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NEWS RELEASE
2 April 2008
Child’s Play?
Ensuring that early years practitioners the families have the right kind of training, information and support to make the Early Years Foundation Stage a success for the under 5s is the theme of the Pre-school Learning Alliance's annual conference, exhibition and AGM taking place on Friday 20 June.
Entitled, Child's Play?, and taking place only a few months before the EYFS is to become statutory, this timely conference will be held at the Novotel London West Hotel and Convention Centre, Hammersmith.
The conference's key note speech will be given by Sheila Scales, Director, Early Years, Extended Schools and Special Needs Department for Children, Schools and Families. Other speakers are Sue Palmer, educationalist and author of Toxic Childhood and Peter Dixon, educationalist, author and poet.
Workshops and sessions include:
- EYFS — sharing best practice. Ruth Pimentel, National Director, Early Years at National Strategies
- How Ofsted will regulate and inspect settings against the EYFS framework. Dee Gasson Assistant Divisional Manager, Children's Policy and Frameworks,Ofsted
- Inspiring children's confidence and learning with outdoor play. Diane Hall, Early Years Forest School Project Coordinator
- Promoting and sharing best practice for involving children in the EYFS
Aimed at childcare practitioners and those running early years services, Child's Play is open to non-members, as well as members, of the Pre-school Learning Alliance.
The conference takes place from 09.30am-17.30pm. Price for non members is £176.25 (inclusive of VAT). For further information or to book a place please call 020 7697 2576 or go to www.pre-school.org.uk.
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For further information please contact:
Kate Summerside
Pre-school Learning Alliance
T: 020 7697 2502
Out of hours press calls: 07956 499621
E: Kate Summerside
Notes for Editors:
- The Pre-school Learning Alliance is the largest voluntary sector provider of quality affordable childcare and education in England.
- Through direct provision and its membership of 15,000 nurseries, sessional pre-schools and parent and toddler groups, the Alliance supports over 800,000 children and their families in England. The Alliance also develops and runs family learning programmes, offers information and advice, runs acclaimed training and accreditation programmes and campaigns to influence early years policy and practice.
- For information about the Pre-school Learning Alliance, visit our website: www.pre-school.org.uk