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An Earlyarts Professional Development Day for the Cumbria & Lancashire Area

Friday 28 January 2011

City Museum, Lancaster LA1 1H (directions)

10.00 am – 4.00 pm (Coffee available from 9.30am)

Theme: The magic of dance: Interactive play for early years

For: Artists, early years’ practitioners, heads of centres, cultural managers, local authority advisors, early years professionals, arts or cultural organisations

Aims: The aim of our professional development day is to encourage practitioners to use dance as a focus for creativity, to add the magic of music and movement as a means of developing storytelling in young children and build up imagination and develop ways of communication

10.00 Earlyarts Welcome…

10.30 Creative Practice Exposed – presentations and discussions on three local creative learning projects:

Mini museum explorers - The Magic Carpet *- with Cath Hill and museum staff.

Healthy Heroes* with Lucy Atkinson with staff at Appletree Children’s Centre and Nursery School.

Play for 0 – 5 year olds* with Lucy Atkinson

12.00 Earlyarts Knowledge – speed networking, key events coming up in the sector, review of the latest research and publications

12.30 Networking LUNCH and tour of host organisation (please bring your own sandwiches or money for the cafe)

13.30 Practical Workshop LUDUS Dance*. The workshop will involve working with a professional dancer from the LUDUS development unit in a practical dance and movement session.

15.30 Sharing Experiences learning journeys/feedback. Information about other PDD future training will be shared.

16.00 Dates of next meetings and finish.

FREE to Earlyarts Members, £50 for those who are not subscribed to Earlyarts
(refundable if a subscription is subsequently taken out)

Please visit www.earlyarts.co.uk and follow the links for more information and to book your place

*Further information

Mini museum explorers - The Magic Carpet - a project across three museums in Lancaster with families looking at developing stories within the museum. The magic carpet lands in the different museums and the children explore the artifacts that are found in the museums. Magical stories are built around the children’s ideas by Cath Hill and museum staff.

Healthy Heroes - a project for 0 - 5 year olds on encouraging children and their families to be active and healthy through movement, dance, sporting activities and healthy eating. This project has been run by Lucy Atkinson with staff at Appletree Children’s Centre and Nursery School.

Play for 0 – 5 year olds – Lucy’s Messy Play. Lucy will give you some creative ideas and insight in working with young children using sensory experiences. She has been working at Appletree Children’s centre with very young children and their families to show how messy play can engage children and help to develop their speech and language skills.

Practical Workshop LUDUS Dance Founded in 1975, Ludus Dance is the leading dance company for young people and first-time dance audiences in the UK. Experienced in working with a wide audience, LUDUS dance hope to pass on inspiring ideas for working with young children using performance and dance techniques. The workshop will involve working with a professional dancer from the LUDUS development unit in a practical dance and movement session.