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12 June 2024
* Playtime with Books – calling Practitioners! [ #link_1 ]
* Infant metal health awareness week
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* Safer Sleep [ #link_3 ]
* National Literacy Trust - Home Learning Resources [ #link_4 ]
* The Great Big Green Week
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* Environmental Sustainability – other ideas and resources [ #link_6 ]
* CPD/Training [ #link_7 ]
* Home learning [ #link_8 ]
Playtime with Books – calling Practitioners!
Reading together
*We are still looking for early years practitioners to be facilitators on the Playtime with Books programme. This will involve taking part in training in July and then being matched with a family (or families) to trial the programme together. *
*The programme will support families with children aged 10 months to 24 months to encourage early, enjoyable book sharing experiences together.*
This is an exciting CPD opportunity for you, or a member of your team, to receive training in interactive book sharing with young children and to contribute to the development of a new early years programme.
Please see a short clip here to introduce the programme - The Playtime with Books programme - PEDAL (pedalhub.net) [
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If you would like to take part, or have any questions, please email Eloise Stevens on ecs49@cam.ac.uk
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Infant metal health awareness week
This week, 10th – 16th June, is Infant Mental Health Awareness Week. The week encourages discussion and learning on the importance of supporting babies’ mental health and wellbeing. The theme for this year is ‘Speak up for Babies’ and the hashtag is #IMHAW
The Parent Infant Foundation website has a wealth of resources for parents and carers, as well as professionals, such as baby brain facts:
IMHAW - Parent-Infant Foundation (parentinfantfoundation.org.uk) [
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Baby
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Safer Sleep
The Lullaby Trust have produced a useful guide to equip professionals and families with the knowledge and information needed to help babies sleep more safely.
Safer-Sleep-Awareness-A-Guide-For-Childminders-Foster-Carers-Nannies-and-Nursery-Settings.pdf (lullabytrust.org.uk) [
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National Literacy Trust - Home Learning Resources
Pram walk
The National Literacy Trust has published ‘Chat, Play, Read’, an early years resource which contains fun and simple activities to support babies’ and toddlers’ communication and language development
It is available in 18 different languages for you to share with the multi-lingual families in your community too:
Chat, play, read booklets | National Literacy Trust [
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They have also produced free ‘Walk and Talk’ trail cards for families which give ideas to enhance conversations and interactions between parents/carers and children when they are out and about, again these are available in a range of home languages:
Talking to your child when you’re out and about | Words for Life [
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The Great Big Green Week
Big Green Week
There is still time to get involved in some Big Green Week Events across Cumbria as it continues until next Sunday 16th June.
There are lots of swapping events - plants, clothes, books, kids toys, clothes and more! Plus music, storytelling & poetry, repair cafes and craft, hustings, walks & talks, films, bike rides and walks, nature surveys and balsam bashing, gardening and seed sowing.
Great Big Green Week - Zero Carbon Cumbria - Carbon reduction action across the county. [
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Environmental Sustainability – other ideas and resources
Climate action month is from 07 June to 05 July. Settings, schools, families, and communities are being encouraged to get involved. Here are some resources to help you.
The Climate Action Countdown Calendar (letsgozero.org) [
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Climate Action Countdown Resources - Lets Go Zero [
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You can also look on the Early Years Website and find some fantastic early years guides on sustainable play and learning for young children under the ‘Environmental Sustainability’ tab:
Support for Childminders, Early Years and Childcare Provision | Cumberland Council [
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Also, a reminder that the *British Nutrition Foundation’s Healthy Eating Week (10-14 June 2024) includes ideas on reducing food waste in their early years resource pack - *hew-ey-guide-24.pdf (nutrition.org.uk) [
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CPD/Training
*Early Years in Mind Webinar – the power of story*
In this webinar, you will meet author Laura Henry-Allain and illustrator Zenovia Grant and be part of a conversation discussing how we can creatively support children to develop a positive state of wellbeing using stories like Sometimes Happy, Sometimes Sad
*Free online event: **Thursday 27 June, 16:30 - 18:00*
Course: The power of a story: talking to young children about mental health (annafreud.org) [
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*NESTA – How to create inclusive learning environments for early years children from global majority families*
This free online event is for early years practitioners, researchers and organisations looking to gain valuable insights and actionable strategies for promoting inclusivity within early years settings and for anyone who is interested in race equality within the early years sector.
Tuesday 18th June, 12:00 – 13:00 – free lunchtime event. Registration link below:
Nesta talks to... Dr Shaddai Tembo (eventsforce.net) [
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*Managers network meeting*
The next Manager’s Network meeting will be held via TEAMS on *Monday 17th June at 1.30pm – 3pm or 6pm – 7.30pm *
To book your place please email
andrew.young@cumberland.gov.uk
with your preferred time and then we will email a link to you to enable you to join the meeting.
We look forward to seeing you.
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*Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) network meeting*
The next DSL Meeting will be held via TEAMS on *Monday 24 June from 1.30 – 3.00pm or 6.00 -7.30pm*.
*To book your place please e-mail *karen.norman@cumberland.gov.uk_. _with _your_ preferred time. An e-mail with a link for the meeting will be sent out closer to the date.
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Home learning
*Making the most of Maths - *All sheets are now available on our website under the Mathematics tab
Support for Childminders, Early Years and Childcare Provision | Cumberland Council [
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*_Chat, Play, Share_*
As a reminder you can find all our Chat, Play, Share rhyme sheets on our website [
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