Category: Early Years

Upcoming Bookbug training

This is the main sign up page

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Session Leader

In-person – 10am – 4pm

Monday 21 September Glasgow (Castlemilk)

Tuesday 22 September Edinburgh

Tuesday 6 October Glasgow (Drumpchapel)

Monday 19 October Inverclyde

Wednesday 21 October Dundee

Wednesday 18 November Kirkcaldy

Thursday 26 November Edinburgh

Saturday 28 November Glasgow (please note this Saturday date)

Wednesday 2 December Perth

Thursday 3 December Glasgow

Monday 7 December Falkirk

Wednesday 13 January 2027, East Kilbride, South Lanarkshire

Tuesday 19 January 2027, Galashiels, Borders

Tuesday 26 January 2027, Glasgow

We’ll be adding East Ayrshire and Clackmannanshire, just waiting on final venue and dates.

Online – 9.30am-1pm – MS Teams

Friday 11 and 18 September

Thursday 17 and 24 September

Thursday 1 and 8 October

Friday 2 and 9 October

Wednesday 21 and 28 October

Tuesday 3 and 10 November

Monday 16 and 23 November

Tuesday 1 and 8 December

Wednesday 2 and 9 December

Friday 4 and 11 December

Monday 11 and 18 January 2027

Friday 22 and 29 January 2027

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Bookbug for the Home

In Person – 9.30am-1pm

Tuesday 12 January Glasgow

In addition we are running a number of in house sessions, if you have any teams who would like to be trained together please email bookbugtraining@scottishbooktrust.com and we will arrange it with them.

Online – MS Teams – 9.30am-1pm (unless otherwise stated)

Tuesday 15 September

Tuesday 29 September (special 6-9pm session)

Monday 5 October

Tuesday 20 October

Thursday 29 October

Tuesday 17 November (special 6-9pm session)

Friday 20 November

Tuesday 24 November

Thursday 3 December

Thursday 10 December

Thursday 21 January

Monday 25 January

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Refreshers

Sign ups for all refreshers through the LMS

Session Leader 10am-12.30pm

Tuesday 29 September in person Glasgow, Impact Arts – for all

Wednesday 7 October online MS Teams – for Libraries and communities

Thursday 26 November in person Glasgow, Mitchell Library – mixed
Monday 7 December online, MS teams – Early Years

Bookbug for the Home 10am-12.30pm – online – MS Teams

Wednesday 30 September

Tuesday 17 November

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Funded Sharing Stories Workshops, MS Teams

Thursday 24 September 4-5.15pm Sharing stories with Gaelic

Tuesday 10 November 4-5.15pm, Pre School————————————–

Paid for Professional Learning

Webinars and Workshops, all online, MS Teams

Sign up here

Webinar – Play and Joy – Essentials for life led by Ben Kingston-Hughes £24

Wed 16 Sept 3-4pm

Webinar – Reading Pictures Together: Sparking Wonder and Conversation with Picturebooks led by Mathew Tobin £24

Tues 24 Nov 6-7pm

Workshop – Supporting early story making with young children £30

Tuesday 26 January 2027, 4.30-6pm

In person training days with Suzanne Zeedyk

Inverness 23 September

Aberdeen 7 October

Glasgow 21 October

Emerging Literacy Training Package

The training package is available online – via the portal pages which have lots of information on them and the recorded training is in 4 parts that covers the emerging literacy training on each page.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/sb/earlylevelportal/emerging-literacy-and-english/

Emerging Literacy & English, Oral Language & Phonological Awareness – Early Level Portal

Emerging Literacy & English, (pre) writing – Early Level Portal

Emerging Literacy & English – Concepts of Print – Early Level Portal

Education Scotland Early Level Reading resource – Learning to read in the Early Years: A professional support overview | Resources | Education Scotland

OH LILA: A PRACTICAL RESOURCE FOR BUILDING RESILIENCE AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS IN YOUNG CHILDREN

VENUE:         The Roxburgh Suite, Scottish Borders Council Headquarters, Newtown St Boswells

DATE:           Friday 19th September 2025

TIME:            1pm – 4pm

WHO:           Early Years Settings

 

Oh Lila is a child friendly resource suitable for use with children aged 3 to 6 years and aims to build resilience and protective factors in young children, helping them to develop social skills and encouraging them to communicate.   Oh Lila can be linked to the Curriculum for Excellence, particularly around Health & Wellbeing but other areas too, such as Creative Arts.

On completing training, learners will have:

  • An increased awareness of the key themes of Oh Lila and how they relate to building resilience in children.
  • Increased confidence, skills and knowledge to use the Oh Lila resource and to manage disclosures from children in line with organizational procedures.
  • An enhanced awareness and understanding of the problems caused by alcohol and that by strengthening the foundation (early years) of life can prevent problems later as young adults.
  • An increased awareness of local and national strategies and policies.

The Oh Lila resource pack does not talk about alcohol or any other substances.

How to book a place:

  • Scottish Borders Council staff can sign up via Business World
  • Private & Voluntary nurseries should use this form

All Early Years Settings have been supplied with the Oh Lila resource pack.

Please have your centre’s pack to hand for the session.          

You can also attend this as a refresher session.

For more information on training and resources http://www.ohlila.org.uk

This course is free to attendees; however there is a charge to Borders Alcohol & Drugs Partnership.  Please ensure you have confirmed your availability before requesting to attend.

Early Years – Aspiring to Lead

Aims: 

To support practitioners who are new to, or ready to take the step into leadership as an Early Years Officer. or Room Leader.

Exploring: leadership skills, leadership tools and the role of Early Years Officer.

 

Target Audience: 

New EYOs, EYPs looking to become EYOs

 

7th  Nov  Roles and Responsibilities
5TH Dec Pedagogical Leadership
6TH Feb  Quality Assurance /Calendars
13TH March  Self evaluation
24th April Courageous Conversations
15th May  Applications and interviews

Please book through Business World.

Play Pedagogy Sessions

Play Pedagogy

Catriona Gill from Education Scotland will be leading two sessions for Scottish Borders Council on Play Pedagogy this term.

Friday 20th September, Inspire Building 9:00am until 12:30pm  – This workshop is the second of two planned engagement sessions for head teachers. The focus of the session will include: observation of play; quality assurance; messages from HMIe inspections.

Friday 4th October, Inspire Building 9:00am until 12:30pm – This session is designed specifically for those who are leading play pedagogy across primary schools. Please contact Claire Crawford, Early Years Improvement and Support Officer to confirm who will be attending from your school.

A number of Play Pedagogy training sessions are planned to follow on from the above sessions aimed specifically at Primary 1 class teachers. These training sessions are designed to support pedagogy and practice and those signing up can opt to do specific individual sessions or all five. These can be booked through Business World.

The termly Play Pedagogy Community of Practice for Primary 1 teachers will also continue this session facilitating professional discussion, the sharing of practice and the building of support networks. More information will be sent out shortly.

Oh Lila

Oh Lila: A Practical Resource for Building Resilience and Protective Factors in Young Children

VENUE:          Virtual

DATE:             Friday 17th May 2024        

TIME:              1pm – 4pm

WHO:             Early Years Settings

Oh Lila is a child friendly resource suitable for use with children aged 3 to 6 years and aims to build resilience and protective factors in young children, helping them to develop social skills and encouraging them to communicate.   Oh Lila can be linked to the Curriculum for Excellence, particularly around Health & Wellbeing but other areas too, such as Creative Arts.

On completing training, learners will have:

  • An increased awareness of the key themes of Oh Lila and how they relate to building resilience in children.
  • Increased confidence, skills and knowledge to use the Oh Lila resource and to manage disclosures from children in line with organizational procedures.
  • An enhanced awareness and understanding of the problems caused by alcohol and that by strengthening the foundation (early years) of life can prevent problems later as young adults.
  • An increased awareness of local and national strategies and policies.

The Oh Lila resource pack does not talk about alcohol or any other substances.

To book a place –

  • Scottish Borders Council staff can sign up via Business World
  • Childminders and Private and Voluntary setting staff can sign up via the Microsoft Form link on the Funded Provider SharePoint

All Early Years Settings have been supplied with the Oh Lila resource pack.

Please have your centre’s pack to hand for the session.        

You can also attend this as a refresher session.

For more information on training and resources http://www.ohlila.org.uk

This course is free to attendees; however, there is a charge to Borders Alcohol & Drugs Partnership.  Please ensure you have confirmed your availability before requesting to attend.

Early Years