Doing The Right Thing ... in the EYFS
Saturday May 8th 2010 - The Kaetsu Educational andCultural Centre, Cambridge - 9.30 – 4pm. A one day early childhood education conference - a collaboration between Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination and Sightlines Initiative.
We all want to ‘do the right thing’. But what does this mean in practice?
How can we translate the fine words in our documents and vision statements to actual practice in our settings?
What really happens when you seek to support children’s ideas and collaborate with other professionals?
The conference will address key questions of values, visions and practice with contributions from Helen Moylett,Senior Director Early Years National Strategies, and other invited colleagues: Robin Duckett, Sightlines Initiative, and Dorothy Gregory, Walkergate Early Years Centre in Newcastle, will reflect on their documented action-research work.
Filipa Pereira Stubbs (CCI Creative Practitioner) and Daphne Barbouris, North Cambridge Children´s Centre, will describe their Forest Explorers project at Milton Country Park near Cambridge.
Deb Winfield (Cambridge Steiner School) will explore the setting up of the region´s first outdoor nursery at Wandelbury Country Park and Nature Reserve, south Cambridge.
James Newell and Vanessa Lindsay from Two Village Primary School, Harwich, will introduce their Garden of Curiosity and the work that happens there in the foundation stage and throughout the school.
The conference builds on three key principles:
- The need to support children’s ideas, creativity, enquiries and fascination with the world
- The need for collaborative practice – educators, parents and children working together
- The need for a continuous cycle of observation, reflection and action
Cost: £150 (£120 for Refocus members and Students1)
EARLY BIRD OFFER – SAVE £20 IF YOU BOOK BEFORE END OF JANUARY 2010 (limited number available) Go to CCI website to download the booking form www.cambridgecandi.org.uk.
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