HEART Midlands Early Years SPH @MidlandsSPH
🌳 HEART - Midlands Early Years Stronger Practice Hub 💚 Birmingham, Coventry, Herefordshire, Solihull, Warwickshire, Worcestershire strongerpracticehubs.org.uk/hubs/wm/heart-… Midlands, UK Joined March 2023-
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[DOWNLOAD] Stronger Practice Insights: Working with Children under Two strongerpracticehubs.org.uk/hubs/wm/heart-…
✨NEW✨ Stronger Practice Insights: Working with Children under Two A comprehensive collection of materials curated from Hubs nationwide, complemented by links to the #EYFS framework, further research + online resources. 📥 Download free via our website! #EarlyYears #UnderTwos
👩👧@LGrocott_EY introduces our updated poster to help practitioners support young children’s transitions. Read more: tinyurl.com/3kkedjzf 1/2
💡 Download the poster and take a look at our other early years resources to support smooth transitions, including our professional development conversations cycle. Download: tinyurl.com/4exsrm9m 2/2 #transitions #bigsteps
🆕 New resource drop! Created by Happy Days Nurseries as part four of our 'Physical Activity' series, this resource is packed with ideas to keep little ones active and engaged. 📥 Check it out: zurl.co/sxqZr #EarlyYears #PhysicalActivity #EYFS #FoundationYears
🚨 New from the EEF: The Early Years Evidence Store now includes: ✏️ Interactive writing 🧼 Self-care routines Support literacy, wellbeing & safety with evidence-informed approaches: zurl.co/aJwvR #EEF #EarlyYears #Education
We agree with @KensingtonRoyal! Connecting with nature is so important & evidence shows spending quality time outdoors benefits children’s development from a young age. Natural Thinkers is a programme that helps more children connect with nature. For more: buff.ly/B75XzNX
SPRING. This year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, we are celebrating humanity’s longstanding connection to nature, and its capacity to inspire us and help us to heal and grow in mind, body and spirit. As we confront the challenges of an increasingly complex and digital world,
Our Resource of the Term is… balls! 🏀⚽ From rolling to bouncing, balls are a brilliant way to give sensory seekers the input they need 🤩 Check out our favourite sensory-friendly ball activities! #SensoryPlay #OT #OccupationalTherapy
Explore themes from the EEF #EarlyYears Evidence Store with our 3-2-1 Quick Reads Series! #3: Early #Maths 🧮 Mathematical understanding helps children make sense of the world around them, interpret situations, and solve problems in everyday life. 📄 birminghamearlyyearsnetworks.org/s/3-2-13-early…
Such wonderful insight from Helen Lumgair - we all want our stories to be treasured. 🤗💞 Watch this webinar for for free before June 3rd. >> loom.ly/d81p5aA <<
✨💬 Early Talk Boost 💬✨ FREE face-to-face training for Birmingham practitioners! #EarlyTalkBoost is a targeted intervention for 3 to 4-year-olds who need help with talking and understanding words. PLACES AVAILABLE on training in May & June: birminghamearlyyearsnetworks.org/events?tag=Ear…
Action for Climate – Early Years special webinar. Sign-up to build a climate action plan, with live demo of DfE’s Sustainability Support for Education platform. Free to sign-up, all education settings expected to have a climate action by 2025. Click here: zurl.co/RgkR8
📣 Calling early years educators! Are you looking for professional development opportunities? We have several projects available to take part in, including ..... 1/5
One week to go until Herefordshire’s first celebration week for SEND families. Herefordshire’s first ever Visible & Valued SEND Celebration Week will run from Thurs 22 to Weds 28 May & aims for SEND families to feel visible & valued in their community. orlo.uk/Q6nFG
We're launching an alumni network for anyone who has completed a Froebel Trust endorsed course. 🌳 Join for free & benefit from a range of exclusive benefits including two free masterclass webinars a year! ⭐️ froebel.org.uk/training-and-r…
Congratulations to Alison Hanson of Ally's House Childcare (Leamington Spa), on her 'West Midlands Childminder of the Year' award at the Coram PACEY Regional Childminder Awards 2025 🏆 Alison is a fantastic childminder and firm friend of the HEART Midlands Early Years SPH 🌳💚
“The daily maths lesson has not yet begun. These children are choosing to explore mathematical ideas through the manipulation of concrete resources.” @TGResearchSch explains how manipulatives can support children’s growing mathematical knowledge. researchschool.org.uk/tudor-grange/n…
We story all day every day, to make sense of the world around us - if we can empower the littlest minds to understand and create their own stories, the world is their oyster 🦪 loom.ly/Kz8ylZg #freewebinar #ecewebinar #cpdforteachers #talestoolkit #teachers #littleminds
📢✨ Good News! ✨📢 The Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs programme has been extended until March 2026 🙌 We are excited to continue this vital work across the West Midlands region! Join our mailing list to keep up-to-date: eepurl.com/ja8so6
“Thoughtful investment of EYPP can drive lasting improvements to practice and maximise the chances that each child will benefit.” @LGrocott_EY offers three tips for leaders to consider when planning and sustaining an Early Years Pupil Premium strategy. eef.li/wdgkeY
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