1. Early Years Sharing the Agenda 15.08.16

2. Aileen McLean – Senior Education Manager Early Stages
Welcome back to new session

3. Successes and Achievements

4. Edinburgh Playday 2016

5. Edinburgh’s Playday on 26th July was attended by up to 3,000 people
The event aims to highlight the importance of play in children’s development
Activities were provided by Early Years Play Development and Edinburgh Play Forum partners
Sand, water, mud, potions, loose parts play, junk drumming, stories, games and baby heuristic play were on offer
Edinburgh’s Playday provides lots of fun activities for children and their families on a large scale and in an exciting environment which parents can replicate at home for little or no cost

6. EELCA .

7. Teachers new to nursery Network Funded Qualifications Group
Edinburgh’s Early Learning and Childcare Academy
Aim Statement
The Edinburgh Early Learning and Childcare Academy will provide training to develop a highly qualified, skilled and effective workforce, committed to lifelong learning and ensuring the very best outcomes for our children and families. 1
BA Students Network 2
Teachers new to nursery Network 3
SEYO and EYO Networks 4
Funded Qualifications Group 5
Trainee/MA Early Years Practitioners
Working Group 6
Assessors Group 7
Early Years Job Swap 8
Play Training 9
CPD
Working group

8. EELCA graduates 2016

9. Trainee/MA Early Years Practitioners
Cohort 1 August 2014 – 2016
21 achieved qualification
12 have permanent posts
9 on the supply list
Cohort 2 August 2016 – 2018
28 new starts

10. Funded Qualifications
EELCA provides funding to support staff in working towards the following qualifications.
SVQ2 & SVQ3 Health & Social Care (Children and Young People)
BA Early Childhood Studies
PDA Early Childhood Studies
Froebel In Early Childhood

11. Failure to maintain registration!
Scottish Social Services Council – SSSC registration
Failure to maintain registration!

12. Inspections – Education Scotland 2015 – 2016
From June 2015 Education Scotland carried out inspections in 7 partner providers, 1 nursery class and 1 nursery school.
45 grades were awarded as follows:
2 excellent
17 very good
18 good
8 satisfactory

13. Inspection feedback
In most inspections inspectors praised the warm, caring relationships among children, parents and staff.
In some inspections the quality of the learning environment indoors and outdoors including the use of the local community was praised.
Areas for further improvement were highlighted as the need to ensure effective systems for tracking children’s progress to ensure depth and challenge in children’s learning.

14. Changes to E S inspections
New inspection models from August 2016
Using the new HGIOELCC
Full inspection model
Short inspection model
Localised thematic model
Neighbourhood model

15. Quality Indicators and Themes
Leadership and Management
Learning Provision
Successes and achievements
How good is our leadership and approach to improvement?
How good is the quality of the care and learning we offer?
How good are we at ensuring the best possible outcomes for all our children?
1.3 Leadership of change
2.3 Learning, teaching and assessment.
3.1 Ensuring wellbeing, equality and inclusion.
3.2 Securing children’s progress.
Also,
2.1 Safeguarding & child
protection.
2.2 Curriculum (learning pathways)
2.7 Partnerships (impact of parental engagement)

16. Care Inspectorate changes....
In highly performing centres inspectors will consider Quality Theme 1 Care and Support plus one other Quality Theme based on intelligence and knowledge of the service.
Services will be eligible for this type of inspection if :
They have grades of good or better for all quality themes
There are no known concerns about the centre
There are no significant variations since the last inspection
The last inspection was undertaken within the current inspection frequency

17. C. I. inspections contd
For services that do not met this criteria inspections will continue with the four quality themes
Care and Support
Environment
Staffing
Management and Leadership

18. Care Inspectorate changes....
In highly performing centres inspectors will consider Quality Theme 1 Care and Support plus one other Quality Theme based on intelligence and knowledge of the service.
Services will be eligible for this type of inspection if :
They have grades of good or better for all quality themes
There are no known concerns about the centre
There are no significant variations since the last inspection
The last inspection was undertaken within the current inspection frequency

19. C. I. inspections contd
For services that do not met this criteria inspections will continue with the four quality themes
Care and Support
Environment
Staffing
Management and Leadership

20. Early Years Literacy Bundle Self-Evaluation for Self-Improvement
How well are you using the resources in the bundle?
How do you know?
What are your next steps?
May 2016

21. Literacy Update August 2016
Hard copy of all this information has been issued to all CEC establishments today and available on the blog.

23. There are two new trackers for Early level –
Literacy Tracker
The literacy trackers have been developed by a working group during session 2015/16 based on feedback from practitioners and parents. The new trackers are further informed by the Primary One Literacy Assessment and Action Resource (POLAAR) from Education Scotland.
There are two new trackers for Early level –
Early Level Tracker #1 – mainly for use in ELC Settings for 3yr and 4yr old children
Early Level Tracker #2 (POLAAR) – mainly for use in Primary One
All the information for how to use the tracker is included in the advice note.
Further information to support EAL children will be given.

24. Early Level Tracker #1 – Should be on e-journals
Literacy Tracker
Early Level Tracker #1 – Should be on e-journals
The new trackers are designed to identify areas for challenge/support in each child’s learning. This information can then be reflected upon to plan next steps in learning.
This tool should be completed by staff twice per year ideally in September/October and then again in April/May. For children who join during the session, it should be completed approximately a month after they start.
Information should be gathered over time generally through observation, although sometimes staff may need to set up a specific small group or individual activity to fully assess a child’s progress.

25. Part 2: Next steps and using this tracker in your practice
Literacy Tracker
 Part 2: Next steps and using this tracker in your practice
Staff should use the information collected using this tracker to plan next steps in a child’s learning and to reflect on their progress over time. The ‘Assessment with actions resource’ should be used to plan actions. Actions should be recorded on the second page.
If a child is showing early development in a range of literacy skills or staff have concerns about their literacy development they should use the Up, Up and Away resource to plan further adjustments and strategies to support their learning.
The tracker could be included in the PLP as a summary of progress and achievement and to identify next steps in learning. The tracker should be used to support transition.

26. Environmental Toolkit
Based on feedback, the environmental toolkit has been revised and reduced - now 2 sides of A4. More manageable and focused / less repetition.
Again, hard copy sent out.

27. Revised edition is coming soon!
Up, Up and Away
Revised edition is coming soon!
Reduced to 1 book – format matching Primary Circle document
Revised tools and matrix – available electronically and easier to complete

28. Planning for 2-3 year olds
City of Edinburgh Council
Planning for 2-3 year olds

29. Contents Page Planning for 2-3 year olds Guidelines
Planning Proforma for 2-3 year olds
Responsive Planning for 2 to 3 year olds
Responsive Planning for 2 to 3 year olds Example
Planning for 2 to 3 years Individual Next Steps in Learning
Building the Ambition Possible Learning Statements for 2-3 year olds
Transition Report: Moving from toddler to the young child

30. Planning Proforma for 2-3 year olds
This planning proforma can be used to plan for an individual child or group of children aged 2 to 3 years.

31. Possible Learning Statements for 2-3 year olds
Listening and Talking
I enjoy listening to stories.
I am learning to sit well and listen in a small group for short periods of time.
I am learning to follow simple instructions.
I am learning to put together simple sentences.
My speech sounds are becoming clearer.
I am beginning to be able to express my needs.
I learning to ask simple questions.
I am learning to take part in verbal games, and learning familiar rhymes and songs.
I am learning to point to items/objects/pictures and name them.
I can use language in a variety of play situations.

32. Possible Learning Statements for 2-3 year olds
Social and Emotional Wellbeing
I am beginning to feel secure and settled at nursery.
I am getting to know the people who look after me at nursery, and they are getting to know me.
I am learning to play co-operatively with others.
I am learning to take turns and share.
I am learning the rules and routines of my nursery.
I am learning to be kind to my friends and understand what makes them sad or happy.
I am becoming aware of my emotions and am learning different ways to express them.
I am learning to make choices throughout my day using visual aids and props.
I am learning that there are a lot of people around us who help us, like policemen, doctors, nurses and firemen.
I am learning that people in our community have different jobs, such as shop keepers, bus driver, teachers, etc.
I am learning about my family and I am beginning to understand that all the families are different.
I am learning that everyone is different.

33. Planning for 2’s Briefing Sessions
Title: Building the Ambition: Planning for 2’s: Briefing session to outline a
new approach
Tutors: Dawn O’Donnell and Raquel Miro
Course code: CF2414
Venue and date: various
Wednesday 14 September  2.00 – 3.30 at Hailesland EYC
Monday 26 September   2016       – 3.30 at Fort EYC
Thursday 6 October 2016                1.30 – 3.00 at  Currie Playgroup
Monday 10 October 2016               2.00 – 3.30 at Greendykes EYC
Monday 7 November 2016            – 3.30 at Viewforth EYC
Log on through CPD in the usual way.

34. Parenting Support 2016/2017 Application process
Individually / pairs / cluster / localities
Apply by 30 September – online form
Details ed to each setting
Overall budget remains same as last year - £900 per setting
Opportunity to look at different opportunities pairs / cluster etc
Simple online form – complete by end of Sept – funding allocated before October
ALL ESTABLISHMENTS MUST COMPLETE AN EVALUATION – to measure impact

35. New Nursery Teacher Network 2016 – 2017
For teachers newly appointed to the nursery setting
Dates for new session and details will be ed shortly
Feedback:
The meetings are a fantastic opportunity to get together and to talk through any issues or challenges.
A great opportunity to see other centres and meet other colleagues
Some key issues were covered to support my practice

36. Resources and information
EY blog
Resources and information

37. Dates for your diary
Success in the City CF Monday 24th October 9 – 1pm
Including presentation on Block Play 9.30 – 11.30am and 1 – 3pm
Curriculum for Excellence CF1099 – Wednesday 5th October – 8.30 – 11.30
Wednesday 3rd May – 8.30 – 11.30
Early years Conference - Thursday 23rd February