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Coronavirus: experts advise on practicalities, protection and pedagogy for wider opening of nurseries

As nursery owners in England gear up to reopen from 1 June, an online conference run by Famly, with Nursery World as media partner, has pulled together expert advice on key questions.
Experts leading the Famly online conference
Experts leading the Famly online conference

Topics included: how will early years settings implement social distancing measures for young children; what will effective hygiene standards entail; and how will they be able to support the most vulnerable, at the same time as implementing pedagogy post-lockdown?
 
Leaders in the field, including early years consultant Jan Dubiel; chartered psychologist Dr Pam Jarvis and Phd researcher and author Mine Conkbayir, were on hand to answer questions by some of the 2,600 attendees of the live event and dissect Government guidance published on Covid-19 last week.

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Denmark was one of the first countries in Europe to announce a lockdown, and the first to reopen its childcare and primary schools.

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