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Brush up your skills with our brillliant seminar programme

Nursery World North features a packed programme of seminars from the top experts in the early years sector across 5-6 May.

Hour-long sessions will cover themes across the whole of the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Friday's seminars include Rethinking Outdoor Resources; Communication and Language with Professor Padraic Monahan; Literacy with Linda Pound; the Characteristics of Effective Learning with Jan Dubiel; School Readiness; and Behaviour with Anne O'Connor.

Ofsted's Gill Jones will present on 'Play, learning and your Ofsted inspection'.

Saturday's line-up includes Penny Tassoni on multi-lingual children; Dr Jacqui Hardie on boys' learning; Mine Conkbayir on learning from neuroscience; enabling environments for two-year-olds; promoting family engagement; and building a skilled and motivated early years team.