Nursery World - Letters: Network face to face for mutual inspiration

Letter of the week wins 30 worth of children's books.

I have a variation on the issue of nursery networking (Letters, 23 August). I manage a small private nursery.

We close for three days each year to provide staff in-service training sessions and have recently developed these with another nursery to help raise staff morale and team-building.

A colleague from another local nursery and I organised a shared training day for our staff. We spent half a day at each nursery, with workshops and 'buddy walks' around each setting and sharing experiences over a 'pot luck' lunch to which everyone brought food.

Using funding provided by the local Early Education and Childcare Unit, we engaged writer and poet Peter Dixon for our morning event. He enthralled us on 'how to make learning irresistible to young children' through drama and storytelling. In the afternoon, a participative workshop by Julie Deats from Kids Music showed us how to be more creative in adapting song and dance in a multisensory way.

Register now to continue reading

Thank you for visiting Nursery World and making use of our archive of more than 35,000 expert features, subject guides, case studies and policy updates. Why not register today and enjoy the following great benefits:

What's included