistana Zarokan a Everton û Navenda Malbatê dê xweş be û we vedixwînin ku hûn bi tevahî beşdarî çalakiyên me bibin. Xizmetên ji bo Malbatan Everton Nursery School û Navenda Malbatê ji bo malbatan cûrbecûr karûbarên tevlihev pêşkêşî dike. Piraniya xizmetên tenduristî û piştevaniya dêûbavan bi lêçûnek hindik an jî qet ji malbatan re têne peyda kirin. Perwerdehiya Tuwaletê - Ev bernameya pir populer di hînkirina dêûbavan de pir serketî ye ku ji zarokan re bibin alîkar ku ji dibistanê re amade bin û ji palpiştan derkevin. Piştgiriya Malbatê - Tîma xebatkarên me di piştgiriya malbatê de pir bi ezmûn in. Ger hewce be em serdanên malê pêşkêşî malbatan dikin. Mêvana tenduristiyê an jî pîrika we dikare we sewqî navendê bike. Her weha hûn dikarin zengilê lê bidin an davêjin hundur da ku ji yek ji tîmê meya pir heval ji bo piştgirîyê bipirsin. Tenduristî û başbûn - Materyalên pêşvebirina tenduristiyê û çalakiyên li ser tenduristiya diranan, xwarina saxlem û çalakiya laşî, pêşveçûna zarokan û agahdariya dêûbavbûnê. Klînîkên Serdanên Tenduristiyê her roja Sêşemê piştî nîvro li ser malpera me têne girtin. Di danişînan de veqetandina pîrik her roja sêşemê li ser malperê têne girtin. Ji bo Zaroka Xwe Amade bibin - Sê danişîn di qonaxên paşîn ên ducaniyê de pêk hatin. Em ji nêzîk ve bi pîrikê re dixebitin da ku ji we re bibin alîkar ku hûn ji hatina zarokê xwe re amade bibin. Terapîstên Axaftin û Ziman bi randevûyên veqetandî dermankirinê û piştgirîya li ser malperê peyda dikin. Alîkariya Pêşîn a Zarokan ji bo dêûbavan - Navend bi rêkûpêk mazûvaniya alîkariya yekem a zarokan dike ji bo dêûbav ku di vê hêmana girîng a lênihêrîna zarokên pir piçûk de perwerde bibin. Qeza diqewimin, û ev bername dê nîşanî we bide ka meriv çawa di rûbirûbûna bûyeran de pê ewle bibe û kengê bangî karûbarên acîl bike. Fêrbûn û Lênêrîn - Wek dêûbav an jî lênêrînê zarokek piçûk hûn bandorek sereke li ser pêşveçûna zarokê xwe ne. Fêrbûn û çalakiyên lênêrînê yên zarokatiya zû hene ku ji we re bi vê rola girîng re bibin alîkar. Di nav wan de hene: Bimînin û Play - Ev ê piştgirî bide zarokê we ku fêr bibe çawa bi zarokên din re civakî be. Çîrok û Qafiye - Ev firsendeke xweş e ku zarokê xwe bigihîne hezkirina pirtûkan û dest bi fêrbûna baldariya xwe û guhdarîkirina kurteçîrokan bike. Zarok jî dê di nav hefteyan de hînî gelek risteyên nû yên zarokan bibin. Tummy Time - Ev bernameyeke nû ya navendê ye. Em vê bernameyê radigihînin da ku ji dêûbavan re bibin alîkar ku di teşwîqkirina baby de bêtir xwebawer bibin ku gava şiyar bin li ser zikê xwe bilîzin. Pitik zû fêr dibin ka meriv çawa ji pozîsyona zikê xwe bizivirîne û bizivire. Tots In Harmony - Ji bo pitik û pitikên di bin 3 salî de. Danişînek muzîkê ya xweş ku ji hêla muzîkjenên zana ve tê pêşkêş kirin ku dizanin û fam dikin ku zarokên piçûk bi muzîkê çawa fêr dibin. Van danişînên heftane ji bo piştgirîkirina dêûbavan hatine çêkirin ku temaşe bikin ka zarokê we çawa bi muzîkê fêr dibe. Odeya hestî - Ev odeya balkêş ji bo hemî dêûbavên me yên civakê heye. Bihêlin zarokê we bi serbestî û bi ewle li qada lîstika nerm bigere û li ronahiyê û kaniya avê ya rengîn bigere. Pêşniyara me Em ji bo zarokê we destpêkek çêtirîn pêşkêş dikin û gelek karûbar û çalakîyên bi kalîteya bilind BELAŞ pêşkêşî we û malbata we dikin.

Parent carer information forms letters and what to expect. Rûpelê dêûbav / lênêrînê Form û agahdarî QEBÛNA FORMA SEPANÊ KODA REFETÊ DENGÎ LI KURSEYÊ PIRTÛKXANEYA LÎSTIK Û PIRTÛKAN LI EYFS ÇI LI HEVIRÎ Nameyên ji dêûbav / nêrevanan re FORMA DAXUYANIYA DAVÊ RÊBERÊ DAVÊN EYFS PIRTÛKA AGAHYARIYA DÊBAVAN 3-5 CILÊN ZÊDE LÎSTEYA PRICE UNIFORM TOILET TRAINING Dêûbav Şîroveyên li ser Dibistana Zarokan a me Aqûb li zarokxanê xwe ewle, piştgirî û hezkirin hîs dike, gihîştina sîh demjimêrên perwerdehiyê hişt ku ew bêtir wextê xwe bi lêkolîn û fêrbûna bi hevalên xwe re derbas bike. Ev dibistan hawîrdora herî xweş ji zarokan re peyda dike ku hîn bibin, keşf bikin û ji perwerdehiya zaroktiyê kêfxweş bibin. Em wek dêûbav xwe pir bextewar hîs dikin ku Aqûb li gorî standardên herî bilind tê lênêrîn, pelê wî yê Karkerê Malbatê bi rastî alîkariya me kir ku qonax û armancên wî yên pêşkeftinê fam bikin'. -Eliza Willis - Dêûbavê Jacob Willis Bea hem di warê civakî û hem jî di warê akademîk de gavên mezin avêtine. Baweriya wê pir zêde ye û me ê nikarîbûya ew qas standartek bilind bidaya wê. Me nikarîbû ji bo keça xwe ya piçûk jiyanek çêtir bixwaze. Bea ji qada derve hez dike, ev yek ji wan sedemên ku me ev Dibistana Zarokan hilbijart. -Sam McKenna Bavê Bea McKenna Heidi ji hatina hemşîreyê hez dike û ez nikarim spasiya karmendan bikim ji bo hemî dilsozî, piştgirî û keda wan da ku Heidi di hemî warên fêrbûna xwe de pêşkeftinê çêbike. Tecrûbeyên ku wê li hemşîreyê hene ecêb in û danûstendina di navbera mal û Dibistanê de geş e. Spas dikim! -Francine McArdle Dê û bavê Heidi Hughes Ruby her gav li dora mirovên nû pir westiyayî û şermok bû, rûtîniya dibistanê û atmosfera erênî hişt ku Ruby pratîkê bike ku bêtir pêbawer bibe. Heqê hewldana mamosteyan ji bo amadekirina karên weha kêf, afirîner û xeyalî ji nedîtî ve çûye. Ruby ji min re dibêje ku ew hez dike ku li derve bilîze, wekî dêûbav ez hest dikim ku qada derve ecêb e. Hem ez û hem jî Bavê Ruby ji xwendina çîrokan û dîtina wêneyên Ruby pir kêfa xwe distînin! - Courtney Needham - Dê û bavê Ruby Needham Enzo ji sî saet perwerdehiyê bi girseyî sûd wergirtiye. Zanîna zimanê wî îsal gelek pêşketiye, ew niha ji me çêtir îngilîzî diaxive, carinan xeletiyên me jî rast dike. Enzo ji rûtîniya dibistanê hez dike û rojê bi Masajê dest pê dike. Têkiliya bi mamosteyê pola wî û xebatkarê malbatê re pir xweş e, ez her gav pê bawer im ku Enzo ji dibistanan kêfê dike û her fikar dê di cih de were ragihandin. -Maria Siqueira - Dê û bavê Enzo Siqueira

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