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Wednesday 3 October 2018
1. Children Starting School in September 2019
This week, all FE
providers should have received copies of the Starting School Questionnaire and
the School Admissions leaflet to give to all families of children in your
setting born between 1st September 2014 and 31st August
2015. More information about what to do with the leaflets can be found in the
letter accompanying the leaflets.
The numbers of
leaflets sent to each provider has been calculated using the number of children
in this age band accessing FE in your setting last term, plus a proportion to
take into account children who are starting to access FE from this term. If you
do not have enough leaflets for all of the children in your setting, or are
aware of any children not currently accessing FE who are within this age band,
feel free to make copies of the leaflets you have, print more from the
link above, or you can contact your local Children
and Family Centre to ask for additional copies.
Last year
there were 600 late applications for school places – and most of these children
were attending early years provision. Please support your parents to understand
the processes and timescales for applying for a school place so that their
experience, and the experience of their child starting school, is a positive
one.
The on-line
application is open from now until 15th January 2019. Any
applications received after that will be considered after places have been
allocated to all of the children whose applications were received before the
deadline.
Staff in
the Children and Family Centres can support parents to complete the
application. Any specific queries from families should go through the Schools
Admissions Team - Contact Pupil Admissions - West
Sussex County Council.
A
copy of the Starting School Poster 2019 is attached for you to display in your
setting.
One year into delivery
of the Extended Free Entitlement (FE), we would like to celebrate the fantastic
work that is happening across the county. Over 5000 families benefited from
this funding in the summer term and, without you, all this would not have been
possible!
With this in mind, we
would like to share all the good practice, and are excited to announce the
Extended FE Awards 2018.
- Would
you like to win £1000 to help you
develop your setting?
- Would
you like a FREE Training Subscription
Package for 2019/2020?
- And
a FREE place on the Developing Emotional Health and Well Being
in Early Years Conference on Friday 15 March 2019 (saving £75)?
If
the answer is YES then we want to hear from you! How
to put your setting forward for an award:
- Read the Extended FE
Award guidance.
- Complete the online application
The
deadline for applications is midnight on Sunday 7 October 2018.
Please
contact free.entitlement@westsussex.gov.uk if
you have any questions related to the awards and include “Extended FE Awards”
in the subject line.
3. Makaton Foundation Workshop for Professionals (Stage
1-4 and additional vocabulary)
-
Duration: This is a TWO FULL DAY course and will take place over
two weeks
- Date: 16 and 23 November
2018
-
Time: 9.00 am – Finish: 16.00
-
Venue: Bognor Regis Nursery School, 85 Victoria Drive, Bognor
Regis, West Sussex, PO21 2TB. Tel: 01243 642925
-
Cost: The cost of the course is £185 which includes
materials (lunch is not included).
-
Tutor: Noriko Bayes (SSC nursery nurse at BRNS and
Makaton Regional Tutor)
-
Entry criteria Participants need to
have an understanding of early communication skills but no signing
experience/knowledge required.
Please
see here for further information, and here for a booking form.
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Previously on the weekly broadcast
Below is a list of headlines from recent broadcasts. Click on the date to view a copy:
Wednesday 26 September 2018
- Autumn term Free Entitlement actuals – final reminder
- Ofsted webinars for Childminders and committee members
- Bognor Regis Nursery School Helicopter Story training
- Stoptober 2018
- Developing Emotional Health and Wellbeing in Early Years – 2019 Early
Years and Childcare Conference
- Extended Free Entitlement Awards 2018
Wednesday 19 September 2018
- Autumn Term Free Entitlement Actuals and 30 Hour
Codes
- Extended Free Entitlement Awards 2018
- Solihull Approach – For All
- Book now! Introduction to Children’s Learning and
Wellbeing Audit (CLaWBA)
- Make our website a ‘Favourite’ today
- Early Years Equipment Sale
- Stoptober 2018
Wednesday 12 September 2018
- Bognor Regis Nursery School Helicopter Story training
- Cross border inclusion funding arrangements
- Disability Access Fund – Autumn term claims
- Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) Autumn term claims
- Makaton Foundation Workshop for Professionals
- SEND questionnaire
Wednesday 5 September 2018
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