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ALISTAIR BRYCE CLEGG – FOUNDATIONS FOR LEARNING AND TEACHING PHONICS

Alastair Bryce-Clegg is an award winning Early Years author, blogger, product design and advocate of play. His work has been published a number of books and magazines, and he has worked as an early as advisor for both film and television projects.

• Using all 8 of children’s senses to process language successfully
• A meaningful, print-rich environment
• The need to use symbolism in play ready for printed letters
• Phonological and phonemonic awareness
• Perception, attention and memory

Greg Bottrill – Phonics through joy

Greg Bottrill, author of ‘Can I go and Play Now? Rethinking the Early Years'

• How we can teach synthetic phonics with joy and emotional connection
• Cusp of confidence
• Messaging with children
• Sprinkling skills during play

Jo Meakin – Where to find maths in the Early Years

Jo Meakin has been in the primary sector for 20 years and has been an Ofsted inspector and working at the NDNA as a lead Early Years advisor.

• Observing maths in children’s play
• Hierarchy of maths learning
• Holistic nature of children’s mathematical understanding
• Maths activities for Early Years

Professor Susan Neuman – Literacy development and the World of Words

Professor Newman is a specialist in early literacy development. She was the US Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education.

• World of Words
• Oral language comprehension
• Concepts and knowledge networks through science
• Comprehension of words
• Literacy is real life learning through narrative nonfiction, and non fiction books

Sandi Phoenix – Supporting children's emotions using the Phoenix Cups Framework

 Sandi Phoenix is the founding company director and principal facilitator at Phoenix support. Her framework the Phoenix Cups have revolutionized how staff not only work with children's behaviour, but also have teams view each other's behaviour.

• Overview of the 5 Phoenix Cups
• Using the Phoenix Cups Framework to support children’s behaviour
• How adults can best utilise the Phoenix Cups Framework
• Use of emotion language and emotional literacy
• Teaching children about different emotions

Dr Brynn Welch – Diversity in children’s literature

Dr. Welch teaches philosophy at the University of Alabama, in Birmingham, USA

• What we mean by diversity
• Telling stories about children from all races, with disabilities, being inclusive
• The importance of having books where children see themselves represented
• Why the lack of racial representation can be a problem
• Decolonize the Bookshelves

Sonia Mainstone-Cotton – Emotion Language

Sonia is a nurturing consultant and has written seven books on a range of Early Years subjects.

• Using emotion language right from the start, with babies
• Emotional intelligence
• Adults as good role models for emotion
• Well-being of staff themselves

Elaine Bennett – Maths, the environment and pedagogy

Elaine is an experienced EYFS and Key Stage One practitioner currently teaching in Southend in Essex, UK.

• How maths fits into each of the four principles of the EYFS
• Shape, space, and measure
• Ideas for including maths learning in all areas of the setting
• Working with parents and maths

 Molly Potter – Emotional Literacy

Molly Potter delivers training nationwide in the field of wellbeing and is a best selling author.

• What is emotional literacy
• Understanding and naming emotions
• Self-compassion and ruminating
• Coping strategies
• Mindfulness and meditation

 Zoe Greenhalgh – Musical literacy

Zoe is an early childhood music educator, consultant, researcher and author of ‘Music and Singing in the Early Years’.

• Musical literacy
• Music as a group activity
• Parent partnership through music
• Structuring and planning a music session
• Good quality songs and rhymes

Ann Baker – The Numeracy Gap

Ann Baker was the ‘Mathematician in Residence’ for South Australian Education Department for 5 years

• The seven-year gap between the lowest entry point and the highest entry point in the math lesson – the Numeracy Gap
• Subitising
• Quantity and numerocity
• Trusting the count
  Practical games and ideas to support good foundational mathematics
• Differentiation within a group

Barbara Schindelhauer – mathematical literacy

Barbara Schindelhauer advocates a child-focused start into mathematical literacy and promotes a holistic approach called “Let's visit Numberland”.

• Mathematical literacy
• Building bridges from the emotional senses to the mathematical abstract
• Gerhard Friedrich’s research and ‘Let’s Visit Numberland’
• Using concrete objects to support abstract thinking

Emma Hutchinson – Learning through musical play

Emma Hutchinson has 30 years experience as a music practitioner, trainer, author and researcher. In 1994 she founded Music House for Children in London

• What we mean by ‘playful music’
• How to present rhyme and music to babies and young children
• Keeping children engaged in music sessions
• Parents and musical instruments

Dr Lala Manners – Babies, crawling and the Canopy Approach

Dr. Lala Manners is an advocate of the importance of early as movement development and physical activity. Her latest book is called the ‘Early Years Movement Handbook, a principles based approach to supporting young to physical development, health and well being’.

• Guidelines for children’s physical activity
• Babies in ‘containers’
• Canopy Approach from her new book
• Large range of benefits of crawling
• Physical environment for babies

Connie Bergstein Dow – Dance, movement and maths

Connie Bergstein Dow has taught dance from three-year-olds to senior citizens, including the absolutely inspirational program ‘Healing through Movement’ for trafficked women.

• Physical, creative and inclusivity with dance and movement
• Movement and maths – ideas and activities
• Bringing movement to stories and books
• Nurturing social emotional skills through movement

Julie Cigman – Children's early writing skills 

Julie Cigman has worked across the age range of children in schools and as a nursery teacher. She's the author of ‘Supporting boys writing in the Early Years'

• Becoming a writer
• Social constructivism
• Writing for a purpose and having reasons to write
• Writing as a symbolic code

ALISON FEATHERBE – PRE-WRITING SKILLS

Alison Featherbe created the independent Early Years consultancy Orange Caterpillar.

• Ideas for fine motor skills, physical and personal, social and emotional development.
• Practical resources for the starts of mark-making skills
• Using schematic play to support different aspects of writing
• Developmental stages of mark-making

Tamsin Grimmer – A Loving Pedagogy

Tamsin Grimmer is part-time lecturer Bath Spa University on the primary and Early Years PGCE course. Her Master's research was on developing a ‘loving pedagogy’.

• What we mean by Professional Love and a loving pedagogy
• Using ‘love’ as a term in childcare settings
• Role of the key person
• Positive touch

Playfulness and Learning

• What do we mean by ‘Playfulness'
• How children's learning and playfulness are linked
• Strategies that you can implement in your environments to increase playfulness
• Reflecting on your environment from the children's perspective