During these challenging times we are keen to continue to support our community of all those working with young children and their families. Throughout the Autumn Term we have been running our workforce development programme online, using the Zoom platform for all sessions.

We hope you find sessions here that support you in your important work. If you have any ideas about training, CPD sessions or events you would like to see, please email our EYFS Strategic Lead: nicola@musicforearlyyears.co.uk 

Exploring Unconscious Bias in our Early Years Music Practice

Thursday January 21^st, 12.30-2.30pm

This 2-hour session has been designed to support dialogue following on from conversations that took place in the Decolonising music in the Early Years sessions last term with Nate Holder. We aim to enable conversation, raise awareness and understanding of unconscious bias in relation to our EY music practice. The session, led by EY consultant Dr. Stella Louis, will explore affinity bias, attribution bias and confirmation bias and participants will be encouraged to reflect on their practice.

We recognise and acknowledge that difficult conversations are likely to take place and our aim here is to help participants to feel comfortable and confident to engage in the dialogue. We aim to create a supportive and kind environment to enable participants to discuss, share and take the time to reflect on views, attitudes and beliefs and consider how this can affect our teaching practices and interactions.

This session creates an opportunity for participants to engage in conversations that can be further explored and shared at the Sound Connections two-day virtual sit-in on diversifying the music education workforce on Thursday 11 and Friday 12 March: https://www.sound-connections.org.uk/events/inclusive-practice-in-action-diversifying-the-music-education-workforce

Participants who book to attend the Tri-Music Together session with Dr. Stella Louis will be offered a 10% discount on tickets for the Sound Connections event.

Who is this session for? Anyone that works with children in their Early Years

Ticket price: £10

Please book your space here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/131927042335

Dr Stella Louis - 

Dr Stella Louis leads a small team of Froebel Trust Travelling Tutors. She is a freelance early years consultant, trainer and author working with individual nursery settings, parents, nursery schools, local authorities, government departments and charities. She provides training and consultancy and is particularly interested in observation and its part in developing learning, especially through children’s schemas. Stella has worked both in the United Kingdom and internationally, in South Africa and Australia, where she worked with teachers to develop a Froebelian approach to teaching and learning.

Musical Development Matters: Developing your Early Years Music practice

This course will be delivered over 2 x 2-hour sessions:

Wednesday February 3rd and 10th 10.00-12.00pm. Attendance is required at both sessions.

This course is accompanied by Musical Development Matters (MDM), a guidance referenced in the new Development Matters 2021. MDM is a free guidance, available to download from Early Education here: https://www.early-education.org.uk/musical-development-matters-download

This course explores music in early childhood and demonstrates how easily music can be incorporated into any early childhood setting without practitioners needing any previous musical knowledge or experience. This course will be interactive and informative, exploring ways in which music compliments and contributes to all areas of learning and development. We aim to create a supportive environment where participants can share, learn and discuss.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

•         Explore children’s musical making and development
•         Discover musical games and activities
•         Explore the TMT self-assessment tool; a tool to support the development of music provision in settings
•         Develop an understanding of how music threads through all areas of learning and development
•         Observe children’s musical play and discuss how to nurture, and interact with children’s music making
•         Explore musical environments and how to create music making opportunities
•         Discuss effective planning for musical activities and opportunities linked to all areas of the Early Years Foundation     Stage
•         Become familiar with the Musical Development Matters guidance

This course will be delivered by Barbara Cavanagh (http://www.meryc.co.uk/people.html)

Who is this session for? Anyone that works with children in their Early Years

Ticket price: £20

Please book your space here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/131872880335

CPD sessions for childminders – all via ZOOM

We are delighted to offer 3 training sessions for childminders throughout Spring 2021, each delivered by Emma Hutchinson from Music House for Children.

Please click on each Eventbrite link below for further details:

Babies and siblings, interactive music making with different ages       

When: Saturday 27th February, 10.00-12.00pm

For further details are here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/131361538899

Moving and imaginative adventures with musical play

When: Tuesday 23rd March, 6.30pm-8.30pm

For further details are here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/131362917021

Engaging babies and young children with instrumental play

When: Saturday 24th April, 10.00-12.00pm

For further details are here:https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/131442797947

If you are interested in further training opportunities, workshops or CPD sessions provided by the Tri-borough Music Hub, please find our full range of events HERE.