- 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.
Boogie Mites Music Programme
Building strong foundations for language, literacy and learning skills.
Wednesday 30th April, 7th May & 14th May
18:30 - 19:30 | Online
Bookings now closed.
Well-being for practitioners
Three Part Series. Available to book separately.
Tuesday 6th May | 10th June | 8th July
9:30 - 10:30 I Online
£20 Members per session or £50 for all three
£25 Non-Members per session or £65 for all three
Click here for more information and to book your place
per session: 10th June | 8th July
BBC Tiny Happy People
Please join us for an introduction to BBC Tiny Happy People with particular focus on our content for 0-2 year olds - highlighting the importance of the first 1,000 days.
Tuesday, 3 June, 2025
18:00 to 19:00 | Online
Free for Early Years Wales Members.
From Sounds to Stories: Nurturing Early Literacy in Children
with Neil Griffiths and Alice Sharp
Tuesday 4th June
9:00am - 15:30 | The Village Hotel, Cardiff CF14 7EF
Grant funded. Free for Early Years Wales Members.
Click here for more information and to book your place
Early Years Wales Roadshows
Thursday 12th June
9:30am - 13:00 | Venue Cymru the Promenade, Llandudno, LL30 1BB
£20 Members | £35 Non-members
Click here for more information and to book your place
Shifting from non-racist to anti-racist practice
Working with Early Years settings raising the youngest of our society.
Tuesday, 17th & 24th June
13:30 - 15:00 | Online
Early Years Wales members only. £10 booking fee.
Click here for more information and to book your place
Lunch and Learn: Social Care Wales offer
Showcasing the events and resources from Social Care Wales
Thursday 19th June
13:00 - 13:30 | Online
Free for Early Years Wales Members.
Early Years Wales Roadshows
Thursday 10th July
10:00am - 13:30 | Senedd, Pierhead Street, Cardiff, CF99 1SN
£20 Members | £35 Non-members
Click here for more information and to book your place
Little Voices, Big Stories
Welsh Language and Culture Through Storytime
Thursday 17th July
09:30 - 14:00 | Online
Early Years Wales members only. £10 booking fee.
Click here for more information and to book your place
Lunch and Learn: Harms of smoking and vaping on young children
with Louise Elliott, Head of Policy at ASH Cymru
Thursday 17th July
13:00 - 13:30 | Online
Free for Early Years Wales Members.
The Working Group is a chance for you, as early years professionals, to feed into Early Years Wales's policy agenda.
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.
Next date:
| Wednesday 28th May, 9.30am - 10.30am | Book your place here | |||
Upcoming dates for 2025: 6th August, 1st October, 3rd December
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 at St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff, CF5 6XB
These sessions will make use of St Fagans National Museum of History to celebrate Wales' unique language, heritage and culture.
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.
Free
Future dates:
| Babies - 0-12 months | |
| Friday 20th June - 10:15am - 11:30am* | Book your place |
*Important information: Mark Drakeford (MS for Cardiff West) will be popping into this session to see how our Step into Welsh sessions are supporting families and promoting the Welsh Language in the community. The MS may also share what they learn from the session with colleagues in Welsh Parliament to help champion similar opportunities for others.
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.
| Tuesday 3rd June, 9:30 - 10:30am | Book your place here | |||
Upcoming dates for 2025: 1st July (13:30-14:30)
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:
| 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.
Click here for more information |
| Link | Information | |
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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 | |