Following the easing of lockdown restrictions from 1 June, children have returned to the Ace Centre Nursery School and Teaching School in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire. But following training on transitions completed by Teaching School director Lynn Jenkins in May, staff introduced a big change: provision is only outdoors.
Offered by the British Association for Early Childhood Education, the webinar was split over two hour-long sessions.
Ms Jenkins was one of about 30 attendees. Other attendees were not visible on-screen, and the format was mainly watching a presentation, delivered by early years consultant Julie Revels, with a question-and-answer session at the end.
The sessions looked specifically at relationships, routines and building a sense of well-being and resilience among children following lockdown. Ms Jenkins says one of the most important lessons was about children’s ‘stress response system. When you’re [stressed], you’re not then able to learn in a receptive way.’
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