 Please find the SEND audit and the updated SEND pathway at the buttons below.
The SEND audit is to identify the children at your setting who require additional support for SEND. When completed, you should return it to eyinclusion@portsmouthcc.gov.uk.
Please return by Monday 14 October 2024.
This will enable the early years inclusion team to prioritise and allocate appropriate support and guidance. Please complete for all children identified with SEND. Please write 'NIL' across the audit if there are none and submit.
 Please see the information poster for a new parenting intervention at the button below.
This is being offered in the Family Hubs from October. If this course would be useful to any of the parents you are working with, please discuss with parents and send the information requested on the poster to the parenting inbox.
 Babies naturally grasp things and pull them to their mouths, but then find it difficult to let go. Flimsy nappy sacks can easily cling to a baby’s face as they breathe in and cause suffocation or choking. Please keep them out of reach.
 At drop-off and pick-up times, roads can be especially busy. This makes crossing more difficult. And it can be really distracting for children who may forget their road safety rules, especially if they spot a friend across the road. Luckily, there are plenty of things you can do to help keep them safe.
 Have your gas appliances been checked in the last year? And was it by a Gas Safe registered and qualified engineer? This Gas Safety Week is all about checking - because every check counts. So, please get your gas appliances checked annually and encourage your family and friends to do the same.
 Take a look at the free training from Portsmouth Down Syndrome Association. The brochure below provides a full overview of each session along with an introduction to their training team.
 Tuesday 12 November 2024, 9.00am - 4.00pm, Portsmouth Civic Offices - lunch provided.
Professionals working with Portsmouth families in the first 1001 days can access FREE evidence-based training on Fathers and Perinatal Mental Health which is co delivered between Families in Mind and Dadzclub and funded as part of the Family Hub and Start for Life Programme.
Topics covered include: Underpinning policy and research; mental health conditions; identification and intervention; managing risk; and developing high quality, integrated and inclusive services and local support networks.
You will have a chance to learn more about the dedicated support available to fathers and male carers in Portsmouth including:
- Dadzclub
- Dadzchat
- NHS Talking Therapies Fathers Offer
- Dadpad
- Homestart Dads Outreach
- Partners Peer Support from the Perinatal Mental Health Service
Please see the attached posters for more information and how to book.
 We are excited to let you know that a new module has been added to the DfE’s Early years child development training.
Module 8: Supporting individual differences and needs is now available and covers:
- the key SEND legislation and guidance, the importance of early identification of children’s developmental differences and needs and the distinction between them
- the impact of knowledge and learning gaps on children’s development, the identification of developmental differences and needs and when to make a referral
- the importance of the practitioner’s role in supporting children’s individual differences and needs, creating an inclusive environment and building effective partnerships with those around the children.
This new module adds to the existing 7 modules that include child and brain development, personal, social and emotional development, communication and language, physical development, mathematics and effective curriculum and assessment.
Users can complete the modules in any order, at any time and can access this new module on their My Modules page. It is still recommended that the modules are completed in consecutive order as the training has been designed to build on previous modules, starting with child and brain development underpinning all the others.
Reminder about the Early years child development training
The flexible online course:
- has been developed by early years experts
- has been tested with early years practitioners and experts, and refined based on feedback
- gives practical advice for supporting babies and children in early years settings
- reinforces understanding through videos, learning check questions and short end of module tests
- allows users to and pause and restart the training at any time and now start the modules in any order at any time
- offers the chance to download certificates of achievement for each module.
 Canoe Lake Nursery have 6 spaces available on their first aid course and would welcome other settings to join. The first aid course is being held on 5 October and costs £65 per person. Email canoelakenursery@gmail.com for further information.
 The UK Health Security Agency’s e-Bug programme offers free, evidence-based lesson plans for students from Early Years to Key Stage 4, mapped to the national curriculum.
The materials introduce students to vital topics such as microbes, hygiene, vaccinations, and antimicrobial resistance (AMR), helping them understand how to stay healthy and use medicines responsibly.
 The Office for Product Safety and Standards has issued an alert to parents and childcare settings warning that water beads should be kept away from all children under 5. If swallowed they can expand in the belly and block the bowel. Water beads don’t show up on X-ray, so finding them can be really complicated and a child may need major surgery to remove them.
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