Important! PVI 2,3 & 4 year old Funded Providers - Deadline for Census
Dear Provider,
As you are aware, every year in January, the Department for Education (DfE) requires all local authorities to carry out a census of all Private, Voluntary and Independent Childcare Providers who deliver the free entitlement for 2, 3 and 4 year old children.
It is extremely important that every provider completes a return as the census information determines the funding amount the LA receives from the DfE for the next financial year to pass on to childcare providers. This requirement is in the annual funding agreement you have signed and your funding will be affected if you do not complete a return.
The deadline for sending through your data form for the 2020 Census is Friday 14th February. It will only take 6 minutes to complete and you can access the census via this link
The DfE has sent Information to heads of all primary and infant schools (maintained and academies) across England to offer them the opportunity to voluntarily participate as an? early adopter? of the revised EYFS Framework in the academic year 2020/21.
The deadline for schools to opt in is Friday 7th February. If you have any further questions please contact: [email protected]??
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Important but not urgent information...!
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Spring Term 2020 Early Years Newsletter
Our Spring newsletter is packed full of important and useful inorrmation including?an update on the Peer Challenge and Early Outcomes Fund. This includes links to some excellent examples for ideas to increase speech, language and communication skills from the Governments Hungry Little Minds campaign, locally through Big Little Moments and also the recently added BBC resource, Tiny Happy People.
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Upcoming courses
We still have some places left on the courses below.
Course: Science and Curiosity by Ignite
Course Overview:?This practical session will be based on their work around ?Tots for Science? which is about creating activities and sessions that encourage young children?s curiosity, support their language and cognitive development and promote positivity around science in the family.
The training is available to PVI settings (only one person per setting) due to the size of the venue places are limited to 25.
Course: An Introduction to Working with Babies -?Fee Reduced!
This course is now ?35 per person instead of ?45!
This will be an exceptional opportunity to get an initial insight on Brain Development in the first 2yrs of a child?s life, which will be further expanded on the 13th March Conference. ??
Course Overview:?This practical course is an essential introduction to anyone working with babies. The session details the changes the brain goes through in the first two years of a child?s life and the importance of physical exploration, sensory input and fundamental nurturing for babies. Combining insights into brain development with hands on activities will help practitioners to create a ?tummy time? extravaganza for their setting.?Please click here for more information.
Course Overview:?This will be a practical and interactive session based on key learning from the F1 Maths Teacher Research Project.? The course will enable you to develop your understanding of early number sense and help you to reflect on how your learning environment engages children and practitioners in mathematical conversations. It will help you to develop your subject knowledge and understand key mathematical concepts, which F1 children need to develop. Please click here for more information.
Course Summary:?This briefing has been developed in response to concerns raised by Nottingham City Safeguarding Children Partnership (NCSCP). The concerns relate to the quality of safeguarding files with regard to children in childcare settings who are linked to a Child Protection Plan. Early Years Safeguarding Co-ordinator, Karen Shead will guide practitioners through the importance of record keeping. Practitioners will also be provided with pertinent tips on report writing to ensure they are clear and concise.Please click here for more information.
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EEF Guidance Report
The Education Endowment Foundation has just released a guidance report called ?Improving Mathematics in the Early Years and Key Stage One?. Please click here to view it.?The poster on pages 6 and 7 gives a really clear overview of how we can support children to become mathematicians.
For those of you who have been part of our F1 and F2 Maths Teacher Research Projects there will be lots of things that are very familiar! Including; developing practitioners subject knowledge, using manipulates and using daily routines to support maths development. We will be making reference to the report at our F1 Maths Training coming up on Tuesday 11th February 2020 from 09.00am - 3.30pm, where we will explore some of the recommendations in more detail. Please click here for more information on the F1 Maths training and to book on.
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