WEBINAR RECORDINGS

This webinar will explore the role of the educator in generating contexts for thinking together with children and nature in whatever outdoor space you may have. Whether you are in a rural setting or an inner city urban shared space, nature is present under our noses and beneath our feet! Debi will explore with you 3 key areas to facilitate your thinking, and your children’s thinking in 3 areas: - How learning happens in outdoor environments with a particular emphasis on the Characteristic of Effective Learning ‘Creating and Critical Thinking’. - How children build their ecological identity through relating with nature (8 characteristics of learning with nature). - How educators can develop pedagogy and thinking together with children and nature through exploration of 6 touchstone criteria for ‘rewilding’ your pedagogy. Alongside the above, Debi will share case studies from practice to inspire and enable you to think differently about your teaching, curriculum and the impact on children’s learning in your outside spaces and those you may visit.

Inclusive Leadership is about creating an environment where everyone matters, where allyship, not privilege resides! It is both a challenging and exciting time to be a leader in early childhood education. Inclusive Leadership is about creating an environment where everyone matters, where allyship, not privilege resides. Where children and staff from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and knowledge, can come together and feel seen, knowing that every voice is afforded the agency and autonomy to achieve a sense of belonging and psychological safety. Inclusive leaders are aware of their own biases and actively seek out collaboration to consider different perspectives to inform decision-making.

Building on Kerry Murphy’s training, Dominic Gunn will look at how medical models of assessment and intervention have been invaluable but can also lead to deficit, negative perceptions of our young children. Through case studies and film clips, we will identify how a focussed use of our adult-child interactions and play provision is fundamental to supporting additional needs, while maintaining a positive picture of each individual child. The session will emphasise that the Early Years curriculum is a sensory curriculum, that developmental delay is ‘a delay’, not a disorder, and it will also present recent understanding of different learning styles, including gestalt processing, particularly within neurodiversity.

Leslie Patterson gives us an insight into Communication & Language within the early years.

Andrea Layzell and Rebecca Oberg explore how to effectively use the (completely free) resource of 50 Things to Do to engage parents in their children's learning for your setting or school. Improve relationships, expand conversation and hear about how to apply to become a 50 Things Play Partner.

A webinar facilitated by Leslie Patterson, an Associate from Early Education. Traditional, hierarchical leadership roles do not necessarily produce the best outcomes for children in an early years setting. This webinar will explore the potential advantages of taking a truly collaborative approach to leadership in an early years setting. It will encourage delegates to reflect on the roles and responsibilities of staff members in their own setting.

The webinar will explore the key principles behind supporting mathematical development within your home environment. We will consider the importance of consolidating children's mathematical development through meaningful, playful, and creative pedagogical approaches, to promote a deeper mathematical understanding, fluency, and mastery. Delivered by Jacqui Lewis.

Dr Helen Bradford is a lifelong early years educator. She is a specialist in the 0-2 age range, having written on young children’s wellbeing, and appropriate (enabling) environments. In this hour long webinar she will unravel what wellbeing means for the 0-2s age group by making clear links between research and effective early years practice. She will explore the professional role that the key person plays in holistically supporting children’s individual personal, social and emotional needs within the early years setting, whilst building essential relationships with the child and their family.

This webinar was delivered on 9 April 2024, by Kerry Murphy, an early childhood specialist with a background in neurodiversity, disability and behaviour. In this webinar, Kerry develops our understanding of supporting children with emerging neurodivergence in positive and inclusive ways within our early years settings.

This webinar was delivered on 14 August 2023, by Andrea Layzell, National Lead of 50 Things to Do Before You're Five. This groundbreaking parental engagement initiative has been rolled out in all five local authorities in West Yorkshire and in many more places across the British Isles.

This webinar was delivered on 28 June, 2023, by Sian Hudson, Executive Headteacher of St Edmund's Nursery School, and Keena Cummins, a social communication, regulation and 'face watching' expert.

This webinar was delivered as part of the National Professional Qualification in Early Years Leadership (NPQEYL) conference on 29th April 2023, run by Red Kite Teaching School Hub, in partnership with Teach First.