Nursery World - Work Matters: Management Focus

There was a busy agenda at this nursery chain's best practice conference where managers find inspiration, says Karen Faux.

Managers attending Busy Bees' annual 'best practice' conference at Birmingham's National Motorcycle Museum last month have hailed it as the group's most inspirational event yet.

These conferences for managers are designed to help disseminate good practice across the group's 129 settings, and get 'back to basics' by focusing on the well-being of each individual child.

Speakers included celebrity scientist Dr Robert Winston, Storysacks originator Neil Griffiths and academics Peter Elfer and Jools Page.

For manager Karen Lenoir, the day was both informative and enjoyable. 'Robert Winston's own level of success was an inspiration in itself and we were all quite awestruck by his presentation,' she says. 'Obviously we all know how important the early years are, but it was fascinating to hear him explain just how critical they are to the brain's social and emotional development.

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