ECHO Programme September 2011 – July 2012
University of Worcester 7.15pm-9pm
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Tuesday 20 September Lynn Edwards
'The art of Story Telling'
Is your story-telling lacklustre? Well Lynn is full of creative ideas that will keep
you and your children enthralled.
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Tuesday 18 October Sally Shipsey
'Loose Parts'
A practical and unique approach to using reusable materials with young
children
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Tuesday 15 November Jim Gager
'Christmas Crackers'
A fun practical session to give you confidence to try something different this
year!
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Tuesday 17 January Chris Rider
'Do Spiders Dream?'
Chris is an advocate for early years and will share her distinctive style through
the Yurt project
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Tuesday 28 February Anna Martin
'Music in early years settings'
Practical ideas exploring different ways to get children involved in music.
Programme
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Tuesday 27 March Ann Frost and Jane Fain 2011-2012
'Theraplay'
An interesting look at relationship based play
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Tuesday 15 May Tracy Kelly-Freer Echo is an Early Childhood organisation
''Forest school- emerging themes'
What has research taught us and how can we improve the opportunities for dedicated to sharing ideas and
children's learning outside?
good practice for the benefit
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Tuesday 12 June Paul Bundy of our young children.
'Mud pie madness'
How exciting can mud get? Join Paul for some enjoyable practical suggestions
for supporting children's learning
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Tuesday 3 July Bishops wood Echo is grateful for the support of the Children's Services Worcestershire
'Celebration event' at Forest school and the University of Worcester
Join us for our celebration this year at the Forest school site at Bishops Wood
What is ECHO?
When do we
meet? On a Tuesday evening 7.15pm-9pm.
You can be a member of ECHO by
paying a small fee of £12 per year for
Is membership individual membership starting in
available? September. This includes free entry
to every session.
The main aim of the Organisation
is to raise awareness of quality The cost is just £2 per session
provision for our young children payable on the door. Booking is
What is the
and to provide a forum for those essential to secure your place.
people interested in children to cost to non-
discuss and share their ideas in a members? Anyone who is interested in young
friendly environment. children (0-8) learning and
development. Previously the
We approach this through attendees have been childminders,
workshops, discussions and foster parents, parents, carers, early
meetings aimed at improving Who comes
years practitioners, YR teachers,
practice whilst keeping abreast of to ECHO?
nursery workers, play workers, KS1
relevant changes. teachers, governors, setting
managers, supporting agencies,
Speakers come from a variety of special educational needs
settings both local and national. practitioners, preschool workers,
We aim to cover a huge variety of students.
subjects and especially those
issues that seem to cause us the
most concern, within Birth to For more details or if you have ideas
Foundation Stage and Key Stage 1
Who do I for future programmes please contact
guidance. Sam Massey at
contact for more
SMassey@worcestershire.gov.uk
details?
To register (or cancel) your place
email echo.worcestershire@aol.co.uk
Where do The nine meetings per year
we meet? are generally held at the
University of Worcester