Join us at the Nature Nurtures 2019 National Conference. Our theme this year is The Heart of Play: The Serious Work of Keeping Joy in Learning. This is a two-day conference, on the 21st and 22nd June 2019, taking place at the award-winning Hive in the historic town of Worcester, UK. We have an exciting line up of speakers, including Planning in the Moment's Anna Ephgrave.

• Where: The Hive, Worcester, UK - WR1 3PD
• When: Friday 21st June and Saturday 22nd June 2019
• Time: Registration Opens 9.00am; Conference Closes 3.30pm

Tickets start from £20.85

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Anna Ephgrave has been fascinated by babies and young children her whole life. She has volunteered in various capacities and also has ten years’ experience as a foster parent. She has over 27 years’ teaching experience, working for many years as an advanced skills teacher and most recently as an Assistant Head Teacher. She has led her Early Years’ teams to four consecutive Outstanding grades from Ofsted. She promotes child-led learning in which children are given autonomy and respect. She now works as an independent author and consultant, supporting practitioners both in the UK and abroad. She has had four books published – Nursery, Reception and Year One in Action and, most recently, Planning in the Moment. Anna is also now spending a lot of time in Bristol looking after her granddaughter and supporting a local pre-school.

Ali McClure is an education consultant who has been running courses on behaviour management, music and parenting for eight years, and is a sought after speaker on these subjects. A former teacher and deputy head, she also mentors and supports trainee teachers on school placements. Ali’s distinctive writing and inspiring, quirky training ‘leave a lasting legacy’ and make her the UK’s leading authority on behaviour, learning and boys. Ali is a published author, teacher-trainer, consultant and SENCo as well as the proud mother of three teenage boys.

Take part in the latest conversations in parenting, supporting families, and childcare and education. The Nature Nurtures 2019 National Conference Seminars Programme has been developed by the Nature Nurtures team to engage, encourage new ideas, and challenge current thinking. Be sure to keep an eye open for the new seminar speakers this year.

Helen Randall - Consultant Child and Adolescent Pyschotherapist, Senior Lecturer. You can find out more about her work at the British Trust for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

Flourishing Chlidhood - Rebecca Sheikh of Flourishing Childhood has worked with families and children for more than 17 years. You can find out more about her work at Flourishing Childhood

Professor Mary Nolan Mary was appointed the UK’s first Professor of Perinatal Education at the University of Worcester where she conducts research and continues to work as an educator with both midwives and with the community in Worcester. She was appointed Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham in 2012. In 2009, she was a member of the Expert Reference Group convened by the UK Department of Health to devise an evidence-based universal parent education programme entitled ‘Preparation for Birth and Beyond’. Mary has led workshops throughout the UK, and in Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. She has presented at national and international conferences across the world. The Journal which she launched in 2013, the International Journal of Birth and Parent Education, aims to help practitioners who have not published before to share their best practice ideas with others. Mary is based in the IHS but also works frequently with the Centre for Early Childhood in the Institute of Education and values this cross-institution collaboration.

Centre for Personalised Education Peter Humphreys works within the Centre for Personalised Education. Peter spent 25 years as a primary teacher, 10 years as Headteacher going on to work as an educational consultant covering roles in a local authority advisory service, the British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (Becta) and Futurelab. He is a visiting lecturer at Birmingham City University in teacher education and regularly presents at events and conferences.

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Looking for an opportunity to become part of the current big conversations in education, family-friendly sustainable living, childcare and parenting? Exhibit at the Nature Nurtures National Conference Pop-up Independent Market & Resource Fair.

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Nature Nurtures 2019 Exhibitors

V Simplicity is a skincare and wellness brand that uses the natural properties of nature to improve skin giving you peace of mind over time. We handcraft organic skin products especially to help you achieve your quest for a healthy, glowing flawless skin.

Delilah And The Moon eco conscious products for child, family & home.

The Willow Tree Yarnery unique, eco-friendly & reusable creations for your home & kids.

International Journal of Birth and Parent Education (IJBPE) aims to establish meaningful links between research, current knowledge and understanding, and the work of practitioners in the field of parent education and support across the world.