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Early Years Training List Sept 2026-Aug 2027

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Safer Sleep Toolkit-Bury Safeguarding Children Partnership

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** New Aug 23. British Society of Paediatric Dentistry-Useful tools and resources

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The (BSPD) is the national society specifically concerned with the oral health of children in the UK it provides meetings, publications and news.

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Early Years Leaflet TODDLER Physical Deelopment

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Tell your child where you're going and ask them what you think they might need . For example, if you're going to the park, you might need a ball, some sun cream and a jacket.

Ask open questions and try to encourage your child to work it out themselves. If they're struggling to think of an item, you could give them a descriptive clue . For example, "you will need this if it gets cold at the park".

Encourage them to think about the order of your day . What will you do first? What time will you come home? This is great practice for when they start school , and they have to think about all their different lessons they might have in one day.

Once they name an item, get them to fetch it from around the house and pack it in their bag themselves. As they're putting items in, ask them why they think they'll need them. This will encourage them to reply in full sentences and use critical thinking skills .

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This fun activity can help with School Readiness and teaches kids how to get ready by themselves. Suitable from 4-years-old, watch the video on our site to find how to get kids thinking about their schedule and what they might need.

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How can I make tidying with my child more fun?

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An activity to help make tidying with your child a fun opportunity to learn while cleaning up toys together. Why not try playing a tidy up game?

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Being able to use the toilet independently is an important skill that will help your child with the big transition to primary school.

You might want to support these with pictures that you can put in order with key words on them like "toilet", "flush", "sink" etc. This will help your child understand the key words and the order in which they have to do things.

Talk through this activity with your child and be there with them every step of the way. This will help make it a fun experience and not one to be scared of.

Encourage your child to ask questions if they want to and be open and honest in your answers.

Learning this skill together can also help children with other key skills, such as following instructions and sharing with other people.

Practising this skill regularly at home will help build your child's confidence . While you're at home, you can be there to remind them what to do and support them if they need help .

Always be aware of water temperature and teach your child not to make the water too hot.

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Using the toilet independently before starting school is an important skill that will help your child to make this transition comfortably. We have some great tips in our video to help you help your child go to the toilet with confidence.

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supporting preschoolers online nought to

fives

more and more preschoolers now have

their own devices

and if they don't they're probably using

shared devices

here's what you can do to make sure they

have a great time online

and don't stumble across things you

wouldn't want them to see or hear

whilst it's always best to supervise

young children online

there are lots of free tools that you

can use to help you set

up devices safely parental controls on

your home broadband are free and easy to

set up

they allow you to control the websites

your child can access

most popular devices and apps also have

inbuilt controls to help you decide

what your child can access and set rules

around when they should be using them

and for how long make sure to use secure

passwords when setting up any parental

controls

and even if your child is not using them

turn on safe search on google and

restricted mode on youtube to filter out

inappropriate content

our setup safe guides walk you through

the steps

so you can get set up in just a few

minutes

not all screen time is created equal so

it's important to ensure your child has

a balanced diet of activities

both online and offline that can help

them develop key skills and have fun

it's very important that screens are not

displacing or disrupting sleep

face-to-face friendships or physical

exercise

where possible their screen time is best

spent together with you

choose a variety of safe and educational

online games and apps to play with your

child

so that you'll feel more comfortable

with them exploring

make use of websites and platforms

designed specifically for preschoolers

like cbb's youtube kids nick jr

and use age ratings and reviews in the

app store to check app suitability

it's never too early to start setting

boundaries as a family

set some rules around how and when

devices should be used at home

and while you're out and about this will

encourage your child to develop

good digital habits and give you the

opportunity to make sure they are using

devices positively and with purpose

it's important to talk with your

children about what they enjoy doing

online

take the time to have regular chats

about their safety helping them

understand what they should watch out

for online

reassure them if they see or hear

anything online that upsets them

they will not be in trouble and they

should come and talk to you about it

because safety on the internet matters

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How can Local Authorities promote a Summer of Play to enhance learning, health and school readiness?

As very young children return to a more open society and life beyond the home, following Covid restrictions, developing their confidence and independence has never been more important. Hear how, by promoting 50 Things within the Home Learning Environment (both indoors and outdoors), Local Authorities can support young children's play, early development, and conversation skills, nurturing independence and school readiness.

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​Research shows that taking an interest in your child's learning can make a big difference to how well they do. Making your home a positive home learning environment plays a big part in this, no matter how old your child is.

What do we mean by the home learning environment?

The home learning environment is the combination of everything you and your family do and the spaces your child has access to that affect your child's development and learning. This includes the opportunities your child has to play and interact with books, objects and everyday experiences to help them make sense of their world. The most important feature though, are their interactions with people who provide the love, security, encouragement, conversation and positive role models to help your child to thrive. A good home learning environment encourages children and young people to have positive attitudes to learning, to be curious, and to have confidence in themselves.

What can I do?

The time that your family spends talking together is very important for your child's development and wellbeing. Family mealtimes have been shown to be a particularly important time for this, no matter what age your child is. If you can, try to make time and space for family mealtimes. Switch the television and other electronic devices off, and eat together at a table.

Daily physical activity helps your child's development by providing opportunities to move, play, learn and develop skills. It also helps with their mental wellbeing. Encouraging your child to take part in energetic play is important. Remember that it is good for you too. Are there things that you could do as a family to get you all more active?

Daily outdoor exercise plays an important role in supporting your child's physical development and emotional wellbeing and learning.

Early Years

First and foremost, your baby or toddler needs time to interact with you or other special adults. This helps them to both make sense of their world and develop their own responses. They need adults who provide close interactions such as eye contact, talking to them, and singing songs and nursery rhymes with them. Time and patience are important to help babies and young children to thrive and develop well. They are naturally curious and need to explore their world. They do not need expensive toys - you can provide access to lots of different everyday objects and natural materials for them to investigate which need not cost a fortune. Your baby or toddler will love to play with wooden or stainless steel spoons and whisks from the kitchen drawer, or a clean pine cone or wooden clothes pegs while you watch them. From their earliest days they will enjoy looking at simple picture and board books.

As your child gets older they will become more independent and ask lots of questions. You may notice that they often repeat actions as they learn. This is called schematic play and is a normal part of development. Babies need time and patience from you to work things out. They will learn a lot by helping you with simple tasks around the home like matching socks and sorting washing into lights and darks. You can encourage them to develop their skills by asking them to set the table or help you prepare food.

School Years

Children and young people will need time and a place to do their homework or study at home. You can help by finding a place at home where they can work and keep them from being interrupted. You can read more about supporting your child as they study for exams in the supporting study section.

Parents often worry that they don't have the knowledge to support their children with their homework. If you are not sure how you can help please ask your child's school. However, the research shows that you make a big difference to your child's attainment just by showing an interest in their work and encouraging them. You don't need to know the answers!

Further information

Learning at Home - Parentzone Scotland resources

Read, Write, Count - a national initiative which aims to improve the literacy and numeracy skills of Scotland's children.

Play and learn - encourages parents and families to include easy and fun reading, writing and counting activities in their everyday lives.

Bookbug bags - aims to encourage parents and children to share and enjoy books together.

You can let us know if this article is helpful, or if you have suggestions for other articles, by emailing enquiries@educationscotland.gov.scot

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Foundation Years is pleased to share a new vodcast offering some top tips for improving the Home Learning Environment for the early years. In a changed format to previous Foundation Years vodcasts, Gill Holden, Early Childhood Programme Lead at the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), introduces a collection of insights and experiences from a host of

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Our Family Time Tips offer fun, practical tips and advice to promote children's learning and development.

Activities have been chosen to ensure they positively support your child as they learn through play.

Simply browse the categories below and start having some fun with the family!

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Weaning means introducing your baby to solid foods alongside their usual breast milk or infant formula. We're here to guide you through the weaning journey and explain what it all means.

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The toddler stage is an important time in your child's life, as they develop physically, emotionally and socially.

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Chat, play, read!

Babies and young children love it when you chat, play and read with them, even if you think they're too young to understand. You can turn almost anything into a game. And every little thing you do together will help set them up nicely for the day they start school.

Tips to help with speech development

Here are some tips and activities to help your baby develop their speech skills:

try playing with things your baby is interested in, and be at their level physically while you're playing together

as soon as you notice your baby looking or pointing at something, talk about it before their attention moves on to something else - that might be within a couple of seconds for babies

use picture books to introduce your baby to new things - point to the pictures and say what you see

take turns to make noises or speak with your baby, even with young babies, as you can respond to their babbling by copying back the sounds you hear and then waiting for them to take another turn

make reading, singing and playing fun by using lots of actions and different voices

use the same song or book - babies and young children learn a lot when they are familiar with particular songs and books

talk to your baby in short, simple sentences, as it helps them understand what you are saying and makes it easier for them to have a go at copying when they are ready

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Video: Copy your baby!

Watch this video of a dad copying the noises of his newborn baby. They are having such a good chat!

Ideas to help your baby learn

Here are some ideas to help your child learn by chatting, playing and reading with them.

At bath time you could talk about the water and the sounds it makes.

Spend time talking to your baby face-to-face about anything and everything.

See if your baby can copy you when you stick out your tongue or blink your eyes.

Respond to your baby when they make noises - try saying things like "Wow, you can make loud noises!".

Sing songs and rhymes with actions and lots of repetition, like "Row, row, row your boat".

Play together with fabric books that have different textures and talk to your baby about how the book feels.

Read to your baby.

Learning activities

Your local council may offer activities to help your child improve their communication, language and literacy skills.

Learning more than one language

It's important to talk to your child in the language or languages you use.

A child learning more than one language should babble and say their first words in the same way as a child learning one language.

It is important not to confuse this slight delay with language difficulties - most children quickly catch up.

For more help on languages, have a look at the parent's questions on the National Literacy Trust website.

Help and advice

Your baby's eyes and hearing will be checked while you're still in hospital, or within a few weeks after the birth.

Your midwife will support you for a week or so after your baby is born and then a health visitor will take over. Your first appointment will be around 10 to 14 days, then at 6 to 8 weeks. You can discuss your baby's development and ask any questions you might have.

Ask your health visiting team for support whenever you need it, they will be able to provide tips and advice. Remember, children learn to talk at different ages. If you are worried, speak to your health visitor or nursery key worker. Or contact your local speech and language therapy service for advice.

For more ideas on how you can help your child, visit:

Did you know?

Babies start to recognise their mother's voice during pregnancy. Ask your midwife for tips on helping your baby learn to communicate after they're born.

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Chat, play, read!

Young children love it when you chat, play and read with them, even if you think they're too young to understand. You can turn almost anything into a game. And every little thing you do together will help set them up nicely for the day they start school.

Tips to help with speech development

Here are some tips and activities to help your child develop their speech skills:

try playing with things your child is interested in, and be at their level physically while you're playing together.

as soon as you notice your child looking or pointing at something, talk about it before their attention moves on to something else

use picture books to introduce your child to new things and point to the pictures and say what you see

take turns to make noises or speak - slow down your speech, give them plenty of time to respond and listen carefully to what they have to say

make reading, singing and playing fun by using lots of actions and different voices

use the same song or book, as young children learn a lot from singing the same song or looking at the same book again and again

talk to your child in short, simple sentences, as it helps them understand what you are saying and makes it easier for them to have a go at copying when they are ready

Video: Play the memory game

Watch this video of a grandma and her grandson playing a fun memory game. They take turns naming different household objects. But can they remember which one has gone?

Ideas to help your child learn

Here are some ideas to help your child learn to use more words by chatting, playing and reading with them.

When they say "Dog", you could respond with "Yes, it's a big, noisy dog".

Talk to your child about feelings.

Chat to your child about what has happened so far in the day and what is going to happen next, for example you might say "Now we have had breakfast, we can go to the park".

Look at picture books together and talk about things they can see and how we use them, for example "A chair is something we sit on".

Encourage your child to use their imagination, for example, sing "Old MacDonald had a farm" and ask your child to suggest animals.

Make a game with some empty bottles and a ball and take turns to roll the ball and see how many bottles you can knock down - talk about everything you do, saying things like "Well done, you knocked down 2 bottles".

Act out stories with soft toys and chat to them as you are doing actions.

Learning activities

Your local council may offer activities to help your child improve their communication, language and literacy skills.

Learning more than one language

It's important to talk to your child in the language or languages you use.

A child learning more than one language should babble and say their first words in the same way as a child learning one language.

It is important not to confuse this slight delay with language difficulties - most children quickly catch up.

For more help on languages, have a look at the parent's questions on the National Literacy Trust website.

Help and advice

You and your child will see a health visitor at about 2 to 2-and-a-half years to talk about your child's development. If your child goes to nursery, they will also have a progress review with their key worker.

If your child needs a little extra support, your health visitor and nursery can help. They may also put you in touch with a speech and language therapy team, or signpost you to local activities.

Ask your health visitor for support whenever you need it, they will be able to provide tips and advice.

Remember, children learn to talk at different ages. If you are worried, speak to your health visitor or nursery key worker, or contact your local speech and language therapy service for advice.

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3 to 5 years

If your child is in nursery, the nursery will continue to review their development. When your child goes to school, your health visitor will inform the school nursing team about any extra support they're having.

If your child needs extra support, your health visitor or the school nurse can help. They may put you in touch with a speech and language therapist and you may also be offered support.

What is my child learning?

Between 3 and 4 years, children learn to:

listen to stories and start to remember them

use words like "he", "she" and "they"

ask questions like "why?"

Between 4 and 5 years, children learn to:

have longer conversations and take turns talking

understand when things are put in order, such as "first we'll eat breakfast and then we'll go to nursery"

make clear speech sounds by the age of 5

How can I help my child's speech development?

spend time telling your child about your day and asking them about theirs

play make-believe and rhyming games together - try asking "what word rhymes with cat?"

talk about words that start with the same sound, for instance, words beginning with "p"

try playing "I spy!"

encourage them to problem solve, for example "your favourite hat is missing, what shall we do?"

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Speaking more than one language

It's important to talk to your child in the language, or languages, you feel most confident speaking.

Children who speak more than one language babble and say their first words in the same way as children learning one language, but some may do it slightly later. It is important not to confuse this slight delay with language difficulties - most children quickly catch up.

Help and advice

Ask your health visiting team for support whenever you need it, they will be able to provide tips and advice.

Remember, children learn to talk at different ages. If you are worried, speak to your health visitor or nursery key worker. Or contact your local speech and language therapy service for advice.

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As part of Dental Buddy, in association with teachers, educational authorities and oral health professionals, we have developed a range of specialised resources to help deliver better oral health to all.

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Sonia Mainstone-Cotton

While the birth of a new family member can be the biggest and most exciting transition a child will experience, it can also be daunting. Sonia Mainstone-Cotton provides practical advice on supporting children and parents to make the experience a positive one.

Some parents choose to tell children very early on in the pregnancy about the new baby but the decision of when to tell the older child will be different for every family and every child.

Once parents have told the sibling there will be a new baby, it is really helpful if the parents also inform the education/care setting at the same time. The child will talk about it, and the key person/ childminder is in an excellent position to support the child through this change.

Using books to explain pregnancy
I am a huge fan of using books to help children understand what is happening. A few books I would recommend for under-fives about pregnancy are:

There's a House Inside Mummy by Giles Andreae and Vanessa Cabban.

Waiting for Baby by Rachel Fuller.

What's Inside Your Tummy, Mummy? by Abby Cocovini - this one talks through how the baby grows and develops each month.

A New Baby Arrives by Nicola Barber - this is more of a fact book and talks about before and after the baby arrives.

I would recommend nurseries and childminders having books on this subject. As a setting, you will have many new siblings arriving over the years, so having books that you can look at about being an older sibling, a new baby arriving and what is happening can be very useful.

For older children (four plus) who are asking questions about how the baby got inside Mummy, I would recommend:

Let's Talk About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends by Robbie Harris.

Where Willy Went by Nicholas Allen.

Mummy Laid an Egg by Babette Cole.

Looking at photos As the pregnancy develops it can be helpful to look at photos of the children when they were babies. This helps them become familiar with the idea of babies. I know nurseries who have done this activity when several mums were pregnant - they have encouraged the children to bring in baby photos, and staff have done this as well. At home, families can also do this, looking at the baby photos of everyone in the family. Looking at baby photos can then lead on to conversations about where they were born, where the baby will be born, who was at the birth and where the sibling will be when the birth happens.

Early years practitioners can support children with this information, and parents can tell the key person or childminder what their hopes are for the birth; for example, 'Mummy will be going to hospital and Lucy will be staying with Nanny. ' Nearer the time of the birth, the key person/childminder can also talk to the child about this, reminding the child and helping them to feel prepared.

Involving the sibling in preparation for the new baby
Involving the sibling in getting everything ready for the new baby can be a lovely way to help to help prepare the older child. Sometimes, it can be details such as which room the baby will sleep in, what the baby will sleep in, how the baby will be fed, etc., that can cause stress for the sibling. For example, it can be helpful for them to know before the birth if the baby is going to be sleeping in the parents' room, which may cause strong feelings in the child if they are sleeping in their own room and the baby is sleeping with the parents. Gently explaining this before the baby arrives can help them to feel prepared.

Similarly, it can be good to involve the sibling in finding clothes and toys for the new baby, which may be ones they wore or played with when they were a baby. Often, the older child enjoys playing with and exploring the baby clothes and toys (this can include much older children!).

What can the older child do?
One fear of parents can be that the older child will feel left out. During the transition to a new baby arriving, it is so important to talk openly about feelings and emotions. Having an emotional vocabulary helps a child understand what is going on for them; for example, helping them to understand that it is ok for them to feel cross at the new baby crying all the time, but it is not ok to hurt the baby.

Before the baby arrives, the parents and early years practitioners can talk about what the older child can do, and early years practitioners can offer useful support and guidance to parents on this. For many parents, this will be a new experience - an older child and new baby can be very daunting. The key person/childminder will know the child and is in a good position to offer thoughts and ideas. Some examples could be:

Singing to the baby to help calm the baby. They can begin this before the baby arrives, singing to Mummy's tummy; the new baby will recognize the sibling's voice when it is born.

Once the baby has arrived, sticking the tongue out and seeing the baby copy. This idea is from the book The Social Baby by Lynne Murray (2010). The baby will watch and copy, and this is joyful for everyone. You can explain to the older child that the baby loves watching faces and that they are helping to develop the baby's brain.

Helping to bath the baby (with an adult's support).

Rocking the pram.

Helping to find nappies and choose clothes.

The key with this is follow the child's lead - if they want to be involved then enable it, with close supervision, but if they don't want to, don't force it.

This is an extract from Supporting Young Children Through Change and Everyday Transitions. Practical Strategies for Practitioners and Parents, by Sonia Mainstone-Cotton, published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

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New pets

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Starting school or nursery

Family changes and separation

Illness and hospital stays

Death and Bereavement

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Help to prepare children for the arrival of a sibling

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While the birth of a new family member can be the biggest and most exciting transition a child will experience, it can also be daunting. Sonia Mainstone-Cotton provides practical advice on supporting children and parents to make the experience a positive one.

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The Bury Food Partnership is a collaboration of partners interested in healthier and sustainable food.

A key output of the Bury Food Strategy was to establish our Partnership to drive the food agenda forward, delivering on the action plan. Partners have been actively engaged since 2020, with quarterly meetings held since March 2021. The meetings are informal, encouraging participation and sharing best practice.

"It is a space to connect with professionals and community organisations/ individuals across Bury and Greater Manchester to challenge and help shape the way Bury sources and provides food for all." Lucy Fitzsimon (Sports Development Officer).

The Partnerships role is to deliver the Bury Food Strategy and Action Plan, driving forward healthy and sustainable food projects in the area.

We are immensely proud of how much has been achieved by the Bury Food Partnership in a short amount of time and amidst the Covid-19 pandemic.

Meetings evolve as new partners come on board, and for the first time in Bury we have an active core partnership of members focusing on the food agenda, collectively working on our action plan.

Bury has become the latest place to win a prestigious Sustainable Food Places award. The award recognises Bury Food Partnerships work to promote healthy, sustainable and local food and to tackle some of today's greatest social challenges, from food poverty and diet-related ill-health to the disappearance of family farms and the loss of independent food retailers.

"Bury Food Partnership has shown just what can be achieved when creative and committed people work together to make healthy and sustainable food a defining characteristic of where they live. While there is still much to do and many challenges to overcome, Bury Food Partnership has helped to set a benchmark for the other 80+ members of the UK Sustainable Food Places Network to follow. We look forward to working with them over the months and years ahead to transform Burys food culture and food system for the better." (Leon Ballin, Sustainable Food Places Programme Manager).

Councillor Tamoor Tariq, Bury's cabinet member for health and wellbeing, said: "We are immensely proud of how much has been achieved by the Bury Food Partnership, in a short amount of time and amid a global pandemic, to drive forward our Food Strategy in its mission to Eat, Live, Love Food."

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With so much in the news recently about the negative impact ultra processed foods (UPF's) cause to our health, including our mental health, now seems a good time to revisit a 3-part series I made back in May 2021, all about the connection between our mood and the food we eat.

There's a wealth of documented evidence now available to show the connection between diet and emotional wellbeing, and it clearly indicates the impact poor diet can have on issues like anxiety, depression, anger and concentration.

Children are arguably more at risk than adults in some ways, because their bodies are still forming and growing and they are often exposed to more UPF's than adults.

In today's video I explore the evidence in more detail to see exactly what your child should and shouldn't be eating for optimal mental health, and to help them cope more easily with big feelings.

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