Jennifer Holly

Senior Research and Impact Manager, The Royal Foundation

Jennifer is the Research and Impact Manager at the Royal Foundation of the Prince and Princess of Wales where she supports their early years and mental health programmes. Jennifer has also recently worked as a research assistant at King’s College London, most notably contributing to the analysis of interviews conducted for the ESMI-II study into the effectiveness of community perinatal mental health services. She is also a part-time PhD student at the Section of Women’s Mental Health at the IoPPN at King’s, where her research centres around the concept of maternal instinct.

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1 Main programme

Panel: 'Shaping us' - How should we prepare all children emotionally and educationally for their future?

In this session, Jennifer Holly of The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood will set the scene by sharing the Shaping Us Framework. This framework sets out the social and emotional skills that are critical for learning from early childhood and throughout life, the role school leaders can play in the community to support these foundations. Rachel Vlachonikolis of River Learning Trust’s New Marston Primary School will share the inclusive model the trust has developed to widen the school's 'circle of provision'. The model includes a tailored bespoke curriculum for children (who are eligible for specialist school but unable to access places) in reception through to year two. Jenny Shaw will share Busy Bees’ approach to inclusive practice, placing the child and the key person at the heart of their bespoke curriculum and ensuring educators have a strong understanding of child development to support early intervention.