Training Planner

This page aims to offer opportunities to learn and develop skills that support good practice in the early years.

We offer both face to face and virtual training through our training planner below and you can also find more opportunities to learn in our virtual learning section.

  • 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.  

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Boogie Mites Music Programme

Building strong foundations for language, literacy and learning skills.

Wednesday 30th April, 7th May & 14th May
18:30 - 19:30 I Online

OPEN TO ALL. LAST CHANCE TO BOOK. 

Click here for more information and to book your place


Well-being for practitioners

Three Part Series. Available to book separately.

Tuesday 6th May I 10th June I 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: 6th May I 10th June I 8th July 


Persona Doll Training

Promoting inclusion & opposing bias using the Persona Doll method.

Thursday 8th & 15th May
18:30 to 20:00 I Online

£40 Members I £50 Non-members 

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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 I Online

Free for Early Years Wales Members. 

Click here to book your place


From Sounds to Stories: Nurturing Early Literacy in Children

with Neil Griffiths and Alice Sharp

Tuesday 4th June 
9:00am - 15:30 I The Village Hotel, Cardiff CF14 7EF

Grant funded for Foundation Learning

Click here for more information and to book your place


Early Years Wales Roadshows

Thursday 12th June 
9:30am - 13:00 I Venue Cymru the Promenade, Llandudno, LL30 1BB

£20 Members I £35 Non-members

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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 I Online

Early Years Wales members only. £10 booking fee. 

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Lunch and Learn: Social Care Wales offer

Showcasing the events and resources from Social Care Wales

Thursday 19th June 
13:00 - 13:30 I Online

Free for Early Years Wales Members. 

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Early Years Wales Roadshows

Thursday 10th July 
10:00am - 13:30 I Senedd, Pierhead Street, Cardiff, CF99 1SN

£20 Members I £35 Non-members

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Little Voices, Big Stories

Welsh Language and Culture Through Storytime

Thursday 17th July
09:30 - 14:00 I 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 I Online

Free for Early Years Wales Members. 

Click here to book your place

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 6th May, 13:30 - 14:30 Book your place here

Upcoming dates for 2025: 3rd June (9:30am - 10:30am) , 1st July (13:30-14:30)

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.

Sessions:

  • Session 1: Babies = 10:15am-11:30am
  • Session 2: Toddlers = 12pm-1pm

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

Next date:

  Session 1 (Babies)  Session 2 (Toddlers) 
Friday 16th May Full Book your place
To add your name to the waiting list please email: [email protected]

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 - 10.30amBook your place here

Upcoming dates for 2025: 6th August, 1st October, 3rd December

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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 £15PURCHASE 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£15PURCHASE 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£15PURCHASE 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
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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

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Curriculum for Wales 2022 training resources


Developed by Cwlwm, this course offers a clear and lighthearted presentation into the methodology and development of Curriculum for Wales 2022.

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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 
         
Externalhwb.gov.wales
Diversity and Anti- Racist Professional Learning


DARPL brings together a diverse team of providers with lived and professional experience through a professional learning and resource hub with a Welsh perspective in raising a multi- disciplinary racial consciousness, as we work together within the new Curriculum for Wales.

Professional learning for those working in education to develop an understanding and development of anti- racist practice

Externaldarpl.org

Foundation Phase professional learning modules


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.
 
Externalhwb.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.
 
Externalhwb.gov.wales