 We'll be attending the Careers & Apprenticeship Show at the Mountbatten Centre on 27 November to advertise your job vacancies and champion early years careers. If you know of any young people who would value attending the event, please do share this with them.
Don't forget, you can advertise your vacancies on the Portsmouth City Council website. You'll find the form you need to complete on the childcare vacancies webpage here:
 Just a reminder about the Early Years training and events still available for the remainder of the Autumn term. Please book your place(s) on any that are relevant to your setting if you haven’t already done so.
SENCo Network Cluster (free)
SEND information and updates for Early Years Settings.
Tuesday 15 October, 10am - 12pm on Teams.
Supporting Babies Workshop (£75.00)
Join us at this workshop to immerse yourself in the world of babies and explore the important role you play in their care, safeguarding and development.
Wednesday 16 October, 9.30am - 11.30am, Civic Offices.
Practical SEN Strategies Workshop - Developing Attention and Interaction Skills (cost below).
At this session, delivered by the EY Inclusion and Portage teams, we will consider children who have communication and interaction difficulties and learn more about specific interventions such as attention autism, bucket time and intensive interaction.
Wednesday 27 November, 1pm-3pm, face-to-face at Civic Offices.
£65.00 or available as part of our inclusion package.
We still have some free places available on the Early Years Level 2 SEND Accredited Course for Childminders which is being delivered over 6 x 3 hour evening sessions, fortnightly on Teams in the Spring 2025 term.
At the end of the training, you will be awarded Level 2 Cache credits and certification in ‘Understanding the needs of babies and young children with Special Educational Needs and Disability’.
Please see this flyer for full details or click here to book your place if you haven't already done so.
Please browse the Portsmouth Traded Services website for details of our inclusion package and all of our early years training and events for 2024/25 or contact us by email at eyworkforce@portsmouthcc.gov.uk if you have any early years training queries or any specific training requirements.
 Unlock your teaching career in Portsmouth with this new webinar. Teach Portsmouth has joined forces with local training providers to help people navigate their options in the city.
This Zoom webinar explores school-based and university-based routes into training.
The University of Portsmouth, University of Chichester, Portsmouth Primary SCITT and Inspiring Future Teachers - HISP Teacher Training will be joining them on Wednesday 23 October 2024 from 5pm - 5.45pm on Zoom.
The webinar is designed for those who are thinking about teacher training but not sure where to begin.
Two new dates have been released for the course: Empowering Professionals to Effectively Safeguard Children from pre-birth to 3yrs.
 Scare safely this Halloween
Halloween can be an exciting time of year for children, dressing up and going out after dark. But, whilst Halloween is supposed to be spooky there are some horrors that families will want to avoid. So, here are our top tips for a safe Halloween that you can remember for all the right reasons.
Firework safety tips
Did you know sparklers can burn 16 times hotter than a kettle? Or how easy it is to buy powerful rockets unsuited to family back gardens? With Bonfire Night and Diwali quickly approaching, our fireworks advice hub covers all the safety essentials.
 A big happy 40th birthday to Drayton Daisy Chain Pre-School. Take a look at some of the fun they had celebrating their 40th anniversary! They especially loved all the adorable visiting animals.
 Parade Community Pre-School turns 24! Happy birthday. Take a look at what Catherine Robinson, Manager had to say...
"24 years ago today the Parade Community Pre-School opened in the grounds of Northern Parade infant school.
There have been many changes. Some members have moved to different countries, one very dear friend has grown her angel wings, we have long term friends that are still very much involved with the setting, we’ve moved location to a new building, AND we are blessed that many of our original staff members are still with us, and our current building is fabulous and flourishing with lots of new children and families!
Our previous children and previous families still visit, and one of our previous children is now a staff member!
How blessed are we? And very proud to be here in Hilsea, and a part of this fabulous, friendly community!
Happy birthday day to us!"
 Little Stars Pre-School are celebrating their 18th year. Happy birthday! They are having a celebration get together on Saturday 12 October from 1.00pm - 3.00pm. Parents/carers and children that have attended Little Stars Pre-school over the 18 years will be invited to attend. They will be offering refreshments, (at a small cost) and have a raffle to raise a little money for their playground, that desperately needs replacing. They will have lots of photo books on display and all the current team and some old team members will be there too.
 Take a look at Ofsted's video setting out some of the changes that they will make to the early years sector in response to the Big Listen.
A new post, “Who needs to submit an EY2 form, and tips for completing it” has just been published on the Ofsted: early years blog.
In this blog, they set out who needs to submit an EY2 form and give you some tips on completing it, which will help them process your submission quickly and efficiently.
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