Early Years conference 'Exploring Emotional Barriers to Learning'

Following the success of the spring term Neurodiversity conference, the WEYH is really pleased to announce that they will be hosting a follow-on conference in the autumn term. Keynote speeches will investigate the neurology of emotional barriers to learning and emotionally supportive environments. For more information on keynotes and workshops, please click this link: https://www.warwickshireearlyyears.co.uk/event-details/exploring-emotional-barriers-to-learning

They currently have a special Early bird offer of two tickets for £60.00, standard single ticket price is £40 per person.

The event is open to all Early Years Practitioners, Childminders and agencies working alongside settings. 

Having listened to feedback from their last event, the team will be putting on additional staff to manage parking and refreshments and they will also be capping numbers. 

Please book early. 

The WEYH team are available to answer any questions should you require any further information (please see contact information on their website https://www.warwickshireearlyyears.co.uk/contact)

Survey on the wraparound childcare pathfinder scheme

On 15 March 2023, the Chancellor announced a national wraparound childcare pathfinder scheme providing local authorities with funding to set up wraparound provision for primary school aged children from September 2024.

• June 2023 - Wraparound Pathfinder LA 'co-design' working group begins
• January 2024 - LAs receive initial funding for work required in advance of national rollout
• September 2024 - National rollout of the wraparound childcare pathfinder scheme

Book recommendation

The Many Colors of Harpreet Singh.

This touching picture book explores common themes of everyday insecurities, such as moving home, starting a new school and dealing with change, while sensitively demonstrating the importance of friendship. The attractive illustrations use a range of colours and tones to effectively reflect Harpreet's emotions and an afterword about Sikhism explains the significance of patkas in his religion.

Digiduck Stories

A collection of five stories created to help parents and teachers educate children aged 3–7 about online safety, with accompanying teaching activities.

https://www.childnet.com/resources/digiduck-stories/?fbclid=IwAR1yGyKRDL5QaQOPyDEpJwkquLuspR_eSD-I0pnzZVDAMj7MztJF6bxLVJI

Reasonable adjustments for mental health

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing. It affects how we think, feel, and behave. 

If an employee has a mental health problem, it's important their employer takes it seriously and with the same care as a physical illness.

Mental health problems can:

* happen suddenly, because of a specific event in someone's life

* build up gradually over time

* be hard to spot because everyone has different signs and signals

* be hidden because many people find it difficult to talk about their mental health

* fluctuate over time which means that an employee's ability to cope with the demands of the job might change

When making reasonable adjustments for mental health it's helpful to remember that:

* every job is different, so what works in one situation might not work in another

* every employee is different, so what works for one employee might not work for another

* mental health fluctuates over time, so what works for an employee now might not work in the future

Employers and employees should work together to agree and review reasonable adjustments over time to make sure that the adjustments work well.

Find out more about supporting mental health at work

Internet Safety

The school holidays are fast approaching and It's highly likely during the holidays, children will be spending more time online, gaming etc so we wanted to signpost you to some useful information for parents and carers to protect their children online.

It can be really difficult for parents and caregivers to know where to start when it comes to the vast array of resources and potential tools to help keep children safe, so we wanted to offer a couple of places to start.

Internet Matters Matters resources and guides

https://www.internetmatters.org/parenta.../broadband-mobile/

https://www.internetmatters.org/.../apple-iphone-and.../

https://www.internetmatters.org/.../android-smartphone/

Age appropriate guidance resources from Internet Matters

https://www.internetmatters.org/advice/

And although the minimum age for most social media accounts is 13, we are very aware that many children have            accounts at a far younger age.

National Online Safety have a vast array of simple one page guides on social media platforms, games and other great advice for parents, these are available here :

https://nationalonlinesafety.com/guides

It's always a great idea to check those settings too!

UK Safer Internet Centre have these simple guides to help with those

https://swgfl.org.uk/resources/checklists/

No matter what age we are, the best way to protect online accounts is to ensure each has a separate passwords, and to ensure you enable #2FA (aka 2SV)

Each platform is different, so we'd advice checking out www.2fa.directory for an easy one stop shop to instructions on "how to"

Warwickshire early years settings recognised for providing high-quality SEND provision

Forty-three early years settings across Warwickshire have been recognised for the high-quality of their support for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).