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Keep your skills up to date with our pick of the summer and autumn courses that focus on the early years, by Simon Vevers Art

Art

NIPPA: The Early Years Organisation is offering a short course on:

* Art and design in the early years. This course is aimed at all those working in the early years sector in Northern Ireland.

Contact NIPPA 6c Wildflower Way, Apollo Road, Belfast BT12 6TA (028 9066 2825, fax 028 9038 12790, e-mail mail@nippa.org).

The Visual Learning Foundation is running one-and two-day courses on:

* Fans, screens and neon lights, on 27 June. This is a day course for teachers working at Key Stages 1 and 2 to coincide with the Japan 2001 Festival at the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew. The course introduces a unit of work aimed at enriching children's responses to nature and the changing seasons through exploring the art of the Japanese folding screen.

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