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Broadcast for Early Years and childcare providers in West Sussex from West Sussex County Council - Early Help Service
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Tuesday 1 June 2021
DfE data capture
Please note this data is now collected fortnightly. Therefore the next collection will be on week commencing 7 June 2021.
New course - Ready, Willing and Able: children as confident, capable thinkers and learners (Taster webinar)
In this brand new course led by Rebecca Martland from Children at Heart, you will explore ways to support young children to become confident, capable, thinkers and learners, through fostering the Characteristics of Effective Teaching and Learning. You will learn the importance of providing positive relationships and enabling environments that offer opportunities to be independent, make choices and expressing their own views. Suitable for all staff, cost is £15 per place.
To book, search for the course code on the Learning and Development Gateway. If you have any questions, please email early.years.training@westsussex.gov.uk.
- Saturday 26 June - 1.30pm to 3.00pm - EYT 21/1779
- Wednesday 13 October - 7.00pm to 8.30pm - EYT 21/1869
All early years providers must follow a new reformed EYFS framework from September 2021. View the new framework and how the changes affect you.
Please inform the Family Information Service if your setting needs to close or is re-opening. Email family.info.service@westsussex.gov.uk and include your setting name, Ofsted URN, the date you intend to close/open, and any changes to your operating hours. If you inform us of re-opening, you will be reinstated on the public list and appear on our website www.westsussex.gov.uk/fis.
If closing due to COVID-19 please ensure you read and follow all the steps in the PHE South East Health Protection Team ' Managing Suspected and Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Early Years and Childcare settings' flowchart.
In the event of your setting having a confirmed COVID-19 case, if Public Health or the Department for Education have stated you must close for any period of time you must inform the Family Information Service. However, if Public Heath have not explicitly stated in correspondence to you that the setting must close, we would expect you to make contact with your Early Years and Childcare Adviser (EYCA) to talk through your circumstances, where possible, before making the decision to close the setting. If you are not able to make immediate contact with your EYCA then please email your nearest Early Help Hub using the following email addresses:
Where there are not clearly evidenced reasons why the setting had no option to close, there could be implications for funding received as per the government guidance.
We have a range of online training available for you to access for your staff to ensure they have the most up to date information to support them in their role:
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#157 (Celebration of Inclusion month, new courses for practitioners working with under 2's)
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#156 (DfE data capture, infant mental health awareness week, a look at dynamic displays, roll out the role play)
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#155 (protective measures for out of school providers, advance warning Holiday Activities and Food programme, FE summer term actuals final reminder, process for FE starters between 10-21 May, Makaton training)
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#154 (COMF update, preparing for the introduction of EYFS reforms, the role of the INCO, graduates in early years research, free traumatic bereavement resources)
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#153 (Final reminder - Early Help redesign consultation, amendment to #152, writing readiness and pencil grip, survey on SEND and Inclusion resources, SEND newsletter, public health survey)
- 21 Jun - Autumn term Estimate submissions open (FE providers)
- w/c 21 Jun - Summer term Actuals payments expected (FE providers)
- 2 Jul - Autumn term Estimate submissions close (FE providers)
- w/c 12 Jul - Autumn term Estimate payments expected (FE providers)
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