- It is the responsibility of the attendee to supply an email address and be aware of the reasons for this and agree to data to be used. Please ensure that details are kept up to date, all correspondence will be sent via email.
- The course fee secures your place. If you are unable to attend you can request a refund no later than 72 hours prior to the course start. This request must be submitted to [email protected] and include the course reference, your contact details and reason for cancellation. Cancellation requests received after this time will incur a cancellation fee of 50% of the course costs. We reserve the right to cancel your place without a refund to ensure we can pay our course liabilities for any booking not cancelled 72 hours prior to the course.
Please read our terms and conditions in full before booking on any event.
| Talk PANTS week - a talk with Rhys Beaven from the NSPCC | BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE | |||
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| Monday 27th January 2025 | 18:30 - 19:30 | |||
| Talk PANTS wishes to help children understand that they have a right to say no and if they need to speak out about something, someone will listen. We know that a simple conversation can make a BIG difference, and that's what Talk PANTS is all about. If you would like to find out more about the campaign, we are hosting a talk with Rhys Beaven from the NSPCC, who will be giving a low down about the campaign, and how you can get involved. | ||||
| Online | FREE | |||
| Y Cylch Cymraeg | BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE | |||
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| The Observation, Assessment and Planning Cycle | ||||
| Thursday 30th January 2025 | 18:00 - 19:30 | |||
| Join Matt Anthony, Welsh Language Project Lead to explore the role Observation and Assessment has on Planning for Welsh language development. | ||||
| Online | £5 booking fee | |||
| Curious about the Curriculum | BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE | |||
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| Tuesday 4th February 2025 | 13:30 - 14:30 | |||
| Join Kelcie Stacey, Early Years Education Officer to explore the non maintained curriculum. These sessions aim to explore some of the common misunderstandings and miscommunications as well as inform you of updates and answer questions. Each session will cover a different topic and can be informed by practitioners. | ||||
| Online | Free for members | |||
| Rhaglen hyfforddi 10 mis Growing Minds | |||||
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| Starts Thursday 6th February (9:30 - 10:30) - and every first Thursday of the month for 9 months. | |||||
| Are you curious about how children's brains develop and how you can positively impact their growth? We're excited to invite you to our Growing Minds, 10-month training programme designed to help you understand the science behind brain development in early childhood. | |||||
| You will need to commit to all 10 sessions to complete the course. | |||||
| Email [email protected] to book your place |
| Safeguarding Category C | BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE | |||||
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| Wednesday 5th and 12th February 2025 | 9:00 - 16:00 | |||||
| The aim of this advanced level session is to familiarise participants with what happens and ensure they are able to take part in each of the safeguarding stages after a safeguarding report has been made. | ||||||
| Online | £80 Members | £120 Non-members | ||||
Step Into Welsh Through Play, Movement and Stories
Opportunities for parent/carers and their children to take their first steps into the Welsh language as we explore movement, play, story telling and much more.
These one hour sessions will make use of St Fagans National Museum of History to celebrate Wales' unique language, heritage and culture.
Next session: Friday 21st February, 2025
Session 1: 6 weeks to 12 months (10:30 - 11:30)
Session 2: 12 months+ (12:00 - 13:00)
Free
Location: St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff, CF5 6XB
Language: The sessions will be delivered in English but with a strong focus on introducing Welsh vocabulary and phrases that families can use at home with their child through play and movement.
Snack: A healthy snack and drink will be available for children during the session.
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| Friday 21st February 2025 | |||||
| Session 1: 6 weeks to 12 months (10:30 - 11:30) | Session 2: 12 months+ (12:00 - 13:00) | ||||
| Email: [email protected] | Email: [email protected] | ||||
Breakfast Bulletin
This short 30-minute session will brief attendees on our planned activities, our updated products and services, and other news from Early Years Wales.
Bring a coffee and hear about our plans. We will continue to share our membership offers and benefits in a range of ways to all members
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Policy Working Group
The Working Group is a chance for you, as early years professionals, to feed into Early Years Wales's policy agenda with our head of Policy and Advocacy, Leo Holmes.
We want to make sure our work reflects your voices, as your firsthand knowledge and experience of what works, and what doesn't, is crucial in enabling us to shape our campaigns to benefit this continuously evolving sector.
The Working Group will take place on a bi-monthly basis and will be based on a specific topic relevant to Early Years provision. The topic of each meeting will be determined by you. No suggestion will be discounted, and they can raise in size and scope.
| Wednesday 5th February 2025, 9:30am - 10:30am | BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE | |||
Upcoming dates for 2025: 2nd April, 4th June , 6th August, 1st October, 3rd December
Network meeting
These are opportunities for leaders and managers of settings to meet online and share conversations that are important to the sector and to running and leading staff in settings around Wales. We are facilitating these opportunities to network and share conversations.
It is our intention to make these your meetings - with your booking you will be invited to suggest a topic. If there is a conversation that you think leaders and managers should share, we are happy to be guided by you.
We will email all leaders and managers booked on the network with the agenda and topics in advance. In addition to topics of challenge and a space to raise concerns, we would be delighted to share ideas for good practice, celebrate successes and innovation around Wales and invite any leader or manager that would like to share ideas.
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Homebased Childcare Network
These are opportunities for homebased childcare practitioners to meet online and share conversations that are important to the sector. We are facilitating these opportunities to network and share conversations.
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Not a member? Membership is currently free, find out more.
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Catch up:
Early Years Wales member exclusive. We know how important funding is for your setting, so let's give it a boost! Watch Jo, Education Partnerships Manager for easyfundraising, demonstrate how easyfundraising works and provides top tips for supporter sign ups and making the most of the online fundraising platform.
Free to use, easyfundraising is trusted by over 14,000 nurseries, childminders, pre-schools and playgroups who have raised £1.5 million from parents, staff and their community's online shopping. For any settings not yet using easyfundraising as a way of fundraising for free, you can sign up here: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/early-years-wales
To view the webinar, please email [email protected]
Exclusive online training for Early Years Wales members. This training can be accessed and completed at your own pace.
To access, log in to your online account here and then follow the links below:
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| Active Baby + Active Toddler | £25 | PURCHASE HERE | ||
| The Active Toddler course follows on from 18 months to 3 years and provides practitioners with opportunities to provide the toddlers in their care with whole body experiences and an environment that promotes open-ended spontaneous movement play geared to the movement needs of the individual child. It aims to focus the practitioner to observe, tune in, feel movement, and respond in stage appropriate ways enabling them to facilitate opportunities throughout the day. | ||||
| Internet access is required to access the training | ||||
| Active Baby | £15 | PURCHASE HERE | ||
| Active Baby focuses on the movement and well-being of children from 0–18 months looking at development and ways in which we can support and nurture not only the babies in our care, but also the physical activity and well-being of the adults who care for and educate them | ||||
| Internet access is required to access the training | ||||
| Active Toddler | £15 | PURCHASE HERE | ||
| The Active Toddler course follows on from 18 months to 3 years and provides practitioners with opportunities to provide the toddlers in their care with whole body experiences and an environment that promotes open-ended spontaneous movement play geared to the movement needs of the individual child. It aims to focus the practitioner to observe, tune in, feel movement, and respond in stage appropriate ways enabling them to facilitate opportunities throughout the day. | ||||
| Internet access is required to access the training | ||||
| Play's the Essence | £15 | PURCHASE HERE | ||
| This is a series of three separate recordings that can be used for an individual's continuous professional development or as staff training. | ||||
| Internet access is required to access the training | ||||
Exclusive offer for Early Years Wales Members
book 3 well-being coaching sessions for £60!
The well-being conversation in Early Years leadership is often led first and foremost by the funding, wages, workload, training, quality and conditions found in the care sector
The conversation that Early Years Wales would like to support as an offer in partnership with Den Early Years is around well-being and how it moves into a dynamic, evolving, generative space where Early Years leaders are warmly invited to work with the narratives about, in and with their profession. In this space well-being will be cultivated in self-presence, connectedness and belonging.
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| Members only | earlyyears.wales | |
| Members please log in to access | ||
| Information and videos to support the journey. | The professional learning journey has been developed to help guide schools through the structural and professional learning aspects of preparing for Curriculum for Wales. It helps you find your way through the different models for professional learning, and plan your own journey | |
| External | hwb.gov.wales | |
| Diversity and Anti- Racist Professional Learning |
Professional learning for those working in education to develop an understanding and development of anti- racist practice | |
| External | darpl.org | |
A suite of modules designed to assist Foundation Phase practitioners to reflect on practice and provision in the following areas: Outdoor learning; Child development; Transitions; Observation; Play and play-based learning; Authentic and purposeful learning. The suite also contains an Introduction manual, which will need to be understood before undertaking the learning in the modules, as well as a frequently asked questions guide. | ||
| External | hwb.gov.wales | |
| Prevent Training | This resource consists of 4 short videos (by Addysg Oedolion Cymru | Adult Learning Wales) to raise awareness and understanding of the Prevent Duty in Wales. The statutory guidance refers to the importance of Prevent awareness training to equip staff to identify children at risk of being drawn into terrorism and to challenge extremist ideas. | |
| External | hwb.gov.wales | |