The importance of making spaces in which children and their carers can have freedom to think, talk and create was stressed at a major early years conference at Nottingham University earlier this month. The conference covered consulting with young children, supporting children's learning, and recruitment and retention in the early years workforce. Opening the conference, Baroness Helena Kennedy called for early years practitioners to build a 'just, democratic and workable society' by listening more closely to children's experiences. Among the keynote speakers, early years lecturer Mary Jane Drummond examined the kinds of spaces children need to play and learn. The conference is organised every two years by the National Children's Bureau, CACHE and NESArnold.
The importance of making spaces in which children and their carers can have freedom to think, talk and create was stressed at a major early years conference at Nottingham University earlier this month. The conference covered consulting with young children, supporting children's learning, and recruitment and retention in the early years workforce. Opening the conference, Baroness Helena Kennedy called for early years practitioners to build a 'just, democratic and workable society' by listening more closely to children's experiences.
Among the keynote speakers, early years lecturer Mary Jane Drummond examined the kinds of spaces children need to play and learn. The conference is organised every two years by the National Children's Bureau, CACHE and NESArnold.
