Hungry Little Minds - Focusing on Early Literacy, Language and Communication
The Home Learning Environment Coalition have now launched the second wave of the Hungry Little Minds Campaign.
This campaign will see the launch of 6 apps published on the Hungry Little Minds website. These are part of the government?s drive to help parents make informed decisions about the use of technology in creating positive learning environments at home. These apps are designed to support parents (and practitioners) in engaging young children in learning and have a particular focus on early literacy, language and communication.
We have been notified that a county nursery setting who was contacted by phone last week from someone claiming to be from the "Court Enforcement Team" saying that the setting owed some money to HMRC.
Coronavirus ? Advice for all early years providers, schools and further education providers
The government is closely monitoring the spread of the Coronavirus and is taking action at home and abroad.
The overall risk of Coronavirus to the UK remains moderate. However we understand that people may be concerned where there are children, students or staff returning from or visiting China.
Public Health England and the Foreign Office have issued advice for anyone travelling to the area. Please click here to read more.
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CSA Scorecard
The Nottingham City Early Years CSA Scorecard has recently been refreshed and is available to download on the Early Years website. Please click here to download it.
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Important but not urgent information...!
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Upcoming courses
We still have some places left on the courses below.
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New Provider Early Years Funding Workshop
We still have spaces left on the New Provider Early Years Funding Workshop that takes place on the 26th March 2020 at the Top Valley Training Centre. FREE to all Nottingham City providers.
We still have spaces left on the Refresher Early Years Funding Workshop that takes place on the 26th March 2020 at the Top Valley Training Centre. FREE to all Nottingham City providers.
Course Overview:?This will be a practical and interactive session which will make use of everyday resources. The morning 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. During the session practitioners will have the opportunity to create resources which they will be able to take back and use in their setting.?
Course Overview:?This unique course is an essential insight into working with babies and very young children. It is highly interactive and gives a wide range of practical experiences to engage and delight the babies in our care. Written by people who work with babies, for people who work with babies, this transformative course is ideal for L3 practitioners who are new to the baby room and/or veterans alike.?
FREE online CPD opportunity - An Introduction to Speech, Language and Communication
The Communication Trust are offering a FREE online CPD opportunity - An Introduction to Speech, Language and Communication
It looks at how you can support the development of these skills on a day-to-day basis in your setting, and how to spot children and young people who might be struggling to develop these important skills.
The course can take up to half a day to complete but delegates can save their progress and return making it more manageable to complete.
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Premature Infants' Skills in Mathematics
University of Leicester have created a new free e-learning resource, designed to try and help improve educational support for children born preterm. Research shows that two to three children in an average sized class are likely to have been born preterm, before 37 weeks of pregnancy. Compared with children born after a full term pregnancy, children born preterm are at increased risk for cognitive, motor, attention, social-emotional problems and additional support needs, and for poor performance at school. Research has also shown that teachers and other education professionals currently receive little training about preterm birth and its effects on children?s learning and development. That is why this e learning has been developed.
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The resource is completely free to use thanks to funding from children?s charity Action Medical Research and can be accessed at: www.pretermbirth.info
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