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21 August 2024
* Listening to Young Children’s Voices [ #link_1 ]
* Planning ahead for the new academic year [ #link_2 ]
* Campaign to support families with Toilet Training ahead of starting school [ #link_3 ]
* Embracing Inclusion in the Early Years [ #link_4 ]
* Fostering events – opportunity to find out more [ #link_5 ]
* Training and CPD [ #link_6 ]
Listening to Young Children’s Voices
Save the Children have provided a new area of the Early Years Knowledge Bank [
] on why and how to listen to young children's voices.
Also, Famly have written a blog on a conversation with Sonia Maidstone-Cotton about the importance of listening to children through their behaviour:
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Planning ahead for the new academic year
Parenta have produced a useful planning guide for early years settings on things that you may wish to consider as you prepare for the new academic year. Whilst we recognise that many of you operate all year round, providing care and education throughout the summer period, we think that you will still find this helpful as you reflect and start to prepare for the arrival of many new children and families – Strategies for the new academic year [
]
Please also remember to use the Early Years Transitions toolkit and think about how to incorporate this into your planning right across the year - Support for Childminders, Early Years and Childcare Provision | Cumberland Council [
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see Transition Toolkit tab.
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Campaign to support families with Toilet Training ahead of starting school
Children’s charity ERIC has launched a new campaign to support children starting school in September to get ready to use toilets independently, and to remove some of the stigma associated with toilet training.
Families can sign up for useful, easy to follow information on ‘Hop aboard the Toilet Train!’ here: All aboard the Toilet Train: Get ready for school - ERIC [
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Embracing Inclusion in the Early Years
Childcare Works have partnered with Dingley’s Promise, a leader in SEND best practice, to offer a comprehensive package of expert-led videos [
]. These resources provide practical guidance to build confidence and skills in creating truly inclusive early years environments.
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Fostering events – opportunity to find out more
Fostering
The Cumbria Fostering team has been out and about this summer, helping people to get started on their fostering journeys. If you have lots of questions about fostering, why not attend one of our upcoming events next month?
Many looked after children have not had the positive family experience that most children have, but all it takes is one foster carer to make that difference. By becoming a foster carer with us you could help to give children the loving start in life they deserve.
People from all walks of life can become foster carers. Your background, life skills and experience can help support the children and young people you care for.
If you think you might have what it takes and would like to find out more, why not attend one of Cumbria Fostering’s upcoming information drop-ins this month:
* *Thursday 12 September* - Join our virtual information session on Zoom and speak to our friendly team and carers between 6.30pm and 8pm. To reserve your place email crisp@cumberland.gov.uk
before 12pm on Tuesday 10 September.
* *Saturday 21 September* - Visit our information stand at Cumbria Pride at Caldew Riverside (Lower Viaduct) car park, Carlisle from 12pm till 4pm
* *Saturday 28 September* - Visit our information Stand at Kendal Torchlight Street Festival in Kendal Town Centre from 10am to 3pm
For more details visit cumbriafostering.org.uk [
] or call 0300 019 0200
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Training and CPD
CSCP Training
Upcoming training from the CSCP
The Cumbria Safeguarding Children Partnership (CSCP) is delivering an array of training sessions in 2024.
These courses are an essential way to keep your practice up-to-date. These include:
*Parental Substance Misuse Training*
* *Wednesday 13 November 2024 (9.30am - 12pm) *- delivered via MS Teams
Book your place: CSCP.Training@cumbria.gov.uk
When booking onto MS Teams training, please DO NOT share the link with anyone else, as numbers are restricted.
This can have a serious impact on delivery of the training and the numbers attending.
Tiny Happy People
*Free BBC Tiny Happy People Champions Training *
*Various dates from September to December 2024* *at 3.30 – 4.30pm or 6.30 – 7.30pm* (*Microsoft Teams) *
The BBC Tiny Happy People initiative supports parents & carers to help develop their little ones’ language and communication skills in the home learning environment.
BBC Tiny Happy People, they are offering FREE monthly free Champions Training sessions. The free, virtual, 60 minute session will explain the approach, show you how to find content on the website quickly and efficiently plus highlight those key, relevant language techniques and resources that are available for you to share with families and colleagues.
*By filling in** the form to register* [
]* you have given BBC Tiny Happy People the permission to process your data for Champions Training Sessions and future communications. For more information on how your data is processed, review our **Privacy Notice here* [
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*CLICK HERE TO REGISTER* [
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*Early Years Alliance online training – upcoming courses*
The Early Years Alliance have various courses coming up soon including:
* Getting to grips with the EYFS - part 1 Overview of the changes (Thursday 12 September, 12pm - 2pm) - Book now [
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* Observation, assessment and planning - a child-centred approach (Monday 16 September, 1pm - 4.30pm) - Book now [
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* *NEW* - Navigating success: Organising an impactful AGM (Thursday 12 Sept, 6.30pm - 7.30pm) - Book now [
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* A walk-through of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) for those new to the early years (Thursday 19 Sept, 6.30pm - 7.30pm) - Book now [
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*You can also see the full programme of online training events on **EYA Central* [
]* under the 'Training and resources' tab or download the latest training calendar **here* [
]*.*
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