The Flourish Summit on 27 and 28 April will bring together some of the leading thinkers in learning and child well-being to find ways of tackling the current ‘erosion of childhood.’
Key speakers include: Sally Goddard-Blythe, director of the Institute for Neuro-Physiological Psychology in Chester, Tim Gill, play consultant and author of No Fear: Growing up in a risk averse society, and Sue Palmer, author of Toxic Childhood.
Sally Goddard-Blythe (pictured) will present evidence showing a link between children’s physical development and learning outcomes, language and behaviour. She will argue that early years policy, instead of focusing on the teaching of literacy and numeracy in children under five, should aim to nurture developmental readiness for education.
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