Mental Health Awareness week is 9-15 May 2022
This years theme is raising awareness of the impact of loneliness on our mental wellbeing and the practical steps we can take to address it.
Fascinating online courses: Please share with all staff and parents
Discover, learn, understand.
Fascinating online courses for everyone who wants to be an even better mum, dad, grandparent or carer.
Take advantage of this pre-paid, locally funded offer, www.inourplace.co.uk
Access code: BEAR. Create an account (or sign in), and start learning, GO!
93% of parents who completed the course said ‘Understanding Your Child’ was helpful.
92% of parents who completed the course said ‘Understanding Your Child with additional needs’ was helpful.
97% of parents who completed the course would recommend ‘Understanding Your Teenagers Brain’.
· 'I really like these courses. I think all parents could benefit from them.'
· ‘You don't actually realise what is going on in your child’s brain, this course helped, every parent should do this, i wish i'd done it sooner!’
· ‘It is great to know that I am not alone as a parent and that what I am experiencing is normal. I can now try to understand why my teenage daughter and son behave how they do and rather than react badly, try to understand and react positively. Thank you!’
· ‘It's a very good course, I learnt at lot! I liked the, 'science' and reasoning behind [their] behaviour and thinking. I also liked that the course was in modules and I could leave at any point and come back to it when I had more time. Thank you, a grateful parent’
Download here Warwickshire-Understanding your child flyer.
Guidance on the progress check at age two
The Department for Education (DfE) has published new early years foundation stage (EYFS) guidance to provide support for early years practitioners when completing the progress check at age two.
This non-statutory guidance will help all early years practitioners working with children between the ages of two and three to make an accurate assessment of a child’s development and work closely with parents and other professionals to put in place appropriate support and intervention where it is needed.
The guidance informs, supports and offers suggestions that can help practitioners review children’s development across the three prime areas of learning. It does not replace the professional judgement of practitioners but aims to support it. The guidance is clear that you do not need to spend a long time away from the children to complete the progress check or carry out excessive tracking or evidence collection.
The DfE has also published a vodcast to explain the new guidance to early years practitioners and a blog that highlights why the progress check is important now, more than ever as we support children to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Free early education for 2-year-olds with no recourse to public funds (NRPF)
In September 2019, the government extended eligibility for this entitlement to 2-year-old children from 3 groups of families and, in September 2020, extended the entitlement to a fourth group of families who have no recourse to public funds (NRPF).
This consultation seeks views on:
- whether there are other groups of families with NRPF besides those identified in the consultation who should be eligible for the entitlement
- the possible impact of any extension on people who share protected characteristics
Open consultation here.
Celebrating Stockingford Maintained Nursery School's 80th birthday
Stockingford Maintained Nursery School in Stockingford, Nuneaton is excited to be celebrating their 80th Birthday this week.
The Nursery School began life as St. Pauls Wartime Nursery in 1942, providing care for mothers who were going to work in the munitions factories. The Wartime Nursery was then designated as a Nursery School and handed over to education in 1949.
Headteacher Sharon Kindred said:
‘The Governors and staff are so proud to be celebrating this milestone of Nursery education and care within our local community. Parents and carers, and even our grandparents often share memories of their time with us when they attended the Nursery School. We are looking forward to providing a service to our community for the next 80 years.’