Upcoming Events
The study team has put together a list of exciting events for parents and teachers alike. Check out our calendar of upcoming events below or scroll down to specific events for parents, teachers, and schools!
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Kettle’s Yard + Ready or Not
Our research associate Dr Mikeda Jess has been busy working in partnership with the brilliant team at the modern art gallery, Kettle’s Yard, to explore how creativity can support families with children who are getting ready to start school. Workshops by artist Rachel McGivern helped create resources for parents and teachers that included a range of creative ideas and activities to stimulate conversation among families. The activities, which were based on objects from Kettle's Yard’s collection, focused on topics such as planning a new journey, gathering and sorting objects, and making friends. To reinforce the conversations, participants engaged in fun and creative games such as drawing maps, planning make-believe tea parties, and displaying natural objects. The outcomes of these workshops have been used to create a set of resources and suggested activities that can support children's resilience as they prepare to start school.
Events for Parents
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Every two months from March 2021 to January 2023, we will be holding workshop events for participating schools in which experts in child psychology and education will give brief (15-minute talks) on topics of interest to early years teachers. We will upload the video recordings of these 15-minute talks on our website and make them available to all our study families (find the recordings here). By this summer, we aim to upload talks on the following topics:
Understanding Children’s Worry
What is the Differences between Wellbeing and Mental Health in Childhood?
Mental Health in Struggling Learners
Children’s Learning and Wellbeing are not two sides of a seesaw
Children’s Connection to Nature and Why it Matters
Supporting Young Children’s Outdoor Risky Play
Talks later in the year will include the following topics:
Children’s Developing Mindreading Skills
Mindreading in the Playground
How Families can Foster Flexibility and Focus
Why Flexibility and Focus Matters for School Success
Shared Picture Book reading
How Spatial Reasoning Supports Early Numeracy
Understanding Maths Anxiety
Neurodiversity in the Classroom
Bilingual Children’s School Experiences
Children’s Multicultural Friendships
Building Bridges between Schools and Families
Teacher-Child Relationships
Events for Teachers and Schools
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As part of the Ready Or Not study, we are providing free access to a series of 12 virtual CPD events to inform and stimulate discussion covering a range of topics to support teachers, such as home-school communication, friendships in the classroom, outdoor play and development of social and cognitive skills. These will also be available for parents.
To book a free place at one of the talks, please click here.
For access to the CPD event recordings click here.