1. Starting Life Well IN Salford “ In my beginning is my end.” T.S. Eliot Starting Life Well Service Rebecca Bibby Early Years Transitions Are you ready for me?

2. Starting Life Well IN Salford “ In my beginning is my end.” T.S. Eliot Anticipation Excitement curiosity Anxiety Uncertainty Fear Bewilderment

3. Starting Life Well IN Salford “ In my beginning is my end.” T.S. Eliot Quote from revised EYFS: KP on page 18? 2.8 – dialogue between R and 1 teacher? Link to p12 Development A Good Start! By the time children start school they are likely to have experienced several transitions in their own life, family life and in educational settings. Change is one of the few certainties in everyone’s life. As children grow and develop they need to learn to cope with changes.

4. Starting Life Well IN Salford “ In my beginning is my end.” T.S. Eliot

5. Starting Life Well IN Salford “ In my beginning is my end.” T.S. Eliot

6. Starting Life Well IN Salford “ In my beginning is my end.” T.S. Eliot First contacts Matter

7. Starting Life Well IN Salford “ In my beginning is my end.” T.S. Eliot First contacts Matter

8. Starting Life Well IN Salford “ In my beginning is my end.” T.S. Eliot Good Practice Summary Making parents, carers and children feel welcome Value is given to information about languages spoken at home, religions, festivals and how they are celebrated. Getting to know the child and giving them opportunity to know you Offering clear and practical advice and information in a range of ways, formal and informal. Recognising the importance of the first language for learning Being approachable and presenting an open attitude to families from the start Cultural and linguistic diversity is celebrated

9. Starting Life Well IN Salford “ In my beginning is my end.” T.S. Eliot ‘A high quality early years experience provides a firm foundation on which to enable future academic, social and emotional success. The key to this is ensuring good communication between all settings. Transition should be seen as a process which should be planned for and discussed with children and parents’ EYFS, DfES 2007 Flexibility Matters

10. Starting Life Well IN Salford “ In my beginning is my end.” T.S. Eliot Good Practice Summary Staff and families work together to settle children in. Arrangements are adapted to needs of each child/family There is a clearly written policy that is understood by everyone involved All key persons and agencies are involved in settling in Settling in is planned with time given and staffing allocated Flexible routines flow with the child’s routines Arrangements are made, if necessary, for interpreters/translators

11. Starting Life Well IN Salford “ In my beginning is my end.” T.S. Eliot Continuity Matters

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13. Transitions for Children with Known Additional Needs

14. Transition from Home to First Setting Family and Child will be supported by Early Support Key Worker. Family Service Plan Meeting arranged inviting staff from setting where child will be attending. Professionals involved with child will share information with setting and arrange to visit child in setting. If required an Access Visit will be arranged to assess the environment and make recommendations for any adaptations and/or specialist equipment the child may need.

15. High expectations for children Mainstream providers must: - use their best endeavours to ensure that the necessary provision is made for any individual who has SEN; Maintained nursery schools and mainstream schools, must: - designate an appropriate member of staff (the SEN co-ordinator) to have responsibility for co-ordinating provision for children with SEN; - publish information on their SEN policy, and the measures and facilities put in place to assist access for disabled children. Equality Act 2010 requires settings to make reasonable adjustments for disabled children and young people to help alleviate any substantial disadvantage they experience because of their disability, and they must not discriminate against or harass them.

16. Planning for children with SEN is paramount

17. Starting Life Well IN Salford “ In my beginning is my end.” T.S. Eliot ‘My Story’ document

18. Level 3 Bursary Funding When a child with SEN is moving to the next setting in certain circumstance SLW maybe able to support this process by granting additional funding for an adult to support this to attend transition visits along with the child to share strategies and information.

19. Starting Life Well IN Salford “ In my beginning is my end.” T.S. Eliot EHCP Pilot Scheme Transition can be a difficult time for children with SEN moving into a school nursery setting. The SEND funding mechanisms do not apply to those in nursery classes unless they have an EHCP. For a variety of reasons it is not always appropriate to complete a Statutory Assessment prior to starting nursery class. This can sometimes lead to a negative experience for the child and family as the correct support is not in place so the child may be offered a reduced timetable and possibly lead to them being excluded. We have therefore identified 5 children with complex needs who are moving into nursery class without an EHCP. The nursery are to be given additional funding for up to 3 terms. This will enable the child to be correctly supported whilst the nursery continue their assessments and if necessary apply for an EHCP.