Liverpool City Region and beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub

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CHILDMINDER CONFERENCES 

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Saturday 7th June 2025 at The Lake House Cambridge Road, Waterloo, Liverpool L22 1RR, 9.30a.m. to 1.30p.m.

Our Theme for the conference is: Interactive Literacy ‘Bringing Stories to life’ with Denise Wright, Early Years Consultant.

Limited Spaces please Email sphubnw@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk if you would like to attend.

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Saturday 16th August 2025 at The Lake House Cambridge Road, Waterloo, Liverpool L22 1RR, 9.30a.m. to 12.30p.m.

Our Theme for the conference is: Intergenerational sustainability and early numeracy with Dr. Diane Boyd, Independent Consultant.  
Diane will share examples of how young children under five explore early numeracy linked to Intergenerational sustainability.

Limited Spaces please Email sphubnw@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk if you would like to attend.
 

Online Childminder Network which is the last Saturday morning 10a.m. – 11.30a.m. of every month: 

 

 

BEACH SCHOOL AND FOREST SCHOOL TASTER SESSIONS:
Are you interested in Beach School or Forest School Taster sessions?
We are offering a repeat of last years sessions at Everton Nursery School and Family Centre, Liverpool and Crosby Beach, Merseyside.  If you didn’t have the chance to attend last year please join us this year.  See below the dates and times:

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Forest School
Theory Wednesday 14th May 1.30-3.30p.m.
Practical Wednesday 18th June 1.30-3.30p.m.
Reflection Wednesday 2nd July 1.30-3.30p.m. Gift bag of resources given on this session.

Beach School
Theory Wednesday 21st May 1-4p.m.
Practical Wednesday 25th June 1-4p.m.
Reflection Wednesday 9th July 1-4p.m. Gift bag of resources given on this session.

LEARNING WALKS
Are you looking for a Learning Walk in another school or setting to see early years in action?  We have the following on offer.  Please email the sph email if you would like to book on.

East Prescot Nursery School, 86 East Prescot Road, Liverpool
L14 1PW. Thursday 22nd May  9.00a.m – 11.30a.m.

Everton Nursery School and Family Centre, Spencer Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, L6 2WF. Thursday 12th June  9.30a.m. – 11.45a.m.

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June Cargill Childminding re Learning Walk at a Childminder Setting: EYFS and Outdoor Provision on Thursday 7th and/or Friday 8th August 2025
Sessions are between 09.30am to 1130am or 1pm to 3pm
Booking required if you are a childminder (children welcome) or interested to learn more about Childminding Settings
Liverpool L14 near to Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool and bus routes.

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 recorded fourteen sessions online for staff training:

 

Conference from 29th March on Interactive Reading re 1 hour, 30 minutes with Alex Gower-Jones.

See the Interactive Reading Case Study on the Stronger Practice Hub website.

Lets Talk About Books

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

 

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, from our Hub team 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 as a staff team with young children.

 

COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE: online recorded session by Amanda Quirk, Early Years Advisory Teacher, from our Hub team has put together an online programme for early years staff exploring communication and language.

 

OAP (ORDINARY AVAILABLE PROVISION): – Amanda Quirk, Early Years Advisory Teacher, from our Hub team 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) has recorded a practical session online to share with colleagues to explore mathematics. Email the sph email if you would like to access the session via Vimeo.

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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.

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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.

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

 

Don’t forget to sign up for Dingley’s modules if you haven’t already:

DINGLEY’S PROMISE

If you are a Liverpool practitioner you can access Dingley’s Promise free. Please register at the following:

https://dingley.org.uk/dingleys-promise-training/early-years-inclusion-programme/

Click the link, register, then access whenever suits.

 

Outside of Liverpool please look at the Dingley’s Promise website https://dingley.org.uk/ for more information. If you would like to access any of the modules please register an interest in the sph email address. sphubnw@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk​​​​​​

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CHILDMINDER DROP IN

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Deysbrook Network: Deysbrook Village Community Centre, Liverpool L12 4XF

 

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

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If you attend a drop in or meet up with other childminders across the Liverpool City Region and Beyond area, please let us know so we can advertise, allowing local childminder colleagues to attend, join in and network.

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​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 NETWORK RESOURCE BAGS

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 and with a group of childminder colleagues and shared as a lending library.

            

Also included will be Outdoor and Nature, Habitats and Musicical Instruments bags.

 

If you would like to access these resources, email us on our sph email address.

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Don’t forget to access information from our national Stronger Practice website.
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Liverpool City Region and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub | Stronger Practice Hubs​
 

Here you will find information about our podcasts as well as blogs and training sessions.​​

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Many thanks

Lesley Curtis

Programme Lead for Liverpool City Region and Beyond, Early Years Stronger Practice Hub

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