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Welcome to our Lewisham Early Years Providers training page.

Whether it’s developing people’s skills and knowledge through training or bringing colleagues together at an event, our teams deliver training and events that reflect your current needs.

Please see our programme for spring term 2025 below; those that are highlighted are available to book here, just scroll to the bottom of this page where you see 'Events'. You will need an account and be a Lewisham Early Years Provider to book.

Early Years Spring Term 2025 Training

Early Years Provider Briefing (virtual) Booking closed	Wednesday 12th February 10-11am or 7-8pm Zoom For PVI Managers and Childminders	Updates on the latest local and national policy relating to the EYFS framework, Ofsted regulations and current initiatives as well as funding updates. There will also be a focus on speech and language with guest speakers.
EYFS Leaders in Schools Network Meeting (virtual) Booking closed	Tuesday 11th February 4-5pm Zoom For EYFS Leaders in Schools	Updates on the latest local and national policy relating to the EYFS framework, Ofsted regulations, current initiatives and much more including outdoor learning.
Let's get physical! Physical development with under 2's (face to face) Booking closed for February NEW DATE FOR SUMMER TERM 2025 - NOW AVAILABLE TO BOOK	Thursday 27th February at 9:30am-12pm Camelot Centre 50 Meliot Road, SE6 1RY Practitioners working with under 2s	This is an opportunity for baby room practitioners to expand their knowledge and practice around the physical development of under two year olds. You will gain lots of ideas how to support your youngest with their physical development.
Boom! Boom! Shake the Room! Playing with sounds (face to face)	Thursday 20th March 9:30am - 12pm  Camelot Centre 50 Meliot Road, SE6 1RY Practitioners working with 3 and 4 year olds	This course explores early phonics teaching and learning and discusses how Phase One of Sounds and Letters lays the foundations of children’s early literacy development. You will come away with fun ways to embed phonics skills into your setting and make a fun part of children's everyday learning.
PVI DSL Network Meeting (virtual)	Tuesday 25th March 10-11:30am Zoom PVI Managers and DSL's	This session will include a guest speaker and we will also be looking at the importance of the role of DSL in supporting practitioners and families.
EYFS Network at Ashmead Primary School (face to face) No need to book, just turn up if you can	Wednesday 26th March 4-5pm Ashmead Primary School Ashmead Road, SE8 4DX All Early Years Practitioners	This is an informal session where we come together at a Lewisham school to see and share good practice. There will be opportunity to look around the provision and hear about the hosting schools experiences and how they have led improvement in their EYFS.
Early Entitlement Provider Portal Training virtual Booking closed	Wednesday 19th February 10-11am or 7-8pm Zoom Lewisham Eligible Providers	This session is for our eligible providers only and will focus on portal training and funding briefing. There will also be an opportunity to ask any questions regarding the portal and funding.
Supporting SEND Early Years 2024-25 (virtual)	Every Monday during term time only 3:30-4:30pm Zoom All Early Years Practitioners	There is no need to book for these sessions. Please email early.years@lewisham.gov.uk to request the 2024-25 programme, this will also contain the Zoom link (remains the same throughout the year's programme).

Additional Training

Please note that these are not Lewisham Early Years training, but we think that you might find them useful.

London South Stronger Practice Hub Mental Health and Well being Webinar – Teaching strategies to regulate emotions in a clam nurturing environment	Two part webinar exploring the EEF's practice recommendations drawn from research evidence. Daniela Jamois, assistant head for EYs at Charles Dickens Primary School and nursery will make the link between the research and the practice giving practical advice on how to improve our interactions and environments for all children.	Please click on the link for further information Events | Stronger Practice Hubs
Department of Education Early Years Child Development Training	This free, online training provides an overview of child development and gives practical advice for supporting the development of children in your early years setting, including reception years. Each training module on this site covers an important area of child development and has been written by early years experts, working with the Department for Education.	Please click on this link for further information Early years child child development training: Home page (education.gov.uk)

Events

CategoryAllEarly Years TrainingEarly Years Early Entitlement TrainingPre-Recorded Early Years Training VideoseLearning

LocationAllAshmead Primary SchoolCamelot CentreKaleidoscopeOnline - Zoom

Title	Occurences
Boom! Boom! Shake the Room! Playing with sounds (face to face)	2 in 1 locations	View & Book
Let’s get physical! Physical development with under 2s - (face to face)	1 in 1 locations	View & Book
PVI DSL Network Meeting - (virtual)	1 in 1 locations	View & Book