Starting strong... but what next for early childhood education and care?
The Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development has been conducting a review of early childhood education and care in 20 of its member states, including the UK. This conference will reveal the main results debate future directions for UK policy and what we can learn from participation in this study.
London. Cost: from 30. Call Tracy Walpole 020 7612 6958 or e-mail t.walpole@ioe.ac.uk
27 and 28 January
Introduction to Childcare Practice (12 hours)
This course, approved by CACHE, enables unqualified childcarers to join the Government's Childcare Approval Scheme, which gives parents tax benefits.
Oxfordshire. Cost: 165 plus VAT (discount available if paid for in December). E-mail tinies@ training.com or call 01332 856392.
8 February
Book-based reading games (Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1)
This course will give participants the opportunity to explore meaningful, contextualised ways of helping children with strategies for acquiring a bank of familiar words that can be read on sight, and decoding unknown texts. Careful consideration will be given as to how games can be used to support the requirements of the NLS at text, sentence and word level.
London. Cost: from 110. E-mail cpd.inset@ioe.ac.uk or call 020 7612 6589/6987.
9 February
Using poetry in the Foundation Stage and KS1
This practical one-day course will look at ways of involving young children with poetry, song and rhyme, including performance, props, puppets and drama, and working on ways to build on children's existing knowledge of spoken language.
London. Cost: from 110. E-mail cpd.inset@ioe.ac.uk or call 020 7612 6589/6987.
