Toolkits, Webinars and Case Studies

Free marketing materials and supporting resources to help you promote the guides to parents and carers, alongside webinars and case studies showcasing practical examples and best practice from across the country.

Toolkits and resources you can make your own

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Starting Reception Toolkit

This toolkit contains a printable version of the guide that allows you to add your own logo and make your own as well as flyers and posters, social media assets, an Activity Guide for Families and a Practice Chart for Families. 

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The Potty Training Guide Toolkit

This toolkit contains a printable version of the guide that allows you to add your own logo and make your own as well as flyers and posters, social media assets, and a Potty Training Reward Chart.

Early Years Community

The Children’s Toothbrushing Guide Toolkit 

This toolkit contains text templates for websites and newsletters, royalty-free images you can use in presentations and a printable version of the guide that allows you to add your own logo and make your own.

دراسات الحالة

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Embedding 'Starting Reception' across The Kemnal Academy Trust

The Kemnal Academy Trust (TKAT) supports 45 schools across the UK, including 29 primary schools and 20 nurseries....

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Bridging the gap between parents, nursery and school expectations at Ark Start nurseries

Ark Start is a group of five nurseries in London, supporting families from diverse backgrounds, 80% of whom only access funded hours. Many of these families are unfamiliar with school expectations, which can make transition to Reception challenging...

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How Coventry personalised the Starting Reception resources to reflect local priorities

Coventry’s Early Years Team supports around 85 schools and over 300 early years providers, reaching approximately 4,500 children each year as they start Reception...

مكتبة الندوات عبر الإنترنت

Kindred Squared • 30th April, 2026 • 50 minutes

Starting Reception - Setting Expectations with Parents

This webinar explores how schools, early years settings and childminders can use Starting Reception to help families understand what starting school really looks like and why children need school readiness skills to thrive from day one. You'll hear examples of practice from a school and a nursery, and come away with with top tips and quick, easy wins.

Kindred Squared • 8th June, 2026

Supporting Parents with Potty Training

This practical and supportive webinar for schools and early years settings exploes how to work positively with families around potty training before children start Reception.

We discuss how practitioners can approach sensitive conversations, while balancing the realities and expectations within early years and school settings. Hear from experts in this area, who will share their experience, advice and top tips.

Kindred Squared • 23rd April, 2026

Drive School Readiness for Local Authorities

This webinar explores how to improve school readiness for children starting reception, led by Kindred Squared. It highlights the growing gap between parent expectations and actual readiness, and introduces practical, evidence-based solutions to support early years development.

سجّل اشتراكك في نشرتنا الإخبارية

"نشرة أخبار شهرية لمجتمع الطفولة المبكرة (Early Years Community)، تقدم أحدث الأدلة والموارد المجانية وفرص التعاون. سجّل اشتراكك لتكون أول من يعلم بالمستجدات."

 

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