Work Matters: On course
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
6 November
Patterns of Play: recognising and supporting children's schemas
This Early Education course will review the current knowledge andunderstanding of children's schemas, discuss the identified schemasacross the age ranges, consider ways in which absorption in schemas candrive children's learning and examine effective ways of incorporatingschemas into early years practice. - London. Cost: members 150,non-members 180. Visit www.early-education.org.uk
11 November
Practical and Effective Ways of Using Multi-Sensory Equipment
This course looks at how to get the most out of a multi-sensoryenvironment and how to set one up on a budget, providing a greaterunderstanding of how to apply multi-sensory principles and ideas to takeaway and use in your own setting. - Middlesbrough. Cost: 185 plusVAT. Visit www.concept-training.co.uk
18 November
Nursery World's Outdoor Play Conference
Delegates will hear how to creatively facilitate effective outdoorlearning and play while meeting the needs of the children and fulfillingthe requirements of the EYFS. Topics include continuous provision, therole of the adult, observation, assessment and planning, engaging boys,nought-to-threes provision, and how to stick to a budget. Key speakersinclude Wendy Titman, Diane Rich of Rich Learning Opportunities, AnnieDavy, early years development advisor at Learning Through Landscapes,and Nursery World deputy editor Ruth Thomson. - London. Cost: from324 plus VAT. Visit www.outdoorplayconference.com
19 November
Mummy's Black, Daddy's Yellow and I'm Orange: Talking with youngchildren about racial identity
This National Children's Bureau course aims to give practitioners theconfidence and the tools for talking about racial identity, skin colourand racism with young children, parents, carers and each other. It willexplore how prejudice and racism impact on young children within andbeyond their early years settings. - Bristol. Cost: NCB members from241.50, non-members from 287.50. Visitwww.mb1.eventbrite.com or call 020 7843 6084
