Is your Covid-19 risk assessment up to date?
For help see page 7 of the attached document -
'Education and childcare settings: National Lockdown from 5 January 2021'
WCC Early Years and Childcare Briefing in relation to reporting positive Covid-19 cases.
Process for reporting positive cases of Covid-19 in Schools and Early Years and Childcare Settings
Early Years and Childcare Register Providers must follow the steps in the attached document for reporting positive cases of Covid-19
Help children through the impact of Covid-19
A website has been launched to provide interactive activities to help children better understand #Covid19 testing and how to stay safe during the pandemic.
Check it out
Teacher and parent support for home learning from the National Literacy Trust
Activities and support for parents, children and young people to improve language, literacy and communication skills from home.
Click here for more information and to access the activities
National Association for Special Educational Needs (Nasen) - Early Years SENCO Masterclasses
Nasen is offering a set of free Early Years SENCO Masterclasses, written and delivered by School Improvement Liverpool, commencing in February 2021.
They will cover:
• Staff well-being and CPD in Early Years
• Action planning and provision mapping to meet the needs of children with SEND
• Preparation for transition 2021
Free training for Speech, Language and Communication
As part of the EYSEND Partnership, I CAN is pleased to be offering training to early years SENCos, managers and early years practitioners to enable excellent support for SLCN in early years settings.
The training is provided at two levels – core and in-depth. You may choose to start with the core training and move to the in-depth, or if you have had previous SLCN training, you could move straight to the in-depth training.
Full details of how to access both levels of training can be found here.