Creating captivating spaces for under 5sMonday 25 January 2016 The Whitworth, Grand Hall10.30am Registration, tea & coffee

11am Welcome Esme Ward, Head of Learning & Engagement, the Whitworth and Manchester Museum

11.10am The call of the wild: turning natural landscapes into wonderlands

Wild Rumpus, Producers of extraordinary worlds, most often in wild natural landscapes, for families to step inside and help to create incredible stories and moments of wonder.

11.30am What really captures a toddlers’ eye?Iain Jackson – Research Associate, Child Study Centre, University of

Manchester.

11.50am 2–Curious: experimentations and connections, critique and creation in

early childhoodRachel Holmes, Professor of cultural studies of childhood, MMU Kerry Moakes, Principal Lecturer and Programme Leader, Early Years and Childhood Studies, MMU

12:10pm How museum visits contribute to delivering a creative early years curriculum

and support parental engagementLiz Hardy, Headteacher Martenscroft Nursery School & Children’s

Centre. Lisa Taylor, Deputy Headteacher Martenscroft Nursery & Children’s

Centre

12.30 –1.30pm Lunchtime

1.30-2pm Show & Tell – Explore (Galleries)Early Years Atelier, Collection Centre Toddlers’ Choice, Toddler Art Club

2-2:40pm Show & Tell - Share (Grand Hall)

Lucy Turner – Early Years Atelier & Toddlers’ Choice, the Whitworth

Elaine Bates – Nature Discovery, Manchester Museum

Sarah Marsh & Jess Wild – Clore Learning Studio, Manchester Art Gallery

2.40pm Circle time

3pm Home time