The Essex branch summer conference will feature a keynote from Anni McTavish, workshops delievered by local Early Years Experts, networking, and much more!

Includes:

• Keynote session with Guest speaker Anni McTavish
• 2 workshops delivered by local Early Years Experts
• Light refreshments (bring own lunch)
• Competition and prizes
• Stands
• Networking

For more information about the workshops, please visit the following link: Workshop information

About the day:

Join us for a wondrous day of celebrating play and creativity within the early years! On Saturday 18th June, Early education Essex branch holds its first celebratory early years conference, and would love you to join us!

Arrive in time for morning refreshments, visit stands and network with fellow early years colleagues. After a short welcome from the branch, you will then embark on a day of creative workshops which will include a keynote delivery from our guest speaker Anni McTavish, and your choice of a further two workshops run by our wonderful Early Years experts.

At lunch, we welcome you to bring your own picnic and take another chance to catch up with early years friends, tea and coffee will be available along with a range of delicious cakes!

To end our day we will gather again in the garden, where we will share competition prizes and say a final goodbye.

Please note: Our Branch AGM meeting will run directly after this event and we welcome you to attend.

Keynote Outline

Anni’s presentation will focus on creativity and creative thinking. She will reflect on the following: -

• What is creativity, and what does it look like in practice?

• How can we support and encourage it across the early years’ curriculum?

• Why is it important?

Together with current theory and research, Anni will also share some inspiring case studies. A reflective tool linked to the EYFS 2021 will be available to help you to assess children’s creativity and thinking.

The keynote will be repeated x 3 times during the day so everyone will have the opportunity to participate.

Trainer Biography

With over thirty years in the field of early education, Anni is an experienced presenter, trainer and workshop leader. Trained as a fine bookbinder, she also ran her own business as a designer hatmaker. She has been a practitioner, deputy, headteacher and an artist-educator. With a background in the arts, early years and humanistic psychotherapy, she specialises in art, creativity and children's well-being. Her approach is to encourage practitioners to identify strengths, as well as areas to develop. An Associate of Early Education, she facilitates a range of projects and writes books and articles.

Book at the early bird rate until the end of mid-June 2022: £30 members, £40 non-members (rising to £40 members, £50 non-members).