600 hours update the early learning and childcare parent/carer survey has been open until friday 24...

600 Hours Update

 The Early Learning and Childcare Parent/Carer Survey has been open until 

Friday 24 January. Responses are still being returned at the moment.  Full analysis will be 

starting next week.Here is a short summary of responses.

 1727 RESPONSES SO FAR

Q1 Would you use an extra 125 hours of early learning and childcare each

year?

Yes - 91.49%NO – 2.66%

Q2 What model of hours would suit you best?

1st- 3 hours and 10 minutes each day M-F term time only – 43.73%

2nd- 2x8 hour days term time only - 29.21%

3rd- 3 hours each day M-F + 2 weeks of the school holidays - 20.12%

Q4 If different nurseries were offering a range of the above, would you travel to get

the right provision for your child?

• Within the same part of the city- 84.55%• Different part of the city- 12.78%

Information on respondents completing the Survey

Their children:50.4%- children under 3 years74.44%- children between -3-5 years31.93%- children at primary school3%- children at secondary school1.15%- children have left school

Their status:

87.02% - female12.98%- maleOf which:• Employed full time: 31.43%• Employed part time: 45.48%• Not in paid employment: 20.99%• Student: 3.38%

Establishments from which there has been no response:

Canal View Primary schoolCraigroyston Primary SchoolForthview Primary SchoolHillwood Primary SchoolSt John Vianney  RC Primary School

Discussion point 1:

In the survey the most popular option was for the extended session and not  2 eight hour days.  Next year we will have to look at how we can develop this more flexible delivery.How do you suggest that this could be provided? 

600 hours Early Learning and Childcare

Testing Implementation of Additional Session TimesAim

By the end of January 2014 we will gather information from five nursery classes to help us better understand and

address the challenges of delivering the 600 hours entitlement to early learning and childcare

5 Nursery Classes

Newcraighall 20/20Ratho 30/30Dalry 40/40Ferryhill 40/40Granton 60/60All testing a 40 minute increase in session time 

3hours 10minutes.

Testing Session Time OptionsOption A Start Finish Lunch Start Finish Total

hours

Staff 8.15 11.45 12.15 3.57 7.12

Children  8.30 11.40 12.20 3.30 6.20

Option B

Staff 8.30 12.00 12.35 4.17 7.12

Children 8.45 11.55 12.40 3.50 6.20

Option C

Week 1

Newcraighall 8.30 – 11.40 and 12.40 – 3.50

Ratho 8.15 – 11.25 and 12.20 – 3.30

Dalry 8.30 – 11.40 and 12.20 – 3.30

Ferryhill 8.20 – 11.30 and 12.30 – 3.40(To be in by 8.30am if using the additional time)

Granton 8.30 – 11.40 and 12.20 – 3.30

Uptake of additional Session TimeBefore usual morning start.  Week 1

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday0

10

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70

NewcraighallRathoDalryFerryhillGranton

Newcraighall 8.30am – 8.40am and 8.20am – 8.40am

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Ratho Uptake 8.15am-8.55am

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Dalry Uptake 8.30am – 9.00am

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Dalry - Uptake 8.30am - 9.00am

Ferryhill Uptake 8.20am – 8.30am and 8.20am – 8.40am

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Ferryhill - Uptake 8.20am - 8.30am

Granton Uptake 8.30am- 8.55am and 8.40am – 8.55am

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Uptake of additional Session TimeAfter usual morning finish  week 1

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday0

20

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120

NewcraighallRathoDalryFerryhillGranton

Newcraighall Uptake 11.10am – 11.40am and 11.10am – 11.30am

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Granton Uptake 11.30am – 11.40am and 11.30am-11.50am

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Uptake of additional Session TimeBefore usual afternoon start.  Week 1

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday0

10

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NewcraighallRathoDalryFerryhillGranton

Granton Uptake 12.20pm – 12.30pm

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Newcraighall Uptake 12.15pm – 12.40pm 

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Uptake of additional Session TimeAfter usual afternoon finish.  Week 1

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday0

10

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90

100

NewcraighallRathoDalryFerryhillGranton

Newcraighall Uptake 3.10pm – 3.50pm and 3. 10pm -3.25pm 

M T W Th F M T W Th F

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Newcraighall - Uptake 3.10pm - 3.40pm

Ratho Uptake 3.00pm – 3.30pm 

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Dalry uptake 3.00pm – 3.30pm

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Ferryhill Uptake 3.00pm – 3.40pm

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Granton Uptake 3.00pm – 3.30pm and 3.00pm – 3.40pm

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Granton - Uptake 3.00pm - 3.30pm

Parent Views

“The increased nursery session was very helpful. It helped me have enough time to prepare their meals before they come home.”

“He enjoyed his extra time and seemed to have more stories to me about his day.”

“Great!! What a difference an extra 30 minutes makes.”

“ The additional time is a good idea but I prefer if it could be at the end (of the morning).”

Parent Views

“I think it will be useful to have an extra 40 minutes childcare per day...I can see this being quite difficult to implement.”

“I have a daughter in school and it would make no sense to go home for 10 minutes then to have to return to pick up at nursery.”

“I didn’t use the extra time as it means we have to wait in the cold for an extra 15 minutes for Daniels sister to go into school.”

“ I would rearrange my classes in future if nursery hours were longer. A lot better longer.”

Parent Views

“She gets breakfast in our house with myself which I feel is important.”

“Extra start time has been good for my child, but this start time was a bit close to primary start for it to make any difference to me.”

“Couldn’t get them motivated and out the door earlier.”

What the Children said.

“I liked playing longer.”“I liked it because it was quiet”“I liked having more time to play.”

“I was tired.”

Issues to consider.• Nurseries with a small staff team e.g. 20/20 

have less flexibility as all staff are required in the ratios at all times.

• Many nurseries have surplus staff for part of the year.  More effective use of this resource would address many of the challenges of providing the additional session time.

Key Learning from uptake

• All children starting and finishing at the same time is not popular with staff or parents.

• A short timeframe between the morning session and afternoon session increases pressure on staff.

Discussion Point 2

On your table you have examples of staggered session times.  Discuss how you think this 

could work for your establishment, what are the challenges and what are the solutions.

What would be your choice for your establishment?

 Task 09/12/13

AM09/12/13PM

Setting Up

Tidying

Meetings

PLP with child

PLP without child

All other child contact

Paperwork

Other

Total Time

Comments

Baseline week - 9th December      Test week 1 – 13th January

Setting up, 20%

Tidying, 16%

Meetings, 20%

PLP with child, 2%

PLP without child, 6%

Paperwork, 20%

Other, 16%

Overall summary of time by Task when child contact excluded

Test week 1 – 13th January             Test Week 2 – 27th January

Comparison of time for tasks – AM versus PM

Comparison of time for tasks – Teacher versus Early Years Practitioner

Key Findings

What Worked Well•Being with the children longer meant we got more done.•Felt we had more quality time with the children/less rushed.•Team work.•Relaxed atmosphere as no time pressure.•Setting up with the kids.•Children seemed calmer and enjoyed being more settled to do activities.•Week 2 went much better

Key Findings

What was a challenge?• Lack of time to meet with staff.•Difficult to talk to parents.•It’s impossible to do the paperwork, evaluate and discuss.•Matching teacher contact hours to extended hours.•Amount of time on the door.•Long time manning the door as they straggled in.•Not knowing who was arriving and pick up times

Issues to consider.

Some nurseries will need to review their tasks and reflect on how they use their existing resources e.g. 

Challenge    SolutionShopping for snack.                     Buy in bulk.Spending time on the door.       Share expectations with parents.Tidying/Preparation.                   Involve the children in every day                                                          tasks.Seek advice from Early Learning and Childcare settings open for 52 weeks.

Eve and Lesley

Update on Streamlining paperwork

Examples 40:40 Nursery Class - Staffing Proposals

Examples 40:40 Nursery

Current 2014/15 - Model 1 2014/15 - Model 2 2014/15 - Model 3

  Staff   Staff   Staff   Staff

Teacher 1.00 Teacher 1.00 Teacher 1.00 Teacher 1.00

Early Years Officer 1.00Early Years Officer 1.00

Early Years Officer 1.00

Early Years Officer 1.00

Early Years Practitioner 2.00

Early Years Practitioner 2.00

Early Years Practitioner 2.50

Early Years Practitioner 2.50

Early Years Assistant or Modern Apprentice 1.00  

Early Years Assistant or Modern Apprentice 1.00

4.00 Totals 5.00 Totals 4.50 Totals 5.50

Close and Evaluations