Effective working with parents in the Early Years work group 2019/2020
We are delighted to announce details of our Effective working with parents in the Early Years work group for 2019/20.? Children?s home mathematical experiences are vital to young children?s success as mathematicians, however parents often feel less confident in engaging with mathematics with their child than other areas of learning such as reading.? Parents regularly report feeling ?out of touch? with the way that mathematics is now taught in school and teachers commonly support parents with reading and writing (spelling) at home more than they support maths ?homework? in the early years. This work group intends to support schools in developing their own practical, engaging and accessible methods for supporting parents that are effective for their parents and their school?s approach to teaching maths in the early years.
This work group is suitable for all early years practitioners but is particularly suitable for more experienced early years practitioners and early years leaders.? We are looking to work with 10 settings, 1 person per setting only.
Early Years Foundation Stage Assessment and reporting arrangements ARA
Statutory guidance for assessing and reporting the Early Years foundation stage (EYFS) profile in the 2019 to 2020 academic year.? Please click here for the ARA for 2020.
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Ofsted expectations around online safety education for 4-7's
In recent local Ofsted inspections the Inspector has asked about how children are supported in their understanding of how to stay safe online. Even if children do not access the internet in a setting ?Inspectors were clear that this still applies for outside the setting.
ThinkUKnow is the education programme of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre ?https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/? There are resources for parent/carers and ?children/young people aged 4 to 17 years old
Introducing the idea of a safer internet to younger children can be quite challenging. Jessie & Friends is a series of three animations from online safety specialist at the National Crime Agency?s CEOP Command. The videos follow the adventures of Jessie, Tia and Mo as they begin to navigate the online world, watching videos, sharing pictures and playing games. A storybook accompanies each episode, to help adults keep the conversation going with the children. Find the resources here: https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/jessie-and-friends
Early Years & Foundation Skating at National Ice Centre
The National Ice Centre Schools Ice Skating commenced in 2006 delivering 6-week programmes to schools across the City and County and has now taught more than 30,000 children to skate during this time.
The schools ice skating programme offers great value for money and provides schools the opportunity for children to try a new activity that they may not normally access. There is a real sense of achievement when the young person succeeds in being able to skate freely by themselves after 6 weeks of skating.
The ice skating programme is inclusive to all pupils and we are confident that we can accommodate every need ? eg wheelchair users or children with mobility issues. Please click here for more information and how to book.
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Early Years Foundation Stage reforms consultation
The Department for Education has today launched a public consultation seeking views on changes to the statutory framework for the early years foundation stage (EYFS). The goal of the reforms is to improve outcomes for all children and reduce?workload.?Please click here for more information and to access the consultation.
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Ofsted Big Conversation
The Ofsted Big Conversation is coming back to the East Midlands.
The Ofsted Big Conversation networks have been running since 2013 across the country however the East Midlands group hasn?t, to date, been particularly proactive.
We still have some places left on the courses below.
Course: Creating a confident team!
Course Overview:?Gaining an understanding of inspection day and reinforcing that it is a day like any other; this course is designed to support managers to enable their teams to have the confidence and positive energy that can help promote a positive outcome.
Participants will be introduced to a range of tools to empower their teams to be confident to talk about the impact of what they do everyday. Please click here for more information.
Course Overview:?Accurately assessing children?s development will help settings to plan provision to support as many children as possible in achieving their required level of development by the end of the Foundation Stage.
This program will support practitioners to develop efficient and accurate assessment processes; thus enabling settings to make subtle changes in provision using evidence from both child initiated and adult led sessions to support development and attainment.
Practitioners will be given the opportunity to engage in professional discussion to enable them to consider the accuracy of their data. During the session practitioners will explore individual and group tracking processes and how these link with the observation, planning and assessment cycle. Please click here for more information.
Course Overview:?If you and your colleagues have ever puzzled over some of the following issues and you want to develop the confidence to respond effectively and embed inclusive practices, then this workshop is for you. Please click here for more information.
Course: F2 Maths - An Introduction to Early Number Sense
Course Summary:?Summarising the main findings of the two EYFS Maths Mastery research projects, this course provides a whistle stop tour to support practitioners to gain an understanding of the Mastery style of delivery and Early Years number sense. Please click here for more information.
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New holiday ruling re term time workers
?Holiday pay for permanent staff who only work part of the year ? such as term-time workers ? should be calculated using their average earnings over a 12-week period and not pro-rated, the Court of Appeal has ruled?.
Over the summer, two new booklets on the importance of the outdoors in the early years have gone to press. Both are authored by Pete Moorhouse, the first with contributions from Jan White, Kathryn Solly and Jon Cree. Community Playthings are offering free copies of these booklets. ?Get your copy of either or both new booklets.
The first booklet in the series is titled Learning outdoors: building a solid foundation through nature. This booklet mostly covers the pedagogy and history behind outdoor play and learning, as well as exploring key concepts such as the natural world, physical development, and risk. Learning outdoors makes for an excellent CPD resource with its concise chapters and beautiful photography.
The second booklet, Outdoor environments: developing outdoor learning spaces, provides inspiration for setting up your outdoor learning environment. Pete covers topics such as: loose parts, outdoor zones, the outdoors and SEN, sustainability and the role of the adult.
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