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13 June 2023

FISH Fact:

Autumn 2023 Term estimates are now open for submissions until 21 July. If you have already submitted information for this term for your annual budget and need to amend you are able to do so now.

Funded Early Education - for childcare settings and childminders

Guidance for Early Years settings who wish to make additional charges for funded places

Dear colleagues,

Over the past few weeks we have seen a steady increase in concerns being raised by parents in relation to being charged for consumables by their childcare provider.  The Early Years Provider Agreement has always stated childcare providers may charge for additional costs in relation to funded childcare places and this is acceptable practice and may cover a contribution towards various consumables. We are aware in most cases this has not been passed on to parents previously, however, given the current economic climate we can see why this is now something you are considering.

In order to ensure consistency, the Local Authority has developed a short guidance document in which information relating to these charges are listed, as well as a link to the Department for Education Guidance which also outlines what is acceptable.

East Riding Funding Guidance- June 2023.docx

East Riding of Yorkshire childcare sufficiency assessment 2023 – provider survey

The Families Information Service Hub (FISH) would like help from childcare providers to inform the East Riding of Yorkshire Childcare Sufficiency Assessment (CSA) survey 2023. We are reviewing our Childcare Sufficiency Assessment, for 2023 and we need as many childcare providers to complete the East Riding of Yorkshire Council Provider Survey as possible.

We would be grateful for your assistance in completing the survey. Your submission will be anonymous. This survey is open from Tuesday, 30 May until 31, July 2023.

East Riding of Yorkshire childcare sufficiency assessment 2023 – parent/carer survey

We would still like your assistance to promote the parent/carer survey to help with the CSA, Therefore, we would be grateful if you could circulate the attached with your parents via any correspondence that you send out

East Riding of Yorkshire Childcare Sufficiency Assessment 2023 updated.docx

Safeguarding and Child Protection

If you have any concerns about a child, please contact the Safeguarding & Partnership Hub on (01482) 395500.

SEND Local Offer Bulletin - Edition 87 – 8 June 2023

You can view the latest SEND Bulletin below:

SEND Local Offer Bulletin - Edition 87 - 8 June 2023

For information about SEND Local Offer LOOK AHEAD and to register with the service, please visit the LOOK AHEAD page or contact the FISH helpline:

Tel: (01482) 396469 Email: fish@eastriding.gov.uk

News & Events

Healthy Steps Programme

Healthy Steps is an 8-week email programme to support families to make healthier choices, including easy tips, budget-friendly recipes, family challenges and more.

Find out more at: https://healthysteps.betterhealth-healthierfamilies.co.uk/signup

Oral Health

Find out about promoting oral health as part of the early years foundation stage (EYFS). 

https://help-for-early-years-providers.education.gov.uk/safeguarding-and-welfare/oral-health/

Making it REAL- Last chance to register!

The East Riding Early Years Team are pleased to announce an exciting partnership with the National Children's Bureau.

The National Children's Bureau (NCB) are delivering their Making It REAL programme in East Riding. The programme involves free training for practitioners to work with parents in the home to create a rich home learning environment that supports their child early literacy development. The practitioners deliver home visits and provide activities for parents to do with their child between the visits. Please see attached for more information.  

The programme is being delivered as part of a randomised control trial evaluation which is seeking to assess the impact of the programme on children's early language skills and the effects on practitioners, parents and children.  

If you are a group setting and are interested but have not completed the expression of interest form, then please use this link to do so

https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and-evaluation/projects/making-it-real

Making it REAL overview.pdf

Launch of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) Consultation

The Department for Education has launched a consultation on the EYFS to offer providers increased flexibility and alleviate known burdens, exploring giving providers more choice over how they operate and making it easier for them to deliver the EYFS. We are keen to understand how these changes may support settings and local authorities to deliver the new entitlements announced at the Spring Budget.

We hope to hear from many people, local government and organisations before the deadline on 26 July 2023, so we can gather a broad range of views to help us reach well-informed decisions.

You can respond to the consultation via the Citizen Space platform 

The Childminder Mentor Programme

The Department for Education (DfE) in association with Hempsalls are offering a programme of support for childminders across England, from May 2023 until July 2024. The Childminder mentor programme is focused on supporting childminders to address the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the youngest and most disadvantaged children.

For further details visit https://www.hempsalls.com/covid-recovery-childminders

Provider Search - School Drop Off/Pick Up

We have recently updated our online provider search, to allow parents to now filter by providers offering a school pick drop off/pick up service.

If you offer a drop off/pick up as part of your service and would like to advertise this, you can do so by updating your provider record via the “useful information for parents” form on the Ehub.

You can view your current record via our online childcare provider search: 

Parenting Survey

The East Riding Parenting Centre for Excellence is currently reviewing the local parenting offer across the whole of the East Riding.

Our families are at the heart of everything we do, so we want to know what we are getting right for you and if there are any areas you feel we could be better at meeting your needs from a parenting point of view. 

We welcome surveys from all parents/carers/grandparents and others within your child’s family.

It will only take a few minutes to complete and your thoughts would be much appreciated.

If you have any information you would like adding to the Mailout please send by email to fish@eastriding.gov.uk