The week ahead: August 4-11

Don’t miss out! We’ll help you plan the next seven days with our round-up of everything that’s happening in the early years sector.

Book ahead for Froebel lecture

Many nurseries are incorporating a Froebel approach. There are free online tickets available for this year’s Froebel Trust Autumn Lecture on creativity and play in childhood, which will take place on 5 October. The guest speaker is Professor Tina Bruce CBE – renowned for her extensive work in the early childhood sector.

Book tickets here

Animal awareness days

It’s all about the animals this week – International Cat Day on August 8, World Lion Day on August 10 and World  Elephant Day on August 12. Awareness days are not only great for inspiring play ideas, you can also use them as a hook for promoting your setting on social media. “Did you know it’s World Lion Day? Our preschoolers have been pracisting their lion roars!”

Take part in the DfE’s funding consultation

The Department for Education is seeking views on how funding will be distributed when it rolls out the new entitlements for working parents of children aged nine months to two years. This is your chance to feed into the consultation.

The DfE consultation

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