Sarah Nursery is one of our Community Early Years Practitioners and facilitates the Baby and Toddler groups and Ready, Steady Nursery Groups in Halifax Lower Valley.

Sarah works closely with the Children Centres to provide focus sessions and home learning experiences. Sarah recently gained a level 3 in supporting children and young people’s speech and language and became a Language Champion to support children across Calderdale with their speech and language development.

The baby and toddler sessions, which Sarah facilitates, are for children aged 0-5 years across Elland, Rastrick and Brighouse. The activities are planned around the three prime areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage Framework and also around the children’s interests. The groups are very sensory based and each week there is something different for the babies to explore. 

The Baby and Toddler Groups take place at the following:

Monday 9.30-11.00 Baby and Toddler group at Elland Children’s Centre

Monday 1.15-2.45 Baby and Toddler group and Ready, Steady Nursery at The Space Field Lane

Wednesday 10.00-11.30 Baby and Toddler group at Wellholme Park Children’s Centre

Sarah also runs the Ready, Steady Nursery group, which supports children (aged 2 years+) and their families with the transition to nursery/reception. Over a period of six weeks, there is a focus on helping the children become more independent in their health and self-care. Sarah also offers advice to parents/carers about toilet training, healthy eating and supporting speech and language development. 

Ready, Steady Nursery takes place at the following:

Tuesday 9.30-11.00 Ready, Steady Nursery at Cross Lane School (venue to change w/c 03/04/23)

Friday 9.30-11.00 Ready, Steady Nursery at Cliffe Hill Community Primary School

If you would like to know more about any of these sessions, you can visit our website or contact Sarah on sarah.nursey@nhpltd.org.uk.

Sarah Walton is one of our Community Early Years Practitioners and facilitates the following Baby and Toddler groups in North Halifax:

• Tuesday 9:15-10:45 Baby and Toddler group at Creation’s Children Centre
• Wednesday 9:30-11:00 Baby and Toddler group at Illingworth Community Children’s Centre
• Thursday 9:30-11:00 Baby and Toddler group at Holy Nativity Church (Partnered with Ash Green Children’s Centre)
• Thursday 1:30-3:00 Baby and Toddler group at Northowram Hub
• Friday 9:15-10:45 Baby and Toddler group at Innovations Children’s Centre
• Friday 1:20-2:40 Baby and Toddler group at Lee Mount Church

There is a different theme each week and special events for things like Mother’s Day, Red Nose Day, Christmas, Halloween etc. Within the role, Sarah has done lots of training and support families where needed. If you would like to know more about any of these sessions, you can contact Sarah on sarah.walton@nhpltd.org.uk.

We are excited to share with you the Intergenerational project some of our children at Kevin Pearce Children’s Centre have been involved in. This has been in partnership with Lee Mount Care Home and Little Movers Halifax.

The project involves the children visiting the Lee Mount residents and their pet turtles each month, taking part in music, dance and movement activities. Through observations carried out by our qualified staff, which are linked to the EYFS, the project has a huge impact and supports:

-life skills

-social skills, confidence, and self esteem

-respect

-empathy and understanding

-patience and turn taking

-positive physical and mental health

-understanding and learning about the wider community

-intergenerational FUN

We also had visitors from Lee Mount Care Home visit us for a special Valentines lunch. We are excited to continue being part of this intergenerational project, which has a huge positive impact on both our children and the older generation.

Due to the weather conditions, all our Children’s Centres will be closed tomorrow to ensure the safety of families and our staff.

We apologise for any inconvenience. Any fees you would have incurred will be reimbursed in your next invoice.

Here at North Halifax Partnership, we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint.

We’re taking our environmental responsibilities seriously and have embedded this into our appraisal targets.

Take a look at some of our recent changes and work we have carried out.

Sure Start Children’s Centres, provided by North Halifax Partnership, set up and delivered a four-week slow cooker in the North and East and Lower Valley areas of Halifax during September and November. The funding for this course was provided by CFFC Household Support Fund.

The aim was to educate families on how to provide healthy, nutritious meals using a slow cooker, which is known to be a more cost-effective way of cooking.  The courses were delivered by internal staff from the family support team, so a friendly face was there to greet the participants each week.

Each week had a theme and also covered energy saving ideas, learning about hidden sugars in food and jars, how to be healthier by moving more and how to make healthy food swaps. Those that attended were provided with the ingredients each week to prepare a meal from a recipe and more importantly those that attended were given a slow cooker to keep.  The course also demonstrated that you don’t have to spend a lot of money to make healthy and tasty food.  Attendees said they saw an increase in their confidence and skills to provide healthy and nutritious meals for their families by the end of the course. Further recipes cards were provided for future meal ideas.

A total of nine families attended the course in Lower Valley and eight families attended in North & East.

Their feedback included:

“We are now looking for food that is going to make good meals to freeze to help with the cost of living and to be healthier.”

“It’s made a massive difference, my son who is autistic and fussy about food ate the full slow cooker of curry and casserole which we made at the session.”

“I now make home cooked food nearly daily.  It made me feel more confident in making meals and enjoy cooking more.”

If you would like more information about the next upcoming slow cooker course, you can contact 01422 251090.

To learn more about the range of other courses provided by North Halifax Partnership and the Sure Start Children’s Centres, please visit https://surestartchildrenscentresnhp.org.uk/