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*Bulletin 312*
*13 May 2024*
*Welcome to our Early Years and Childcare Bulletin. Previous Bulletins are available at: *Cheshire East Early years and Childcare Bulletin [
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Business Support
*Wraparound Childcare*
*"Are you a school looking for a wraparound childcare provider?"*
*"Are you a wraparound childcare provider looking to work with schools to develop new provision?"*
The government’s ambition is that all parents and carers of primary school-aged children who need wraparound childcare should be able to access term time provision in their local area from 8am-6pm (or equivalent, if data shows that local demand is for different hours).
The government expects all schools that educate primary school-aged pupils to:
* work with your local authority wraparound lead and others in the sector, to identify how you can support parents to access wraparound childcare.
* have school or PVI provider (including childminder) run wraparound childcare on the school site, unless there is a reasonable justification not to (having considered all support available, in particular from the national wraparound childcare programme).
* work collaboratively with your LA to ensure parents are, at a minimum, signposted to appropriate provision, if you are unable to have wraparound on the school site. Provision must not require parents to pick up or drop off their children between the school day and wraparound.
* promote and support government subsidies such as Tax-Free Childcare (TFC) and Universal Credit (UC) Childcare, which can help parents with the affordability of childcare, and supports schools, trusts, and PVI providers with the sustainability of provision.
In addition, schools are expected to:
* respond to their community’s wraparound needs by adhering to the right to request guidance, which describes your role in:
* considering and responding to parents’ requests for the school to deliver wraparound childcare.
* considering and responding to PVI providers’ requests to use the school site to deliver wraparound childcare.
* support the local authority to understand parental demand and, where relevant, existing wraparound provision in your school.
We would like to facilitate links between schools and prospective wraparound childcare providers. Please register your details here:
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Please contact Earlyyearsandchildcareteam@cheshireeast.gov.uk if you require any support.
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*Expanded entitlements from September 2024 onwards*
From 1 April, eligible working parents can apply for:
* 15 hours childcare for their two-year-old
* 30 hours childcare for their three- or four-year-old
The second phase of the childcare support expansion will be rolled out from September. *From 12 May, eligible working parents can apply for 15 hours for their child aged 9 months old and over.*
To be eligible from 1 September 2024, children must have a date of birth on or before 30 November 2023.
To use their hours during autumn term, parents need to apply for their code by 31 August and must reconfirm their details every three months via their Childcare Choices account. Codes applied for in May will have an end date in August and will therefore need reconfirming before the code can be used for autumn term 2024.
Once codes are provided by parents, please check the end date of the code via the Eligibility Checker on the Provider Portal by adding the code, child date of birth and parent/carer NI number. The data will not be stored at this stage but will highlight to parents the importance of reconfirming their code, especially those whose codes have an end date before 31 August 2024.
From September 2025, eligible working parents with children between 9 months up to school age will have access to 30 hours childcare.
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*Provider Portal Closure – Summer Term*
The Provider Portal has closed for the summer term. Any further additions or adjustments for the summer term should be emailed, with a copy of the completed parental declaration form, to the FEEE Team at FEEE@cheshireeast.gov.uk__
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*Parental Declaration Form *__
In readiness for autumn term and the second phase of the expanded entitlements, updates have been made to the parental declaration form [
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This can be used for new children (parents can still sign the older version if in place, for any amendments). From April 2024 2-year-olds qualify for DAF and EYPP, and under 2s will qualify from September 2024, it is vital that the consent boxes on the parental declaration are ticked to enable an eligibility check to be completed.
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*Grant funding to develop new childcare places*
*Childcare Expansion Capital Grant*
This funding is intended to support expansion of the 30-hours early years entitlement for working families and wraparound provision in primary schools. It must be spent on capital projects, and is being provided to meet the capital costs associated with projects that help ensure sufficient places for:
* Children taking up an early years place through the expanded 30-hours entitlement for qualifying working parents (from the term following the child reaching 9-months to the term in which they turn 3-years-old);
* Increasing the supply of wraparound childcare for primary-school aged children.
Projects may be funded to develop either 30-hours early years entitlement or wraparound childcare, or both.
*National Wraparound Childcare Programme*
Revenue funding will be available to support the operating costs of new wraparound provision.
The funding will be tapered. This reflects the expectation that the funding is used to fund set up and running costs of new and expanded wraparound places and that, as take-up of provision increases, and therefore income from parental payments increases, the level of grant funding needed to contribute to running costs to ensure sustainability reduces.
Details of how to apply for the development grants will be made available via this bulletin during summer term. Applications will be invited from all sectors; day nurseries, pre-schools, schools, childminders, before and after school childcare providers.
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Briefing for Prospective Childminders
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Please share this information on your social media accounts:
Are you interested in becoming a Childminder? We are running regular Childminder briefing sessions to provide information on what it means to be a Childminder and how to apply. Please click on the link below to complete the online form
Interested in Becoming a Childminder (cheshireeast.gov.uk) [
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Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements
Car Seat Safety
car seat safety
For more information click the button below to view the Child Car Seats section of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) website.
*RoSPA Child Car Seats* [
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[
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*Seat Belts and Child Restraints* [
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CESCP Training
CESCP
Cheshire East Safeguarding Childen’s Partnership training aims to equip practitioners with the confidence and competence to respond effectively to children's safeguarding issues. The CESCP provides a series of multi-agency safeguarding learning and development opportunities including core and specialised courses, briefing sessions, e-learning and conferences to build on the experience, knowledge and skills that staff require for working with children and families.
Click on the button below to browse their training opportunities.
*CESCP Training* [
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*DSL Cluster *
* *11th June 2024 **09:30 - 11:30 (Teams)*
* *11th June 2024 **18:30 - 20:30 **(Teams)*
The North West Regional Outreach Adviser for the Disclosure and Barring Service will be joining us for these DSL clusters. We will also be discussing learning from a recent safeguarding practice review and the usual local and national safeguarding updates.
*Please book on through the ChESS Early Years Training Hub*
*Early Years Training Hub* [
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Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements: Focus on...
Safeguarding picture
The lead practitioner must provide support, advice and guidance to any other staff on an ongoing basis, and on any specific safeguarding issue as required. The lead practitioner must attend a child protection training course that enables them to identify, understand and respond appropriately to signs of possible abuse and neglect.
Log in to your ChESS Early Years Training Hub [
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National updates
*Protective security and preparedness for education settings guidance*
The Department for Education have published non-statutory guidance which provides advice to help educational settings to become better prepared for and able to respond to terrorism and other major incidents. It sets out practical steps to keep learners and staff safe in the event of an incident through simple and cost-effective methods. There is also a Action Counters Terrorism (ACT) for Education e-learning module to complete.
Protective security and preparedness for education settings - GOV.UK ( [
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EYFS Learning and Development
Bookstart Shine Packs
bookstart
*To contact BookTrust, please see the contact details below:*
Frances Lennon, BookTrust Coordinator - 07827 954086
Sarah Harrison, BookTrust Administrator - 07827 877966
bookstart@cheshiresharedservices.gov.uk
SEND
*Top Tip for Transition*
Transition – Coffee Mornings
The SEND Transition Team have been working on several pilots around transition alongside local settings, children and their families. They have been trialling a variety of ideas and measuring their impact. From this, it has been identified that parent/carer communication is key. To support this, the SEND Transition Team have been trialling coffee mornings to encourage discussions around transition. They have so far worked with years 5/6 and years 10/11 parent/carers and the feedback has been really positive. It enables our families to ask questions, talk together and outline their concerns and gives them a platform to be heard. The SEND Transition Team would really encourage these coffee mornings to be held within your settings to promote these conversations and hopefully minimise fears and anxieties that could transfer on to our children/young people.
The team would love to hear of your suggestions around transitions that have worked well in your schools, which can be promoted with other settings.
*Cheshire East SEND Transition Team contact details:*
Rachael Pickles – Transition Team Manager:
rachael.pickles2@cheshireeast.gov.uk 07816 144386
Loren Whiteside – Transition Adviser:
loren.whiteside2@cheshireeast.gov.uk 07557 801258
Tanya Houghton-Heath – Transition Adviser:
tanya.houghtonheath2@cheshireeast.gov.uk 07385 002348
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*New Training Opportunity! Liquidlogic Training - EHCP Reviews*
* *3rd June 2024 **09:30 - 11:00 (Teams)*
* *10th June 2024 18:00 - 19:30 (Teams)*
A demonstration on how to complete EHCP annual reviews on the case management system, Liquidlogic. The training is appropriate for Early Years settings who have one or more children with a draft or final EHCP. This session will include an overview of how to log in and access Liquidlogic and how it is used in Cheshire East Council. There will be an explanation of trays in Liquidlogic and a demonstration of a full EHCP annual review, including scheduling meetings, pre-reviewing paperwork and meeting outcomes. Login details will be provided to attendees after the session.
*Please book on through the ChESS Early Years Training Hub*
*Early Years Training Hub* [
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*SEN Inclusion Funding (SENIF) – summer term 2024*
Children in receipt of SEN Inclusion Funding before 1 January 2024, when the new SENIF policy [
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Many of these children will start school in September 2024. Children who have not yet reached school age by September and therefore continue to access their early education entitlements will require a new SENIF application under the terms of the new policy.
Applications for SEN Inclusion Funding received after 1 January 2024 are considered under the new SENIF policy [
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SEND Inclusion Funding (cheshireeast.gov.uk) [
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*SENCO Contact Details*
Please ensure that the SENCO contact details for your setting are up to date. If you have referred a child at your setting to the Early Years Forum, the outcome of Forum will be shared with SENCO's via the contact details held on the Provider Portal.
Please check the information held by the Early Years Team via the Staff section of the Provider Portal and add/delete SENCO details as required. Guidance notes [
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SEND Consultations
If you would like to book a SEND, PSED or Communication and Language consultation, please email: earlyyearsandchildcareteam@cheshireeast.gov.uk
You will be sent paperwork to complete, once that is finished and returned by secure email, including with a parent/carers signature, you will be offered a consultation slot.
*Please note that the PSED paperwork has been updated. Please delete any old copies that you have saved and email to request the latest forms.*
Cheshire East Chatters
*Cheshire East Chatters Summer Term Training*
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Cheshire East Chatters Talking Walk-in's
Please share the information below with parents. The Talking Walk-in's are opportunities for parents to speak with a Speech and Language Therapist to receive advice and guidance to support their child at home.
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Family Hubs
PVC Banner Collection
PVC banner
We are providing settings (nurseries, pre-schools, schools and childminders) in Cheshire East with a PVC banner to promote Childcare Choices and the new entitlements.
These are now available to collect from the reception at either:
* *Oakenclough Family Hub, Colshaw Drive, Wilmslow, SK9 2PZ*
* *Monks Coppenhall Family Hub, Remer Street, Crewe, CW1 4LY*
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*Childminder Drop-In's*
Childminder drop in
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Cheshire East Family Hubs
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Continuous Professional Development
Summer Term Training now available on the Early Years Training Hub
The ChESS Early Years Training Hub has been updated with lots of training opportunities for the Summer term, please take a look and book on now!
Upcoming training:
*Two-Year-Old Training - Busy Being 2 - 4th June 2024 13:30 - 15:30 (Monks Coppenhall Family Hub)*
This training is for all practitioners working with 2-year-olds and will provide the skills and child development knowledge needed to work with this unique age group. Busy Being 2 training will cover what you need to know about child development at 2, how 2-year-olds like to learn, the physical environment and supporting feelings and emotions.
*Early Years Inclusion Toolkit - 5th June 2024 09:00 - 10:30 or **11:00 - 12:30 **(Oakenclough Family Hub)*
This session will concentrate on the new sections of the Cheshire East Inclusion Toolkit for Early Years and how they can be utilised effectively to support your role in the setting. We will also discuss the changes that are likely to be made to the paperwork and the new sections that are upcoming.
*Early Years Inclusion Toolkit - 5th June 2024 18:00 - 19:30 (Teams)*
This session will concentrate on the new sections of the Cheshire East Inclusion Toolkit for Early Years and how they can be utilised effectively to support your role in the setting. We will also discuss the changes that are likely to be made to the paperwork and the new sections that are upcoming.
*Difficult Safeguarding Conversations - 6th June 2024 10:00 - 11:30 (Teams)*
This two hour training course aims to provide practical advice to enable practitioners to feel more confident in starting conversations about safeguarding concerns. The course will look at parent partnerships, professional curiosity and the practicalities of having difficult safeguarding conversations.
*Step Inside the Baby Room - 6th June 2024 10:00 - 12:30 (Monks Coppenhall Family Hub)*
This training aims to support practitioners working in the baby room. The training will cover how babies learn and develop, how we can best meet their needs through attachment and interactions and how to build an environment and play resources that are right for babies. We will also discuss safer sleep.
*Making Sense of Autism - 12th June 2024 **09:30 - 11:30 (Teams)*
This session will ensure participants know the importance of understanding the individual child on the autism spectrum and their profile of strengths and weaknesses and be able to identify the four key areas of difference that need to be taken into account when working with children on the autism spectrum.
*New Managers - Staff Development - 13th June 2024 **09:30 - 11:00 (Teams)*
This session is part of a series focussing on supporting early years practitioners to progress in management roles. This training will look at statutory requirements and skills needed to be an effective manager. This course is suitable for new managers, deputy managers, senior staff and those who aspire to be in a management position.
*Role of the SENCO - 14th June 2024 09:30 - 15:00 (Oakenclough Family Hub)*
This course has been written for those new to the role of the SENCO and those wishing to refresh their knowledge. If you need information on Cheshire East’s graduated approach, Cheshire East’s SEND Toolkit, up to date and relevant paperwork, external advice systems and processes, then this is the course for you.
*Owners, Managers and Childminders - 17th June 2024 10:00 - 12:00 (Oakenclough Family Hub)*
Owners, Managers and Childminders briefings are an opportunity to hear the latest updates from our Early Years Team, network with other owners, managers and childminders and ask questions. We hope to see as many of you as possible.
*Safer Recruitment - 18th June 2024 09:30 - 16:00 (Oakenclough Family Hub)*
This one-day course gives childcare providers, including childminders who employ assistants, information and understanding they need to recruit safely and comply with relevant statutory guidance. This course covers safer recruitment and the wider context of safeguarding, the prevalence of abuse and profile of abusers, important features of a safer recruitment process including interview and selection, setting acceptable standards of behaviour and maintaining an ongoing culture of vigilance.
*WellComm - 19th June 2024 09:30 - 14:00 (Oakenclough Family Hub)*
During this session there will be opportunities to discuss and define terms relating to communication and how these relate to the WellComm screening tool, examine the rationale behind using WellComm to screen, track and monitor individual children and discuss the practicalities of setting up targeted groups.
*Owners, Managers and Childminders - 19th June 2024 18:30 - 20:30 (Teams)*
Owners, Managers and Childminders briefings are an opportunity to hear the latest updates from our Early Years Team, network with other owners, managers and childminders and ask questions. We hope to see as many of you as possible.
*Owners, Managers and Childminders - 20th June 2024 10:00 - 12:00 (Monks Coppenhall Family Hub)*
Owners, Managers and Childminders briefings are an opportunity to hear the latest updates from our Early Years Team, network with other owners, managers and childminders and ask questions. We hope to see as many of you as possible.
*Early Years Inclusion Toolkit - 21st June 2024 09:00 - 10:30 _or_ 11:00 - 12:30 (Monks Coppenhall Family Hub)*
This session will concentrate on the new sections of the Cheshire East Inclusion Toolkit for Early Years and how they can be utilised effectively to support your role in the setting. We will also discuss the changes that are likely to be made to the paperwork and the new sections that are upcoming.
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Don't Forget!
*Early Years Training Hub – reminder to sign up*
Thank you to everyone who has already signed up to the ChESS Early Years Training Hub. If you haven’t yet signed up, please do so now to book on to training. You can sign up by accessing this link:
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Then click on the *sign up* button on the top right hand side of the login page.
The* ChESS Early Years Training Hub* button on our Early years training [
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Through our Early Years training page, you can find information about the training and CPD offer available to Early Years practitioners in Cheshire East.
Please note: If you already have access to the ChESS Hub for schools, you do not need to sign up again, however, please email us to request additional access user rights to the Early Years Hub.
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