ey business and professional development meetings october 2017 · 2017-11-03 · purpose and...
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EY Business and
Professional
Development meetings
October 2017
Welcome and introductions
• Welcome
• Housekeeping
• Introductions
Purpose and content of Meeting
Share Key Information for EY Managers to disseminate to staff teams re:
• National, Ofsted and Local EY Agenda and Data
• Information on Early Years Partnership working re: Early Help, SEND, Virtual School, NSCB
Network and Learning Exchange Focus: Mathematics – Focus on the Area of Learning and
some practical ideas to support EY Providers.
National Updates and Links
Early years foundation stage framework
Early Education and Childcare
Study of early education and development – SEED
SEND Code of Practice -guide for early years settings
30 Hours
• Information Evenings are to be held on 31st
October (Nton) and 2nd November (KCC)
• Details in the EY Bulletin
Ofsted Updates
Ofsted Website
Early years inspections – myths
Ofsted News – Free Monthly newsletter
• Good Practice Videos
EY Inspections in Northamptonshire
Termly Meetings with EY Improvement Team and Ofsted Team to discuss non-compliance
May be notified of Complaints and enforcements
Close working with Designated Officer and Ofsted
Overall Picture of EY providers
Some Key Trends arising:
• Safer Recruitment – Family and friends
• Declaring ‘by association’
• Reporting incidents
• Health and Safety – e.g. Temperature of Setting
• Teaching and Learning – building on skills
Be prepared for Inspection anytime…every day is just as important for the children
Children Families and Education
Director Lesley Hagger
Learning, Skills and Education
Assistant Director of Vulnerable Learners - Alison Shipley
Head of learning and effectiveness – Chris Connearn
Early Years Improvement Team – Kate Wilde
Other Teams in Learning, Skills and Education include Specialist Support Services
e.g. Portage, High Needs Funding Team, Educational Psychologists
NCC Teams
CFE Directorate also includes EY Contacts:
Assistant Director, Quality and Performance –Sharon Muldoon
• EY Sufficiency – Rachel Sanson
Assistant Director Early Help, Safeguarding and Children's Services – Walter McCulloch
• EY Funding – Steph Billson / Kelly Greenhill
• Children’s Centre Services - Janet Dowling
Early Years Improvement TeamDaventry and
South NorthantsNorthampton Wellingborough
and East Northants
Kettering and Corby
Marcella Homans Kate Wilde
Andrea WoodfordKaren Borley
Zoe IlottLisa Bigley
Rita WrightsonClaire O’Leary
Lee Brooks
Penny Bavester Jane Beasley
Lyndsey GonulkirmazJo Brown
Laura WallerJulie Lappin
Denise BrennanAll team members based in South work
in North as required
Faye BruceCarolyn Lewis-HallClaire Stevenson
Sue BurgessLin Bull
All team members based in North workin South as required
Current Focus work for EY Improvement Team
• Statutory Duty to support RI and Inadequate settings and those not yet with Inspection Grade.
• Visits made according to our Area Scrutiny meetings – settings may be in vulnerable place and may need increased support e.g. new manager
• EYFSP Data to increase – Communication , Reading, Writing , Numbers
• Cluster working to be developed e.g. Moderation of Tracking judgements / Teaching and Learning
• Continued high quality Childminder support following end of Contract for with NCA - direct Support from members of the EY Improvement Team
Partnership working
Early Help, Specialist Support Services for children with SEND, Virtual School, NSCB
Children’s Centres Services
Northamptonshire
Update
The new 0 – 19 Early Help service has staff based in localities at the children’s centres.
Strategic Manager for Early Help is Janet Dowling
Northamptonshire North - Team Manager Louise Moseley 07721128661
Northamptonshire South-Team Manager Julie Sadler 07471036438
Northampton -Team Manager John Kelly 07810854109
From the 1st of September, Children centres providing targeted support are directly managed by NCC
What services are available?
In each locality there will be a programme of group work to meet the needs of the most vulnerable. This includes:
• 1:1 family support work
• Evidenced based parenting programmes
• Support for families experiencing domestic abuse
• Popular activities including baby massage and early years drop-ins.
What else will happen at children centres?
• Groups will be available to parents of older children as well as those with under 5s and will be supported by a crèche where needed.
• Children’s centres will also host other groups and activities provided by the voluntary sector and other agencies including our health colleagues.
• Staff in local centres will be able to advise on how to secure places for families in the group work programmes
How do I get help for children and families?
Support for individual families will be provided through the Early Help Assessment process and will be provided with the support and involvement of those multi-agency colleagues who are already working with families.
Early Help Advice and guidance is available via the Early Help Co-ordinators. If you need to know who your co-ordinator is, email [email protected]
Families may also self-refer and families wishing to register for children’s centre services can do so via the web link below or in
person at their local library.
http://www3.northamptonshire.gov.uk/councilservices/children-families-education/early-years/Pages/childrens-centres.aspx
www.northamptonshire.gov.uk/localoffer
Local Offer
• The Local Offer is a website that sets out all the information in one place about special educational needs and disabilities
• Early Years have their own section: all settings are listed with information about how they support children with SEND
• New settings should ensure that they are listed and contact the Local Offer team with their SEN information
Educational Psychologist services
Moving on through Play Theraplay group for parents and under 5s
following domestic abuse• Aims to build relationship, build confidence and help
parents manage their child’s emotions following domestic abuse.
• Unique in that it is 5 weeks with parents only then 5 weeks with parents each with their child to try out Theraplay with support, in a safe context
• Based on Theraplay, which is a playful approach to building relationship
• Encouraging evaluations
• Contact Unity Harding, Educational Psychologist, for further information [email protected] see leaflet
• Currently funded by Corby and Nene CCG
Inclusion Team
• EY Improvement Team have some Inclusion Officers
• Work very closely with SSS Team
• Inclusion Networks to be held in November
Flu Campaign
Children aged two and three years old are offered this vaccination in general practice.
Your child’s GP surgery should contact you. If you haven’t heard from their GP by early November, contact them directly to make an appointment.
Children in reception class and school years 1, 2, 3 & 4 will be offered the vaccine at school.
Your child’s school will provide details from the local healthcare team.
Public Health England
Network and Learning Exchange Focus:
Mathematics – Focus on the Area of Learning and some practical ideas to support EY Providers.
All children can be successful with mathematics, provided they have opportunities to explore mathematical ideas in ways that make personal sense to them and opportunities to develop mathematical concepts and understanding. Children need to know that practitioners are interested in their thinking, respect their ideas, are sensitive to their feelings and value their contributions.”
Children thinking mathematically: Problem Solving, Reasoning and Numeracy Essential knowledge for EY practitioners
“Mathematical development is about a way of viewing and making sense of the world. It is also the material and the means for creating new and imaginative worlds to explore.”
Using and Applying Maths. The Association of Teachers of Mathematics.
1.By understanding children’s learning
Adults who are knowledgeable, who observe and can interpret children’s actions and who encourage and value their ideas
2. By planning appropriate contexts for learning
A play environment that supports children’s exploration and additional stimulus that motivates children to play, explore and talk further
3. By providing optimum conditions for learning
Time and space for children to play, develop and practice ideas and teaching strategies that place high priority on talk and the use of mathematical language
How do we promote mathematical thinking?
How do leaders and managers monitor the quality of learning and teaching?
Are opportunities for developing mathematical learning identified and
acted upon?
This activity helps practitioners to evaluate how the environment supports the speech, language and communication development of children and identifies places where authentic conversations between children and adults can take place.
•Refer to Mathematical Vocabulary
Talking Hotspots
Creating a rich play environment to support Maths
• What are the children doing as they engage in these opportunities and with these resources?
• What mathematical thinking and learning takes place as they do these things?
TASK: practitioners share the activity they have brought with them
Developing indoor and outdoor learning environments to support
mathematicsMaths Learning Environment Audit