Nurture Network Session 1: Transition and Learning
Session 1: 'The importance of transition in children’s lives' and 'Children’s learning is understood developmentally'
Select date and time
Location
Online
About this event
- Event lasts 2 hours
Join a growing community of early years professionals across the West Midlands through the HEART Stronger Practice Hub Nurture Network. Get energised, inspired, and equipped with strategies that build resilience, support wellbeing, and improve outcomes for all children.
Nurture Network Session 1: Transition and Learning
- The importance of transition in children’s lives
- Children’s learning is understood developmentally
Each network session will cover 2 of the 6 principles of nurture, with the final session providing an opportunity to reflect on the principles of nurture in practice and how to embed and sustain the approach within your settings.
Sessions are offered at TWO different times:
- 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
- 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Note: Evening sessions will prioritise spaces for childminders but are open to all.
---
Why Join the Nurture Network?
- Feel empowered, supported, and professionally valued
- Shape a curriculum rooted in emotional wellbeing and language development
- Build lasting connections with practitioners across the region
We encourage you to sign up for all 4 sessions of the network to get the most from the approach:
Nurture Network Session 2: Behaviour and Communication | Thu 27 Nov 2025
- All behaviour is communication
- Language is a vital means of communication
Nurture Network Session 3: Safe Spaces and Wellbeing | Thu 29 Jan 2026
- The setting offers a safe space to learn and develop
- The importance of nurture for the development of wellbeing
Nurture Network Session 4: Reflection and Embedding Practice | Thu 12 March 2026
- Reflection on the principles of nurture in practice and how to embed and sustain the approach
---
Join our Nurture Network: Growing Together in Early Years
Are you passionate about supporting children’s emotional wellbeing and development through nurturing approaches?
Would you love to connect with like-minded early years professionals to share good practice, offer guidance, and spark inspiration?
We invite you to become part of our Nurture Network—a collaborative and co-operative space where practitioners come together to:
- Exchange ideas and initiatives that challenge and inspire
- Coach and mentor one another through every step of the nurture journey
- Celebrate successes, tackle challenges, and grow in confidence and creativity
Together, we’re building a community rooted in trust, encouragement, and a shared commitment to improving outcomes for children.
Whether you’re just starting out or deeply rooted in nurturing practice, we’d love to grow alongside you.
Interested?
We are offering a consistent, recognised and research-based developmentally appropriate way of working in the 0-5 sector that improves children’s chances of successfully transitioning to school and enables them to manage their emotions and respond to the routines of the day.
Frequently asked questions
Yes! All of the HEART Midlands Early Years Stronger Practice Hub activities are funded by the Department for Education (DfE).
The HEART Midlands Early Years Stronger Practice Hub is funded to offer activity to early years providers/practitioners based in Birmingham, Coventry, Herefordshire, Solihull, Worcestershire and Warwickshire.
If you are outside these areas but work in the early years sector and would like to attend, then of course we would love to see you! However, we will prioritise places for practitioners within our area if numbers are limited.
It might be full! We add a waiting list to all of our bookable activities and you might be offered a place if someone else's circumstances change and they can no longer attend. We also review waiting lists and will endeavour to offer the activity at a future date if there is a lot of interest.
If your circumstances change, PLEASE sign back in to Eventbrite and cancel your place to release it to someone else on the waiting list.
Organised by
All our activity is funded by the Department for Education. HEART Midlands Early Years Stronger Practice Hub covers Birmingham, Coventry, Herefordshire, Solihull, Warwickshire and Worcestershire.