Join us for a free (virtual) cuppa and an afternoon with Ashley John-Baptiste, broadcaster, host, TV presenter, and inspirational speaker, sponsored by Hope.
Ashley John-Baptiste is an award-winning broadcaster and TV presenter on The One Show, Sunday Morning Live and also Morning Live & News.
A sought-after speaker, Ashley will share his own hard-hitting and inspirational story of navigating through the care system. He will talk about how you can identify and build trust with children who are vulnerable, how to support them within your setting and how to ensure that interactions with these children in nursery put them on a positive path to self-esteem and aspiration.
When: 9 July 2024, 17:00-18:00
Where: Virtual
Price: FREE
More about Ashley
He is also a Senior Reporter for BBC News and was the lead reporter on The Mall for The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Funeral and Coronation of His Majesty The King. Ashley’s debut book ‘Looked After: A Childhood in Care’ was released in June 2024.
An afternoon with…Sam Wass
Join us for a free (virtual) cuppa and an afternoon with Sam Wass and NDNA’s Purnima Tanuku OBE, sponsored by Hope.
In this session Professor Sam Wass, BabyDev Lab at the University of East London, will focus on funded childcare places and changes in child-practitioner ratios for two-year-olds.
Two interacting brains – recent findings from neuroscience on the importance of responding individually to a child’s attention bids and communicative signals
This session will explore:
- Funded childcare places
- Changes in child-practitioner ratios for two-year-olds
- The importance of practitioners responding individually to children
- Emotional development and self-regulation
- Dual brain and physio recordings – showing how child and adult brain activities and stress fluctuations react when interacting
- Lots of practitioner-facing tips!
When: 13 November 2024
Where: Virtual
More about Sam
Sam’s research is funded by Research Councils UK, the European Research Council, and Medical Research Council and others to research how children and adults mutually influence one another during their early interactions, focusing on stress, attention and learning in typical and atypically developing children (including ADHD, ASD, anxiety and others). He is also a co-founder of Nest Kids, which provides education and support services for Early Years, and works with commercial organisations including Melissa & Doug, Disney+ and LEGO. He has fronted press campaigns promoting awareness about early child development for Public Health England and the Department of Education, and he appears regularly in the media as an expert in child development, including as an on-screen child psychologist in five series of the multi-award-winning Channel 4 show The Secret Life of 4- and 5-Year-Olds.
With thanks to our Afternoon With event sponsor
Hope
Hope is the home of everything you need for your early years setting. From role play and small world, to outdoor, furniture and maths, we’ve got you covered. Plus with endless inspiration and ideas to bring learning to life, gold star customer service and outstanding value, Hope really is all you need.
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Past event: An Afternoon with Kerry Murphy
Watch the session here and download resources from Kerry’s session below.
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Past event recordings
