The Early Years Team are currently dropping off postcards at settings in Scunthorpe South for our School Readiness event being held on Saturday 9 July at Ashby Community Hub.  Please share these with your reception intake for September. In addition please remind families a few days prior to the event to encourage attendance. The focus for this event is Scunthorpe South but families from throughout North Lincolnshire are welcome to attend.

There will be lots of information and freebies available for families at the event, the first 250 families will receive a goody bag including a Starting School book donated by KCOM Community Grant. The focus will be the school readiness definition and preparing children for their transition to school.  There will be information and top tips on preparing for school from:

• Early Years Team, Community Engagement and Family Learning Team as well as the Children’s Library Service
• Health Visitors
• Children’s Centres
• Schools Catering
• Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service

The event also coincides with the Power of Words Festival and there will be stories with the award winning author Rashmi Sirdeshpande and author Beth Walker. 

Here are the links to this weeks social media posts on school readiness Twitter 1 Twitter 2 Facebook - please share with your families via your social media outlets.

We would just like to remind childminders of the Ofsted requirement to notify them of any new adults in your home within 14 days. 

Ofsted need to be advised of new adults aged 16 or over:

• new household members who start to live in the home
• people already living in the home who turn 16
• new people who work regularly during childcare hours, such as a cleaner
• new childminders or assistants

The first of the 14 days is the day the new adult, begins living in the home, starts working there or turns 16 years.

Ofsted also require you to tell them if adults have moved out or stopped working in your setting. 

Further guidance is available at Childminders: report new adults in the home

This year, North Lincolnshire Early Years Team are part of the NASEN early years project and have been offered some free training as part of the package. The training is completely free, and all practitioners are encouraged to attend as part of their CPD.

Meeting the Needs of Every Child, is a two-hour online training session that includes a general introduction to SEND in PVI settings and includes the legislation for SEND, graduated approach and pyramid of provision, the role of the SENCO and Key Person and the importance of parent partnerships and sensitive conversations with parents/carers.

Please note: You only need to book onto one of the sessions as they are repeated, and you will need to apply for NASEN’s free membership to access the booking.

Please click on the dates to book your place:

Wednesday 6th July 10.00am-12.00pm
Tuesday 13th September 6.00pm-8.00pm
Wednesday 23rd November 1.00pm-3.00pm
Thursday 19th January 6.00pm-8.00pm
Wednesday 8th March 10.00am-12.00pm

Leeds University Business School are hosting a summit that will present several major studies of the early years sector, provide a unique opportunity to examine this new evidence and discuss ways forward for the early years. One day of the summit is being held online on Wednesday 6th July 2022 between 10am - 2pm. Follow this link for more information and to book your place