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Carnegie School of Education hosts early years conference
The Carnegie School of Education will hold its first early years conference on 8 December this year. The conference will focus on transitions into primary school. It is led by Dr Mandy Pierlejewski as part of her work on the Erasmus+ funded project Transitions for all into School (TRAINS).
The TRAINS project has brought together partners from four different countries to improve transition experiences for children, their families, and their educators. The project is led by Leeds Beckett University (United Kingdom), in collaboration with NARHU – National Association of Professionals Working with Disabled People (Bulgaria), the Berlin Senate Department for Education, Youth and Families (Germany), and the Institute of Child Education and Psychology, Europe (Ireland).
As part of the TRAINS project, partners have produced several resources for parents and practitioners. These can be found on the TRAINS project website and learning platform and include a guide for parents, guide for practitioners and a suite of resources for early years educators.
Dr Pierlejewski will discuss the project with delegates, and members of the research team will lead workshops focusing on transition. Lucy Patrick, lecturer in primary education at Leeds Beckett University and Dr Nathan Archer, director or the International Montessori Institute, will also lead workshops.
All members of the conference team will be available from 16:00-17:00 to discuss early years matters with delegates over a light supper. Participants will be invited to enjoy a free meal.
Keynote speakers
As well as sharing the TRAINS project, we are excited to welcome former LBU colleague Dr Yinka Olusoga (University of Sheffield) and Professor John Potter (University College London) to deliver a keynote lecture at the conference. Yinka and John will be sharing their experience of running the Play Observatory project.
The Play Observatory is a project researching children and young people’s play and activities during Covid-19 and beyond. The team wanted to understand children's play and leisure experiences during this unique time in history and inform future generations' understanding of young people's lives.
The Play Observatory project
Some of the findings from this project have been disseminated in an online museum exhibition that was co-curated with Young V&A. It's called 'Play in the Pandemic' and can be accessed on the Play Observatory website. The exhibition showcases some of the many fascinating contributions that have been submitted to the Play Observatory. Every contribution tells a story about how children have been playing during the COVID-19 pandemic whether that has been alone or with friends and family, indoors or outdoors, online or offline.
The conference is free to all.
Please register on the Eventbrite page.
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