Wednesday, 21st January 2009 at The School of Education, Manchester Metropolitan University, Didsbury and Monday, 2nd February 2009 at Strong Close Nursery, Keighley
All arts, cultural and early years professionals, policy makers, sure starts, local authority advisors and training providers are invited to join the regional Earlyarts Creativity network focusing on professional development for those addressing creative practice within the context of Every Child Matters.
Members will benefit from two fantastic case study presentations, connecting with several other professionals in early creative learning, the latest news and updates from around the region, and an afternoon of practical workshops to stimulate creative thinking and skills development. To book your place at the next meeting, please contact Susan Hirst here or telephone 01484 685869. Meetings are open to subscribed members, who are welcome to introduce non-members for one session only. More details on membership here.
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One Day Conference on Saturday 29th November 2008, 9.30am - 3.00pm, held at Roehampton University, London
Launching our series of study days, this one day conference focuses on the value of play outdoors in young children's lives and learning. It looks at the rapid expansion of Forest Schools and considers what impact these can have on the traditional notion of the nursery garden.
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On 27 October 2008 the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
(CABE) published Designing and planning for play. This report discusses the challenge faced by England's local authorities over the next three years to deliver the national play strategy, by enriching public spaces with the upgrade of 3,500 play areas. It argues that if this is done strategically, creatively and without undue fear of risk, it could represent a pinnacle for the design of public space in England. To get there, local authorities need to take a much more holistic, imaginative and collaborative approach to the design of play space, led by professionals with the appropriate range of skills, knowledge and experience. Children should be put at the heart of the planning and design of public space for play, aided by practitioners with a wide variety of skillsets. To download the report visit here.
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A lady, a suitcase and a lifetime of stories from around the globe...
This Summer, Tell Tale Hearts were commissioned by Sheffield Theatres to create an interactive storytelling show for a Foundation and Key Stage One audience based around one performer and a suitcase. The result is here ... Suitcase Stories .....
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This workshop will bring together specialists from practice, research and industry, working within the realm of learning in families. The event aims to identify priorities and key challenges, generate recommendations for addressing these challenges in policy and practice, and develop new approaches for supporting learning in diverse families using new technologies. E-mail lyndsay.grant@futurelab.org.uk for more details, but please note that spaces are limited.
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This new publication brings together early work from Futurelab's PhD studentship network, which was set up with the universities of Bristol, Nottingham and Stirling to collaboratively explore questions around the role of digital technologies in young children's learning.
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Individual budgets drawing on social care, health and education should be rolled out to all children's services, according to social enterprise In Control. The self-directed-support group argues that the integrated funding model is essential for flexible, joined-up support addressing the children's needs in a holistic way. In Control's discussion paper, A Whole Life Approach to Personalisation: Self-directed support for every child and young person, concludes: "A child's life is not split into sectors or different systems. Support to a child should reflect the whole child's life and their support needs." - Here
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Several months ago some of you received an email from the Center for Arts Policy with the message that, after a decade of pathbreaking work, Columbia College Chicago would close the Center for Arts Policy at the end of August. Columbia's generous support for the Center sustained it for a decade, but the financial realities of Columbia's rapid growth made it impossible to continue the subsidy the Center required. Many of you responded with heartening support and sympathy. My staff and I promised to look for ways to sustain the Center's projects, and we promised to let you know just how things worked out.
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Following the success of these events over the past three years, we have planned an exciting programme that will run throughout the 08 - 09 academic year. Each of our Project Managers' forum events takes place on a Wednesday afternoon from 2pm - 4pm, at Yorkshire Dance in Leeds. There is a chance for some networking, followed by input from leading project managers and strategy makers on various aspects of music education work.
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A unique opportunity to make a difference to children's lives and contribute to the cultural and physical regeneration of Stratford, East London by joining an innovative arts charity.
Discover is the UK's first hands-on centre focusing on creativity through projects, exhibits and activities, exploring words, language and imagination. Each year over 55,000 participate in school's workshops, family visits, outreach projects or training sessions.
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"Senator Barack Obama writes poetry, gets props from Bruce Springsteen and Jay-Z, and is the first President Elect to include a far-reaching arts plank in his platform. The proposals range from increased support for arts education and the National Endowment for the Arts, to changing the federal tax code for artists. 'It is unprecedented,' said Robert L. Lynch, president and chief executive officer of Americans for the Arts, a Washington- based arts advocacy group, explaining that no presidential candidate in recent times has addressed cultural issues in such detail." More here.
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