Did you know that 4.8% of school children in Wales have speech, language, and communication needs?
The Speech, Language and Communication Training Pathway has been created to support practitioners working with children aged 0 – 4 years 11 months in the Caerphilly county borough.
Early Years partners have developed this training pathway to enable practitioners, to clearly identify what training they need, how to access it, and what opportunities there are to further develop their skills and knowledge. Along with training, it provides access to toolkits and self-evaluation frameworks for practitioners to use.
You can view the document on our website. Please take the time to read it and understand the implications for your role. Our Childcare Team will be available to explore this with you and what it means for your team.
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 ‘Our best place is face to face’. If you are with a child, the best place to be is at their level (even if this means lying on the floor!) so you can see each other’s faces. This means you can:
- See each other’s facial expressions
- See what the child is interested in and give the right words to match what they can see/are doing
- The child can watch your mouth to see how you make the sounds in words
Why not try to be face to face for 5 extra minutes a day and see how much it changes your interactions!
You can find this strategy in the 10 tips to help me learn to talk booklet.
For more information on interacting with young children, visit https://gov.wales/talk-with-me.
 Selective Mutism is a complex childhood anxiety disorder characterised by a child's inability to speak in certain social situations, such as at nursery or school, despite being able to speak comfortably at home. This video, produced by a CAMHS Speech and Language Therapist at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, aims to support practitioners in childcare settings by showing them how to identify when a child may have selective mutism and what steps to take next.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wq8rV86z3pI
 Over the past few weeks, we have been reviewing our website to ensure all information is accurate, complete, and well-organised. Some of you have mentioned that the "Information for Childcare Providers" section can be difficult to select on smaller screens because it is located at the bottom of the Childcare menu. To address this, we have created a new section under the "About Us" menu called "Professionals Working in Early Years and Childcare." Here, you will find a subsection titled "Information for Childcare Settings in the Caerphilly County Borough," which contains all your relevant pages.
This section aims to provide you with easy access to essential information, including training, funded placements, registration guidance, the Healthy Early Years scheme, and more. We value your feedback, so if you have any suggestions for improving the content, please let us know by emailing the earlyyearshub@caerphilly.gov.uk or calling 01443 863232.
 It is with both sadness and gratitude, that we announce the closure of our Coleg Y Cymoedd day nursery in Ystrad Mynach on the 31st July 2024. The nursery has been open for many years and have served countless children and parents in the community. As we prepare to say goodbye, Caerphilly Early Years would like to send their heartfelt thanks to all the staff for their dedication and wish them well for the future!
Childcare Offer for Wales: Applications are open for Childcare Offer for Wales for children with a date of birth 1 April 2021 to 31 August 2021. Please encourage eligible parents to apply for funding to start in September. Information and how to apply is on our website: Funded childcare for 3 and 4 year olds/Childcare Offer for Wales - Caerphilly Early Years
Flying Start funded childcare: Parents who applied for Flying Start childcare by the 10 May will receive a decision email by 5pm on 10 June. They will them start to contact you to arrange their placements. Please take this opportunity to make sure your resource on Dewis is up to date: Flying Start childcare providers (Dewis)
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My name is Laura Thomas, and I would like to introduce myself as the new Play Sufficiency Officer for the borough. I have worked within the local LA for over 12 years before moving across to Play Caerphilly early this year. The next couple of months is an exciting time for Play Caerphilly as we grow our team and deliver our Play Holiday Provision. Alongside this we are looking forward to working in partnership with the Early Years team to deliver 7 Play in the park events. To celebrate National Play Day, we will also be issuing Play Day grants that childcare settings and providers can apply for to deliver Play Day activities within their own settings to celebrate the importance of play in children’s lives. If you would like to find out any more information regarding Play Caerphilly or if you are looking for any support in upskilling staff/volunteers to gain a PlayWorker qualification, please just get in contact willil17@caerphilly.gov.uk.
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 It’s that exciting time of year once again whereby planning for the delivery of Play in the Park in well underway. Due to the success of 2022 and 2023, with around 2000 attendees across all six sessions, we are expanding in 2024!
- Thursday, 1st August, Welfare Park, Senghenydd, Caerphilly CF83 4GA (Welsh Language promotion focus, collaboration with Menter Iaith Caerphilly staff team)
- Wednesday, 7th August, Morgan Jones Park, Caerphilly CF83 1AB (National Play Day)
- Friday, 9th August, Bargoed Park, Moorland Rd, Bargoed CF81 8PS
- Tuesday, 13th August, Abertridwr Playground, Aberfawr Rd, Abertridwr, Caerphilly CF83 4EJ
- Thursday, 15th August, Eisteddfod Field, Tan-Y-Llan Terrace, Rhymney NP22 5HE
- Tuesday, 20th August, Ystrad Mynach Park, Caerphilly Road, CF83 7EP
- Thursday, 22nd August, Waunfawr Park, Waunfawr Park Rd, Crosskeys NP11 7PH
- Tuesday, 27th August, Blackwood Showfield, Sunnybank Road, Blackwood NP12 1HY
All sessions will be open from 11am - 2pm.
Further details to follow next month.
 Don’t forget to attend Ffiliffest 2024; there’s plenty of fun to be had and it’s on your doorstep! For more information, visit Menter Iaith Ffiliffest.
It’s the Great British Summer Time! This is an opportunity to get busy in the outdoor area; plant some seeds, decorate some pots, and you could eat any produce that you have grown together at Snack Time. Yummy! Come and listen to the story ‘Supertato’ being read in Welsh: Supertaten
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