EYFS Reggio Inspired Practice: Enabling Environments, led by Andrea Curran

The Pre-schools in the Northern Italian town of Reggio Emilia have been internationally acclaimed as providing the best early years education in the world. Indeed, the famous psychologist, Jerome Bruner described the practice as the ‘only true university’ in the world.

The Pre-schools were established after the Second World War as an antidote to political dictatorships. The parents of the town wanted their children to go to pre-schools that ‘practised democracy’ and that developed their children’s capacity and courage to always ask questions, have their ideas respected and acted upon, deal with big ideas and concepts, that are often typically excluded from early childhood.

 The Reggio Inspired Practice Network

We are offering the opportunity for EY teachers and EYFS leaders in the Trust, to join a new learning network, focussed on engaging with the main principles from Reggio Emilia pre-schools, considering together how this is congruent with ‘Learning without Limits’ and Enabling Environments and Critical and Creative Thinking in the EYFS.

Training Dates for CAT Schools

Session 1 - 21st March 2023

Session 2 - 26th June 2023

Session 3 - 14th November 2024

Future Training Sessions

We will be offering this inivative training to schools outside the Cheshire Academies Trust later in the year. Further details can be found in the attached flyer. 

Please email Expressions of Interest to carole.farrell@cheshireacademiestrust.co.uk