Provision of funded places for two-year-olds forms an increasingly crucial part of national policy for the early years. This essential one-day conference will bring you the very latest policy and best practice to help you deliver places that meet the emotional and learning needs of two-year-olds.
The conference will enable you to:
- Policy keynote from Childcare and Education Minister Sam Gyimah on funded places, the Progress Check at Two and the Integrated Review
- Hear what the latest research says on delivering quality provision
- Measure quality, use assessment scales, and create tools to monitor quality of learning environments and practitioner roles
- Learn about early brain development, connections between movement and learning, and the implications for practice
- Give two‑year‑olds a sense of belonging in settings through smooth transitions and supportive relationships
- Understand language development at age two and how to help children with poor communication skills
- Gain practical ideas to stimulate play
and promote learning
- Understand how to work with vulnerable families and help parents support their children’s learning
- Recognise schemas and their role in two‑year‑olds’ learning
- Explore the scope of outdoor learning for two‑year‑olds
- Hear a case study of two‑year‑olds in school
- Support language development through rhythm, rhyme, song and story
The conference is designed for:
- Nursery owners and proprietors
- Nursery and children’s centre managers
- Nursery practitioners
- Childminders
- Head teachers and EYFS co-ordinators
- Local authority early years managers
- Early years advisers
- Healthcare professionals
