Our England member event, sponsored by Citation, provides you with the latest sector updates and support in policy and practice from the experts.
And best of all? It’s free to members.
When: 26 March 2024, 4.30pm-6.30pm
Where: Virtual
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Your sessions include:
An update from Ofsted
Join Wendy and Caroline as they update us on:
- EYFS – what has Department for Education changed
- Early years inspection – handbook updates
- Big listen.
More about Wendy Ratcliff:
Wendy Ratcliff is one of His Majesty’s Inspectors. As a qualified early years practitioner, she has extensive experience of inspection and regulation across a full range of early years provisions, including schools. Her role as Principal Officer for early education in Ofsted’s education policy team is focused on the inspection of early education curriculum, including through the education inspection framework (EIF), as well as championing the Best Start in Life strategic priority.
More about Caroline Hearn:
Caroline Hearn is a Specialist Adviser for Ofsted’s early years regulatory policy. She works closely with the department for education on early years policy development and has 25 years’ experience of inspecting early years provision.
Developing mathematical pattern spotters
Children are hard-wired to spot patterns from birth.
- Pre-schoolers’ patterning predicts their maths attainment more than number. This make sense, as maths is all about understanding patterns and relationships.
- However, some children are more pattern-aware than others: so how can we help develop children’s patterning from the earliest years?
- Patterns are all around us, in fabrics, nature, language and rhymes, music and dance, as well as numbers and shapes.
- Young children can create patterns with all kinds of objects and loose parts, with rhythmic actions and sounds, indoors and outdoors.
- Pattern learning trajectories help provide pointers for learning and planning next steps.
More about Sue:
Dr Sue Gifford is a specialist in early years maths, working with practitioners and several bodies including DfE, Ofsted and NCETM. She has contributed to a range of guidance documents and online programs for early years practitioners. Previously a London reception teacher, she taught at Roehampton University and researched early years maths and children with maths difficulties. She currently chairs the Early Childhood Maths Group. She is the author of Teaching mathematics 3 to 5: developing learning in the Foundation Stage, and co-authored The power of pattern: patterning in the early years. Her current research interests include spatial reasoning and links between patterning and music
The Maths Champions programme
Pattern is just one of the key areas of maths learning contained within NDNA’s Maths Champions programme.
- What is Maths Champions?
- Effectiveness trial headlines, images and quotes
- How to apply
- The impact of Maths Champions on Pennywell Nursery including lots of practical ideas and images from the setting.
More about Paula
Paula works as an NDNA Early Years Advisor, leading on the delivery of Champions programmes. Paula has a central role in the development and delivery of NDNA’s Maths Champions programme and was actively involved in the recent successful effectiveness trial published by the Education Endowment Foundation which showed that full participation in the programme could result in children making on average, the equivalent of three months’ additional progress in maths attainment. Paula currently oversees a team of advisors, providing bespoke advice and support to settings accessing the Maths Champions programme.
The impact of being a Maths Champion
Nicole will share:
- Key areas of impact from the Maths Champions programme at Pennywell Early Years Centre
- Lots of practical ideas and imagery from the setting.
More about Nicole
Nicole Hunt is the lead teacher and curriculum lead at Pennywell Early Years Centre in Sunderland. Nicole took part in the Maths Champions Project in 2022 and led her team to implement this with great success.
Navigating the future of Employment Law: Essential updates for 2024
In this session:
- We will recap on some of the key forthcoming legislative changes – including the new rules around carers’ leave and flexible working.
- We will provide valuable insight into the new regulations regarding holiday entitlement and pay for irregular hours/part-year workers, which came into force on 1 January 2024
More about Gillian:
Qualifying as a solicitor in 1992, Gillian McAteer has been with Citation since 2003 and is the Director of Employment Law. Her extensive commercial experience has equipped her with invaluable insights into clients’ pain points and being able to guide businesses to the right solution in any given situation. Gill is regularly called upon by national, regional, trade and local press to provide expert insights into the latest HR & Employment Law updates, including featuring on Sky News, BBC News and LBC.
State of the sector update
Purnima Tanuku OBE will give an update on the state of the sector.
More about Purnima:
Purnima has developed NDNA into the Voice of the Sector, the strongest and biggest representative organisation for early years across the UK. Purnima represents the sector to Government Ministers, parliamentarians, civil servants and local authorities.
She regularly appears on national television, radio, online and print media sharing the views of our nursery members, raising public awareness and lobbying Government for the support nurseries need to deliver high quality care and education for their children.
Purnima has a wealth of experience at senior executive level working with public, private and charitable organisations. In 2010 Purnima was awarded OBE for services to families.
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