Find the CPD you need at Nursery World Show Virtual

The seminar programme incorporates a wide range of subjects and speakers. With an emphasis on curriculum and pedagogy within the revised EYFS guidance, consultant Jan Dubiel will be looking at the adult role and how Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Maths (STEAM) can provide an excellent basis for an early years curriculum.

Penny Tassoni will be considering outdoors provision for under-threes, while Alice Sharp will be giving advice on role play and home learning. Dr Jools Page, of the University of Brighton, will be re-examining the importance of the key person role and consultant Dr Stella Louis will be analysing the planning cycle.

New speakers within the seminar programme include autism expert, Dr Prithvi Perepa, from the University of Birmingham, and Dr Valerie Daniel, head teacher of Washwood Heath Nursery School and Children’s Centre, Birmingham, who will be focusing on ‘the best for every child’ theme within the revised EYFS guidance.

Returning to the Show will be digital technology expert and teacher Marc Faulder to explore the place of digital technology within the revised EYFS and how practitioners can build on their new technology know-how, following lockdown, to promote children’s understanding of their world through photography and video.

Other speakers include early years consultants Julia Manning-Morton, Stella Louis, Debbie Brace, Phil Armstrong and Ben Kingston-Hughes, and LEYF chief executive June O’Sullivan.