Liverpool City Region and beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub

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ENABLING ENVIRONMENTS

Save The Date Wednesday 17th September 3.45-4.45p.m.

Join us as we explore evidence-based auditing tools you can use to
develop high quality Early Years provision.

Email the Hub to register sphubnw@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk​​

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Ordinary Available Inclusive Provision Conference

Save The Date Saturday 27th September 2025 9:45am - 12:15pm

Speakers include: Alex Gower-Jones exploring Communication and Language Strategies, Highfield Nursery School staff sharing their practice working with children with SEND and Emma-Louise Scott (Teacher from an Early Years Resource Provision) sharing strategies of working with neuro diverse 2-5 year olds.

Email the Hub to register sphubnw@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk

LEARNING WALKS
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If you wish to offer your setting for a learning walk to share practice especially linked to research in communication or early mathematics, let us know via email on sphubnw@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk
 

RECORDED SESSIONS

We have a number of recorded sessions online for staff training:

 

CELEBRATING DIVERSITY, PROMOTING INCLUSION, AND ANTI-RACIST CULTURES IN THE EARLY YEARS 25 minutes with Sian Phillips - Anti-Racism Advocate/Researcher/Consultant.

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MAXIMISING THE IMPACT OF PUPIL PREMIUM IN THE EARLY YEARS 20 minutes with Kaya Doyle, Programme Manager.

 

INSET SESSION 1 TEACHING AND MODELLING LANGUAGE:

30 minutes with Alex Gower-Jones (Independent Consultant). This has an accompany written sheet of activities to support this recorded Inset session.

 

INSET SESSION 2 TEACHING AND MODELLING VOCABULARY:

30 minutes with Alex Gower-Jones (Independent Consultant). This has an accompany written sheet of activities to support this recorded Inset session.

 

INSET SESSION 1 EARLY LITERACY – TEACHING SOUND DISCRIMINATION 30 minutes with Alex Gower-Jones (Independent Consultant).

 

INSET SESSION 2 EARLY LITERACY – TEACHING SOUND MANIPULATION 30 minutes with Alex Gower-Jones (Independent Consultant).

 

INTERACTIVE READING CONFERENCE: Conference from 29th March on Interactive Reading re 1 hour, 30 minutes with Alex Gower-Jones (Independent Consultant).

 

17 SUSTAINABLE GOALS: Conference from Saturday 22nd March on the 17 Sustainable Development Goals – An Introduction re 2 hours with Diane Boyd.

 

WORKING WITH 0-3’s: An introduction to working with children 0-3 years by Amanda Quirk (Early Years Advisory Teacher).

 

SENSORY FUN Tiny Happy People sensory fun for babies indoors and outdoors with low cost/no cost activities shared by Denise Wright (Independent Consultant). The webinar shows educators how they can inspire parents to undertake sensory activities at home to support their child’s learning and development through play.

 

INTERACTIVE READING online recorded session by Alex Gower-Jones (Independent Consultant) explores how early years educators can explore interactive reading in their practice.

 

SKILLS BEFORE WRITING online recorded session by Amanda Quirk (Early Years Advisory Teacher) has put together an online programme for early years educators exploring skills before early writing.

 

EMOTIONAL REGULATION online recorded session by Maria Beale (SENDCO) and Emma Doran (Early Years Co-ordinator) from Whitefield Primary School, Liverpool. Maria and Emma share how they have worked with children in the early years and their families exploring emotional regulation.

 

NURSERY RHYMES online recorded session by Faye Johnson, Assistant Headteacher from Everton Nursery School and Family Centre has put together a session on exploring Nursery Rhymes with young children.

 

COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE online recorded session by Amanda Quirk, (Early Years Advisory Teacher) has put together an online programme for early years educators exploring communication and language.

 

OAP (ORDINARY AVAILABLE PROVISION) – Amanda Quirk, (Early Years Advisory Teacher) has put together a recording on OAP (Ordinary Available Provision) in early years.

 

USING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS - Craig and Pip from East Prescot Nursery School, Liverpool have developed an online recording on how to use a range of musical instruments. Childminders across our Hub have the opportunity to borrow a musical instruments bag but many early years educators will have these musical instruments in their provision.

 

MATHEMATICS RECORDED ONLINE – Rebecca Morgan (Nursery Teacher) from Everton Nursery School and Family Centre has recorded a practical session online to share with colleagues to explore mathematics with under fives.

 

SENSORY CURRICULUM RECORDED ONLINE - Emma-Louise Scott (Nurture Teacher) from Everton Nursery School and Family Centre shares her experiences and practical examples of a sensory curriculum.

 

EARLY EMOTIONS RECORDED ONLINE

Kaya Doyle (Programme Manager) shares an introduction to early emotional health, the issues children face and links to socio-economic backgrounds.

 

If you would like to access to any of the recorded training sessions, email sphubnw@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk

 

Don’t forget to access information from our National Stronger Practice website:

https://www.strongerpracticehubs.org.uk/hubs/nw/liverpool-city-region-and-beyond-eysph

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