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Free training Events for early years and family learning Practitioners!
Posted by: Elaine on: December 2, 2009
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There are 2 opportunities coming up for early years practitioners to explore learning opportunities for young children and families in museums and galleries and to share good practice. Please see details below. Please note that these events are funded by Renaissance NW and are free – so book your places early!
These half day sharing events [...]
Wilbraham Primary school clips on YouTube
Posted by: Elaine on: October 26, 2009
Just before the summer holidays a group of children ( 4 -7 yrs) visited Manchester Museum with their teachers Darren Micklewright and Jackie Morisson and a group of parents. As well as visiting the galleries ,they were invited to handle and respond to a selection of objects which had been selected for the new hands on [...]
Hello from Salmah our new Lead Educator (Early Years)
Posted by: salmah123 on: October 21, 2009
Hello all,
I’m Salmah Akram the new Early Years Lead Educator for The Manchester Museum. Prior to entering the fascinating world of Museum and Gallery education, I trained and worked as a primary school teacher specialising in Early Years. I soon left my career in teaching to begin a Masters in Inclusive Education and at the [...]
NW Museums and Galleries partnership with EarlyArts
Posted by: Elaine on: August 12, 2009
EarlyArts recently announced its list of Pathfinder Partners who will be delivering training events with them across the country. They include a Manchester based partnership of museums and galleries ( including The Manchester Museum), Childrens services, MUSE (Manchester’s under 5’s Creative network), The Royal Exchange Theatre and Places who will deliver training in the [...]
New Early Years Lead Educator
Posted by: Elaine on: July 30, 2009
Sorry for not blogging for a while but there have been lots of changes happening behind the scenes regarding the early years work!
Amanda Shore, early years teacher at Birchfields primary school and who was seconded to the museum for 2 days a week took up a post as children’s centre teacher at Clayton Surestart [...]
Early Years CPD event
Posted by: Elaine on: March 17, 2009
We recently held an afternoon training session for early years practioners from a variety of settings across the city. There was opportunity for exploring the museum spaces, using some of our resources for self programmed visits and to have time to think about / discuss learning opportunities in the museum with other practitioners.
After tea and [...]
New Early Years Collective Conversation
Posted by: Elaine on: February 23, 2009
We have some very exciting new Manchester Museum Collective Conversation that are now on Youtube. If you search Manchester Museum and Gorton South you will find them.
It is also on Andrew Gray’s frog blog at Manchester Museum. There are 7 clips which feature young children handling live animals from the vivarium [...]
Launch of Early Years Creative network
Posted by: Elaine on: January 26, 2009
A new under 5’s creative network will be launched in Manchester for early years , museums and galleries and creative practitioners on Feb 5th with a launch meeting at The Manchester Museum 4-6pm.
The aim of the network is to share and develop good creative practice across the city to help deliver a range of initiatives, [...]
Just Playing Around? Eureka Conference
Posted by: Elaine on: January 23, 2009
Amanda and I attended the national conference on Play at at Eureka on Jan 14th.There were some interesting keynote speakers from Leeds Met including Pat Broadhead who has the fabulous position of Professor of Playful Learning!
The very strong message was that play is important for children of all ages and that it should underpin all [...]
Early Years CPD and Resources
Posted by: Elaine on: December 22, 2008
Sign up for a place on one of our free training sessions led by museum staff and practitioners at Manchester Museum on February 24th 2009 from 1-4pm exploring opportunities for self programmed visits for under 5’s and their families.
Use our free guide ‘Close Encounters with Culture’ to help plan your early years visits.
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