The revised EYFS framework and the implications for SEND
09:30 - 10:00
This session covers some key implications of the Renewed Framework for Early Years practitioners in identifying and meeting the needs of children with SEND and their families.
The fundamental elements of a STEAM approach in the Early Years supports practitioners in providing the knowledge, understanding, skills and dispositions that children need to be successful lifelong learners.
As well as Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics, STEAM could also stand for Skill, Tenacity, Engagement, Achievement and Motivation!
During this session Alistair will be drawing on over 30 years of experience within the early years sector, using real examples from practice, plus current academic research, to enable practitioners to develop creative strategies around being a learner that motivate children to engage, and then keep their levels of resilience high by enabling them to be curious and critical thinkers.
Workforce professionalisation: what are graduate practitioner competencies?
11:00 - 11:30
This session will inform you about the development of Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner Competencies, where universities are working with Early Years Setting mentors to support students to develop level 6 competencies. We share mentor and student experiences of benefits and challenges in developing the competencies and consider the professionalisation of the workforce through the use of ECS degree students.
What will the future early years workforce look like?
11:45 - 12:15
In September 2020, the Education and Childcare T Level was launched to the first cohort of students, marking a revolution in technical education. T Levels play an important role in equipping the future early years workforce with the skills they need. In this session, we’ll cover how employers and providers can work together on T Level industry placements and the benefits that this crucial experience brings students during their programme. We’ll also look ahead to the future of T Levels and the impact we believe they will have on the early years workforce of the future.
During the session, you will learn about the impact that you could have in helping to shape the early years sector. You’ll also find out about the free community we have built for early years practitioners, employers and stakeholders to support them to work together, discuss best practice and learn new skills.
Home at the Heart: the power of Domestic Role Play
12:30 - 13:00
How much does your home corner reflect the real homes of the children? Could you move in tomorrow? How can we support learning across all areas of the curriculum in our home corner? This workshop will explore the importance of establishing meaningful and quality domestic role play that remains in place all year.
It’s about time early years software waved goodbye to tick boxes and tracking. Hear how a different approach to sharing and noting meaningful progress using software will help you reclaim assessment - and give you more time with your children.
Young children are exposed to a digital world from the moment they are born, and each generation will grow up in an environment different from their parents and grandparents. Therefore, digital technology will influence their lives whether we like it or not and we need to ensure their experiences are both positive and informative. Children are using digital devices/technologies as part of their life and learning and most significantly as part of their early play experiences and play based pedagogies. I hope to highlight the ever increasing need to understand and assist educators in our Early Years settings to embrace digitalisation and utilize digital technology to underpin each child’s individual learning journey.
The revised EYFS framework and the implications for SEND
09:30 - 10:00
This session covers some key implications of the Renewed Framework for Early Years practitioners in identifying and meeting the needs of children with SEND and their families.
The fundamental elements of a STEAM approach in the Early Years supports practitioners in providing the knowledge, understanding, skills and dispositions that children need to be successful lifelong learners.
As well as Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics, STEAM could also stand for Skill, Tenacity, Engagement, Achievement and Motivation!
During this session Alistair will be drawing on over 30 years of experience within the early years sector, using real examples from practice, plus current academic research, to enable practitioners to develop creative strategies around being a learner that motivate children to engage, and then keep their levels of resilience high by enabling them to be curious and critical thinkers.
Young children are exposed to a digital world from the moment they are born, and each generation will grow up in an environment different from their parents and grandparents. Therefore, digital technology will influence their lives whether we like it or not and we need to ensure their experiences are both positive and informative. Children are using digital devices/technologies as part of their life and learning and most significantly as part of their early play experiences and play based pedagogies. I hope to highlight the ever increasing need to understand and assist educators in our Early Years settings to embrace digitalisation and utilize digital technology to underpin each child’s individual learning journey.
Workforce professionalisation: what are graduate practitioner competencies?
12:30 - 13:00
This session will inform you about the development of Early Childhood Graduate Practitioner Competencies, where universities are working with Early Years Setting mentors to support students to develop level 6 competencies. We share mentor and student experiences of benefits and challenges in developing the competencies and consider the professionalisation of the workforce through the use of ECS degree students.
It’s about time early years software waved goodbye to tick boxes and tracking. Hear how a different approach to sharing and noting meaningful progress using software will help you reclaim assessment - and give you more time with your children.
What is a child led approach? What it isn't, and how can we learn to follow a child’s lead and truly build on a child's interests and motivations. During this session Joss will share some fascinating insights into this topic including:
Child centred approach versus adult led activity
Letting children lead - examples of what it really looks like in practice
Challenging your own narrative - Addressing conscious and unconscious bias as an educator regarding children’s play
Mandy Wilding - nasen’s Early Years lead - holds a B.Ed (Hons) degree and specialised in the teaching of 3-7 year olds at Nene College, Northampton. She has 32 years of primary school experience, teaching children from Nursery to Year 6 and held the position of SENCO for 9 years and Assistant Headteacher for 7 years.
Mandy leads the DfE - funded Early Years SENCO Award Project and nasen’s part of the Early Years SEND Partnership Project. She has produced webinars, webcasts and downloadable resources to support group-based and home-based practitioners and LA teams in the Early Years sector to meet the needs of children with SEND. She has spoken at national conferences and events and joined a DfE workshop in May to discuss the implications of the EYFS reforms on children with SEND.
Mandy Wilding
Education Officer (Early Years)
nasen
Mandy Wilding - nasen’s Early Years lead - holds a B.Ed (Hons) degree and specialised in the teaching of 3-7 year olds at Nene College, Northampton. She has 32 years of primary school experience, teaching children from Nursery to Year 6 and held the position of SENCO for 9 years and Assistant Headteacher for 7 years.
Mandy leads the DfE - funded Early Years SENCO Award Project and nasen’s part of the Early Years SEND Partnership Project. She has produced webinars, webcasts and downloadable resources to support group-based and home-based practitioners and LA teams in the Early Years sector to meet the needs of children with SEND. She has spoken at national conferences and events and joined a DfE workshop in May to discuss the implications of the EYFS reforms on children with SEND.
Alistair Bryce-Clegg
Early Years Consultant
ABC Does
Alistair is an award-winning Early Years author, blogger, product designer and advocate of PLAY. His work has been published in a number of books and magazines and he has worked as an Early Years advisor for various film and television projects. Alongside support and training for a range of settings, schools and parents, he also works internationally and with Local Authorities across the UK. His most recent project is the co-creation of a child development app for parents called My First Five Years (mffy.com). Alistair has an MA in Education and is currently studying for his Doctorate in Early Years.
Alistair Bryce-Clegg
Early Years Consultant
ABC Does
Alistair is an award-winning Early Years author, blogger, product designer and advocate of PLAY. His work has been published in a number of books and magazines and he has worked as an Early Years advisor for various film and television projects. Alongside support and training for a range of settings, schools and parents, he also works internationally and with Local Authorities across the UK. His most recent project is the co-creation of a child development app for parents called My First Five Years (mffy.com). Alistair has an MA in Education and is currently studying for his Doctorate in Early Years.
Dr Eva Mikuska
Senior Lecturer
University of Chichester
Eva is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Education, Social and Life Sciences, University of Chichester. Her work seeks to broaden current views on early childhood education and care (ECEC) in England with the aims to produce a more generative, ethical, and political way to enact ECEC. Her research interests focus on exploring the role of emotion in professional practices in addition to examining gender discourses in the ECEC field.
Sigrid Brogaard Clausen
Senior Lecturer
Early Childhood Studies Degree Network/University of Roehampton
Sigrid Brogaard Clausen is a Danish Social Pedagogue, who works as Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, University of Roehampton.
Children’s wellbeing and democratic participation is at the forefront of her work, and she has carried out and published research into young children’s wellbeing (including assessment and professional and parental understandings thereof), early childhood professionalism & identity, and comparative curricula policy studies. Empowering democratic professionalism is part of her aims as academic tutor, researcher and member of the Early Childhood Studies Degree Network (ECSDN), where she currently holds a role a vice chair for Professionalism in Early Childhood.
Dr Eva Mikuska
Senior Lecturer
University of Chichester
Eva is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Education, Social and Life Sciences, University of Chichester. Her work seeks to broaden current views on early childhood education and care (ECEC) in England with the aims to produce a more generative, ethical, and political way to enact ECEC. Her research interests focus on exploring the role of emotion in professional practices in addition to examining gender discourses in the ECEC field.
Sigrid Brogaard Clausen
Senior Lecturer
Early Childhood Studies Degree Network/University of Roehampton
Sigrid Brogaard Clausen is a Danish Social Pedagogue, who works as Senior Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies, University of Roehampton.
Children’s wellbeing and democratic participation is at the forefront of her work, and she has carried out and published research into young children’s wellbeing (including assessment and professional and parental understandings thereof), early childhood professionalism & identity, and comparative curricula policy studies. Empowering democratic professionalism is part of her aims as academic tutor, researcher and member of the Early Childhood Studies Degree Network (ECSDN), where she currently holds a role a vice chair for Professionalism in Early Childhood.
Janet King
Sector Manager for Education and Childcare at NCFE
NCFE
Janet is the Sector Manager for Education and Childcare at educational charity NCFE and plays a crucial role in developing new and existing qualifications under the CACHE brand, ensuring they are market leaders. Janet’s previous work has involved management in both Further and Higher Education across care provision and within social services and education.
Dawn Newman
CACHE Alumni Communities Manager at NCFE
NCFE
Dawn has a wealth of experience working to improve outcomes with individuals from all different backgrounds. Before joining educational charity NCFE, Dawn supported people in the Asylum Seekers’ Unit of Newcastle, whilst completing some arts projects with a Young People's Service. Working as a careers advisor for the National Careers Service led to working in homelessness full time at a Young People’s hostel and with adults with multiple barriers. Since then, Dawn has worked in welfare to work, in front line youth work roles and, more recently, in a position which enables Dawn to ‘help the helpers’. As the Communities Manager for CACHE Alumni, Dawn manages careers support, resources and CPD for the collaborative association in care and education.
Janet King
Sector Manager for Education and Childcare at NCFE
NCFE
Janet is the Sector Manager for Education and Childcare at educational charity NCFE and plays a crucial role in developing new and existing qualifications under the CACHE brand, ensuring they are market leaders. Janet’s previous work has involved management in both Further and Higher Education across care provision and within social services and education.
Dawn Newman
CACHE Alumni Communities Manager at NCFE
NCFE
Dawn has a wealth of experience working to improve outcomes with individuals from all different backgrounds. Before joining educational charity NCFE, Dawn supported people in the Asylum Seekers’ Unit of Newcastle, whilst completing some arts projects with a Young People's Service. Working as a careers advisor for the National Careers Service led to working in homelessness full time at a Young People’s hostel and with adults with multiple barriers. Since then, Dawn has worked in welfare to work, in front line youth work roles and, more recently, in a position which enables Dawn to ‘help the helpers’. As the Communities Manager for CACHE Alumni, Dawn manages careers support, resources and CPD for the collaborative association in care and education.
Andy Burt
Curriculum Consultant & EYFS Trainer
Early Excellence
Andy Burt is an experienced EYFS Teacher and School Leader who has explored open-ended, creative and innovative approaches to learning over a number of years. Research done in collaboration with Professor Pat Broadhead, focusing on Andy’s work, led to the exploration of ‘the whatever you want it to be place’ and the co-written text “Understanding Young Children’s Learning through Play” which was published by Routledge in 2011.
Andy Burt
Curriculum Consultant & EYFS Trainer
Early Excellence
Andy Burt is an experienced EYFS Teacher and School Leader who has explored open-ended, creative and innovative approaches to learning over a number of years. Research done in collaboration with Professor Pat Broadhead, focusing on Andy’s work, led to the exploration of ‘the whatever you want it to be place’ and the co-written text “Understanding Young Children’s Learning through Play” which was published by Routledge in 2011.
Matt Arnerich
Head of Learning and Development
Famly
Matt is writing this bio in the third person because he’s not famous enough to have someone else do it for him (but he'd like to pretend). He spent his first four years at Famly looking after the Famly blog, but now spends his time on the story of what makes Famly different, helping them get to their mission to make early childhood truly valued. More recently, he's been looking after the project to entirely reinvent how people can use Famly to note, understand, and share child development, without interfering in it.
Matt Arnerich
Head of Learning and Development
Famly
Matt is writing this bio in the third person because he’s not famous enough to have someone else do it for him (but he'd like to pretend). He spent his first four years at Famly looking after the Famly blog, but now spends his time on the story of what makes Famly different, helping them get to their mission to make early childhood truly valued. More recently, he's been looking after the project to entirely reinvent how people can use Famly to note, understand, and share child development, without interfering in it.
Vanessa Chandler
Business Development Manager
ILT Education - Polylino
Vanessa Chandler is Business Development Manager at ILT Education, which owns ‘Polylino’ the multilingual digital SaaS book library. Vanessa began her career as a qualified Early Years teacher, and has since moved into the EdTech sector where she draws on her vast hands-on Early Years teaching experience. Vanessa is an SSC Community Governor, and an advocate of educational inclusion with a strong focus on reading and literacy. At ILT Education, Vanessa works closely with nurseries and primary school settings across the UK, to ‘bring the magic of story time to every child’.
Vanessa Chandler
Business Development Manager
ILT Education - Polylino
Vanessa Chandler is Business Development Manager at ILT Education, which owns ‘Polylino’ the multilingual digital SaaS book library. Vanessa began her career as a qualified Early Years teacher, and has since moved into the EdTech sector where she draws on her vast hands-on Early Years teaching experience. Vanessa is an SSC Community Governor, and an advocate of educational inclusion with a strong focus on reading and literacy. At ILT Education, Vanessa works closely with nurseries and primary school settings across the UK, to ‘bring the magic of story time to every child’.
Mandy Wilding
Education Officer (Early Years)
nasen
Mandy Wilding - nasen’s Early Years lead - holds a B.Ed (Hons) degree and specialised in the teaching of 3-7 year olds at Nene College, Northampton. She has 32 years of primary school experience, teaching children from Nursery to Year 6 and held the position of SENCO for 9 years and Assistant Headteacher for 7 years.
Mandy leads the DfE - funded Early Years SENCO Award Project and nasen’s part of the Early Years SEND Partnership Project. She has produced webinars, webcasts and downloadable resources to support group-based and home-based practitioners and LA teams in the Early Years sector to meet the needs of children with SEND. She has spoken at national conferences and events and joined a DfE workshop in May to discuss the implications of the EYFS reforms on children with SEND.
Mandy Wilding
Education Officer (Early Years)
nasen
Mandy Wilding - nasen’s Early Years lead - holds a B.Ed (Hons) degree and specialised in the teaching of 3-7 year olds at Nene College, Northampton. She has 32 years of primary school experience, teaching children from Nursery to Year 6 and held the position of SENCO for 9 years and Assistant Headteacher for 7 years.
Mandy leads the DfE - funded Early Years SENCO Award Project and nasen’s part of the Early Years SEND Partnership Project. She has produced webinars, webcasts and downloadable resources to support group-based and home-based practitioners and LA teams in the Early Years sector to meet the needs of children with SEND. She has spoken at national conferences and events and joined a DfE workshop in May to discuss the implications of the EYFS reforms on children with SEND.
Alistair Bryce-Clegg
Early Years Consultant
ABC Does
Alistair is an award-winning Early Years author, blogger, product designer and advocate of PLAY. His work has been published in a number of books and magazines and he has worked as an Early Years advisor for various film and television projects. Alongside support and training for a range of settings, schools and parents, he also works internationally and with Local Authorities across the UK. His most recent project is the co-creation of a child development app for parents called My First Five Years (mffy.com). Alistair has an MA in Education and is currently studying for his Doctorate in Early Years.
Alistair Bryce-Clegg
Early Years Consultant
ABC Does
Alistair is an award-winning Early Years author, blogger, product designer and advocate of PLAY. His work has been published in a number of books and magazines and he has worked as an Early Years advisor for various film and television projects. Alongside support and training for a range of settings, schools and parents, he also works internationally and with Local Authorities across the UK. His most recent project is the co-creation of a child development app for parents called My First Five Years (mffy.com). Alistair has an MA in Education and is currently studying for his Doctorate in Early Years.
Vanessa Chandler
Business Development Manager
ILT Education - Polylino
Vanessa Chandler is Business Development Manager at ILT Education, which owns ‘Polylino’ the multilingual digital SaaS book library. Vanessa began her career as a qualified Early Years teacher, and has since moved into the EdTech sector where she draws on her vast hands-on Early Years teaching experience. Vanessa is an SSC Community Governor, and an advocate of educational inclusion with a strong focus on reading and literacy. At ILT Education, Vanessa works closely with nurseries and primary school settings across the UK, to ‘bring the magic of story time to every child’.
Vanessa Chandler
Business Development Manager
ILT Education - Polylino
Vanessa Chandler is Business Development Manager at ILT Education, which owns ‘Polylino’ the multilingual digital SaaS book library. Vanessa began her career as a qualified Early Years teacher, and has since moved into the EdTech sector where she draws on her vast hands-on Early Years teaching experience. Vanessa is an SSC Community Governor, and an advocate of educational inclusion with a strong focus on reading and literacy. At ILT Education, Vanessa works closely with nurseries and primary school settings across the UK, to ‘bring the magic of story time to every child’.
Andy Burt
Curriculum Consultant & EYFS Trainer
Early Excellence
Andy Burt is an experienced EYFS Teacher and School Leader who has explored open-ended, creative and innovative approaches to learning over a number of years. Research done in collaboration with Professor Pat Broadhead, focusing on Andy’s work, led to the exploration of ‘the whatever you want it to be place’ and the co-written text “Understanding Young Children’s Learning through Play” which was published by Routledge in 2011.
Andy Burt
Curriculum Consultant & EYFS Trainer
Early Excellence
Andy Burt is an experienced EYFS Teacher and School Leader who has explored open-ended, creative and innovative approaches to learning over a number of years. Research done in collaboration with Professor Pat Broadhead, focusing on Andy’s work, led to the exploration of ‘the whatever you want it to be place’ and the co-written text “Understanding Young Children’s Learning through Play” which was published by Routledge in 2011.
Dr Eva Mikuska
Senior Lecturer
University of Chichester
Eva is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Education, Social and Life Sciences, University of Chichester. Her work seeks to broaden current views on early childhood education and care (ECEC) in England with the aims to produce a more generative, ethical, and political way to enact ECEC. Her research interests focus on exploring the role of emotion in professional practices in addition to examining gender discourses in the ECEC field.
Su Wall
Assistant Programme Leader for Early Childhood Studies Degree
University of Derby
Prior to joining the University, Su worked as an advisor the for the local authority, led the early years programmes within a further education college in Derby, UK and was the nominee for two early years nurseries, with an ethos of forest school. Su’s interests and research includes the outdoor environment, inclusion and SEND.
Dr Eva Mikuska
Senior Lecturer
University of Chichester
Eva is a senior lecturer at the Institute of Education, Social and Life Sciences, University of Chichester. Her work seeks to broaden current views on early childhood education and care (ECEC) in England with the aims to produce a more generative, ethical, and political way to enact ECEC. Her research interests focus on exploring the role of emotion in professional practices in addition to examining gender discourses in the ECEC field.
Su Wall
Assistant Programme Leader for Early Childhood Studies Degree
University of Derby
Prior to joining the University, Su worked as an advisor the for the local authority, led the early years programmes within a further education college in Derby, UK and was the nominee for two early years nurseries, with an ethos of forest school. Su’s interests and research includes the outdoor environment, inclusion and SEND.
Matt Arnerich
Head of Learning and Development
Famly
Matt is writing this bio in the third person because he’s not famous enough to have someone else do it for him (but he'd like to pretend). He spent his first four years at Famly looking after the Famly blog, but now spends his time on the story of what makes Famly different, helping them get to their mission to make early childhood truly valued. More recently, he's been looking after the project to entirely reinvent how people can use Famly to note, understand, and share child development, without interfering in it.
Matt Arnerich
Head of Learning and Development
Famly
Matt is writing this bio in the third person because he’s not famous enough to have someone else do it for him (but he'd like to pretend). He spent his first four years at Famly looking after the Famly blog, but now spends his time on the story of what makes Famly different, helping them get to their mission to make early childhood truly valued. More recently, he's been looking after the project to entirely reinvent how people can use Famly to note, understand, and share child development, without interfering in it.
Joss Cambridge-Simmons
Child-Led Development Champion
tiney & Jossy Care
Described as the UK’s leading “Super Manny”, Hackney’s Joss Cambridge-Simmons (he/him) is taking modern childcare to the next level. Multi-talented Joss is founder of Jossy Care, a specialist childcare enterprise that focuses on the importance of gender representation. He’s now a spokesperson for the multi-faceted roles men can play in the child care system, speaking on topics such as men’s mental health to best practice in early years education. Since the launch of Jossy Care, Joss has been featured in numerous publications and podcasts and also went on to win The National Diversity Award 2019 for Positive Role Model. He has also appeared on TV’s Men's Talk addressing mental health which was aired on Sky and CBBC.
Joss Cambridge-Simmons
Child-Led Development Champion
tiney & Jossy Care
Described as the UK’s leading “Super Manny”, Hackney’s Joss Cambridge-Simmons (he/him) is taking modern childcare to the next level. Multi-talented Joss is founder of Jossy Care, a specialist childcare enterprise that focuses on the importance of gender representation. He’s now a spokesperson for the multi-faceted roles men can play in the child care system, speaking on topics such as men’s mental health to best practice in early years education. Since the launch of Jossy Care, Joss has been featured in numerous publications and podcasts and also went on to win The National Diversity Award 2019 for Positive Role Model. He has also appeared on TV’s Men's Talk addressing mental health which was aired on Sky and CBBC.