Meet your North Halifax community stop smoking advisors, Chris and Donna, at Kevin Pearce Children’s Centre on a Thursday morning.

Creations Children’s Centre have completed the Dingley’s Promise; transforming Early Years for Children with SEND accreditation programme. Dingley’s Promise is a charity which has been commissioned by Comic Relief to deliver a series of excellent training packages designed to upskill all staff in inclusive practice in the Early Years and the skills learned can be easily transferred. It is free to Calderdale schools, settings, childminders, and anyone working with families. It is online so practitioners can complete it at their own pace. The training packages currently available are: Introduction to Inclusive Practice, Early Years Transitions, Having Difficult Conversations with Families and Behaviours That Challenge and there is further training to come.

To achieve the Inclusive Practice accreditation kitemark all staff including cooks, domestic, admin must complete the ‘Introduction to Inclusive Practice Training’ element of the training package. Creations is the first setting in Calderdale to have received the accreditation.

Creations were presented with the award at the Calderdale SEND conference on Saturday 13th May. The CEO of Dingley’s’ cried when she saw a video of Jack Sutcliffe Senior Early Years Practitioner at Creations describing how Creations has developed inclusive practice and the changes they have made to daily routines and practice . The staff at Creations do this with such passion and are all fully committed to providing the best care and education to all children.

Have you taken part in our Spring Home Learning Challenge? If not there is still time to enter!

Take a look at what Skylar has been up to during the school holidays!

Thank you so much for sharing your adventures with us 😊

Our Lower Valley Ready, Steady Nursery Groups return next week with Sarah and Gemma.

Take a look at what we have planned for the next six weeks and come and join us. Together we will prepare both you and your child for their next big adventure, starting nursery or school.

Sessions are Free and a snack is included.

Suitable for children aged 2 years+

Visit our Family Leaning page to book your place.

The group takes place Thursday’s 10-11am

Why not come along for a chat and a cuppa?

Book your place – speak to your Health Visitor, call 03003045076 or email Calderdalepeersupport@locala.org.uk

To support Sun Awareness Week, we are pleased to launch our Sun Safety Poster Competition!

The winning design will receive a prize and front our Summer Safe Campaign.

Submit your poster to any of our North Halifax Partnership Sure Start Children’s Centres by Friday 26th May.

We can’t wait to see all your designs. Be creative, have fun and good luck!

Come along and join in the fun at our upcoming Easter Extravaganza, on Wednesday 5^th April 10am-1pm at Wellholme Park Children Centre.

This is a free event and best suited for children 0-8 years, however siblings are welcome. Ride the donkeys, get your face painted, visit our petting zoo and bring along your own Easter Bonnet to join in the competition.

You can treat yourself to something from our cake stall, join in the Easter Egg hunt and complete a questionnaire to be in with a chance of winning a Huddersfield Town signed match day ball!