• Wraparound Childcare Programme
• Whistle Blowing
• Childminder Recruitment and Retention Consultation
• DfE Information Sharing Guidance
• Early Years Provider Network Meeting
• Virtual Support Sessions - Summer 2024
• Peter Rabbit Storytime Trail
• Useful Links
• Early Years Team Contacts

Wraparound Childcare Programme

We are about to launch the Wraparound Childcare funding programme for schools and childcare providers.

Before and after school childcare: Everything you need to know about wraparound care – The Education Hub (blog.gov.uk)

We will be setting up a small project group (around ten people in total from a range of backgrounds)  to help us roll out the programme and we are looking for interested people who would like to be part of the group. The aim of the project group will be to provide advice and guidance as we develop our guidance, expectations and application forms and to help consider grant applications as and when they are received. We would envisage a commitment or around 2 hours per month for the next 12 months with meetings being held predominantly through MS Teams during the day.

If this opportunity is of interest to you, and if you would like to be part of informing and supporting the roll out of this major programme then please drop me an email.

Many thanks

Neville

Email: neville.ward@shropshire.gov.uk

Whistle Blowing

Whistleblowing is when someone raises a concern about a dangerous or illegal activity or any wrongdoing within their organisation. It is important that we empower staff to be able to raise concerns with ourselves or with external agencies if they have a concern. This will firstly Safeguard the children within our care, but it will also help us improve and develop our practice and processes. Please share this link with your staff Whistleblowing Advice Line | NSPCC  and display the poster to ensure that your staff know about whistleblowing and what to do if they are worried.

Childminder Recruitment and Retention Consultation

DfE Information Sharing Guidance

There have been updates made to DfE Information Sharing guidance, the updates give more clarity on the use of consent and on the legal framework needed to support sharing of information.

Information sharing - advice for practitioners providing safeguarding services (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Early Years Provider Network Meeting

Network Meetings Tuesday May 7^th

The agenda for our May network meetings is as follows:

• A presentation and service update from the Speech and Language Therapy team on how they are dealing with the current numbers of referrals into the service
• A presentation form the team at Job Centre + on the support they can offer to providers with recruitment and advertising vacant positions
• An update from Beverley in relation to the Healthy Weight strategy

The morning meeting will be  online at 11am and the evening meeting will be face to face at The Guildhall. We will be there from around 6.15pm and the meeting will be between 7pm and 8.30pm.

We hope to see many of you at the meetings. You can book your places in the usual way via UCS Shrewsbury.

UCS Shrewsbury CPD (ucshrewsbury.ac.uk)

Virtual Support Sessions - Summer 2024

Thursday 16 May 1.30 - 4pm

Thursday 13 June 9 - 11.30am

Tuesday 2 July 9 -11.30am

You do not book a slot. Ring on 01743 254287 and if I'm not already on a call I'll answer. Otherwise, keep trying or I will ring you back in the order of my missed calls.

Have a clear idea for the focus of the 154 minute slot and have the following information ready:

• Name and DoB
• List of involvement of other professionals/agencies
• Parents thoughts
• Concerns
• How you have identified needs
• What you already have in place
• Your questions.

Kind regards

Judith Pilkington (Early Years Intervention Officer)

Peter Rabbit Storytime Trail

Just a reminder that we have the Peter Rabbit Storytime Trail exhibition starting

7th May – 25th June which is perfect for your Childminding Group, Nursery or Reception class. You can visit with a small group (£6 per child) or book a workshop led by one of our educators for a class (£100 - maximum size 30) which combines storytelling, movement and drama with a bit of mischief and mayhem thrown in!

If you’d like to book the workshop get in touch with Saffron or Hannah at the museum today museumbookings@shropshire.gov.uk

Many thanks and hope to see you in the vegetable patch soon!

Sasha Morris-Bhatia

Useful Links

Early Years Funding Code of Practice

Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework for Childminders

Early Years Foundation Stage Statutory Framework for Group and School-Based Providers

Early Years CPD

Early Years Information Pages on the SLG

Early Years Resource Library

Funding Diary Dates (headcount windows and payments)

Holiday Activities and Food Programme (HAF)

Parent Declaration Form (Summer 2024 to Summer 2025)

Recruitment:

• External Advert Request Template
• National Early Years Recruitment Campaign

Shropshire SEND Local Offer

Support Request Form (SEND)

Early Years Team Contacts

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