Early Years Sharing the Agenda

12th August 2014

Early Years Update

Update on Early Years StrategyImplications of the Children’s Act

Aileen McLean – Senior Education Manager

Early Years

National Initiatives• Children and Young People Act (Scotland) 2014• Early Years Collaborative• National Play Strategy• Early Years and Early Intervention Change Fund• Curriculum for Excellence• Pre-birth to 3

Early Years Strategy

Aim1. To develop integrated flexible services to provide effective learning and childcare for all children and families.

• High quality in LA classes and centres• Good inspections across partner provider settings• Development of literacy and numeracy trackers• Maintaining the improvements to deferred entry• Planned and opened new nursery class provision• Additional training to support 0-3

Early Years StrategyAim2. To develop a highly skilled and motivated workforce to

deliver a high quality Early Years service• All LA staff registered with the SSSC• 59 practitioners studying for the BA/17 completed• 9 supported for prof dev award• 7 completed the Froebel qualification• Plans to train staff to deliver 600 hours• Introduction of SEYO post

Early Years StrategyAim3. To develop universal services in partnership to support all

children and families• Improved partnership working with the Early Years

Collaborative• PEEP and a range of parent programmes delivered• Reviewing breakfast club provision• Launch a co-operative charter to support parent led after

school clubs• Partnership with economic development

Early Years StrategyAim4. Learning through play opportunities and active learning

are developed and integral parts of the early years service• Learning through play CPD• Play Forum and Play Champion• Grounds for Learning worked with 6 schools to transform

playgrounds• 2 schools gained legacy funding• 750 staff attended 22 training opps • OPAL water play won national play award• Play Day on Royal Mile

What next?Implementation of the Children and Young People Act (Scotland)• Passed in February• Draft statutory guidance issued• Commencement 1st August 2014• Parts 6,7 and 8 relate to Early Learning and Childcare and the

powers within LA related to day care and out of school care• Entitlement of early Learning and Childcare for all 3 and 4 year olds• Increased numbers of eligible two year olds to include children from

“workless households.”

National GuidanceLook at questions such as• The image of the child• Involvement of the family• How play and learning are connected• Understanding attachment• What practitioners can do to help• Developmental stages of babies, toddlers and young children• Consultation on the early years workforce

National Workforce Review Grouphttps://consult.scotland.gov.uk/early-years/second-call-for-evidence-for-the-independent-revie

Other news

• Additional in-service day 18th SeptemberCfE Moderation of QI 5.1 - CF2033 venue tbc

• Information about 2 year olds

• Additional funding for support for parents

• Additional funding for Early Years PrioritiesLiteracy, Numeracy and Outdoor Play

Staffing to support 600 HoursEELCA – Edinburgh Learning and

Childcare Academy

Donna Murray – EYC Project Manager

Edinburgh Early Learning and Childcare Academy (EELCA)

Sharing the Agenda

12th August 2014

Early Years Strategy

Aim 2:

To develop a highly skilled and motivated workforce to deliver a high quality Early Years

service.

Edinburgh Early Learning and Childcare Academy - EELCA

Meeting the requirements of The Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014.

Ambition to ‘grow our own’ highly skilled workforce.

EELCA Working Groups and Networks

• BA students Network• New Nursery Teachers and Early Years Officer Networks• Modern Apprentice EYP working Group• Trainee EYP Working Group• Working with 2 year olds and Leadership Networks• Play Network• CPD Network

Modern Apprentice and Trainee Early Years Practitioners

11 Modern Apprentices appointed as part of the Council’s determination to provide positive outcomes for the capital’s young people through the Edinburgh Guarantee.

15 Trainees for anyone who is interested in a career in Early Years

“The Flagship” for early years

training.

600 hours

Sharing practice:challenges and solutions

Table discussion

Budget

Aileen McLean

B O L D BETTER OUTCOMES LEARNER DELIVERY

BOLD ThemesThe BOLD programme is comprised of 12 themes:

• 3.1 Workforce Management

• 3.2 Property Rationalisation

• 3.3 Income Maximisation

• 3.4 Neighbourhoods

• 3.5 Education Transformation

• 3.6 Health and Social Care Transformation

• 3.7 Coordinated Services

• 3.8 Service Reducation

• 3.9 Structural Change

• 3.10 Benchmarking

• 3.11 Third Sector Payments

• 3.12 Enablers and Tools (including procurement)

Education Transformation Phase 1

• Neighbourhood based support services• Automated services (Wisepay)• Deployment of non teaching staff• Maximising use of schools• 3-18 year campuses

Education Transformation Phase 2

• Special Education

• Early Years

• Community Services

Early Years Collaborative Workstream 4

Healthy Start Vouchers

The Early Years Collaborative

Our Achievements so far

• Joint police and midwife visits.• Fathers involved in child’s planning meetings.• Children in temporary accommodation• Bedtime reading.• Healthy Start Vouchers and Vitamins.

Healthy Start Video

New developments

• AimThe number of primary 1 children who are obese

will reduce form 8.5% to 8.1% by December 2016

Parental factors

Level of fitness

attendance

Access to physical activity

Workstream 4 – reducing childhood obesity

Aim90% of

Primary 1 children

at ...primary school will

participate in daily intense

physical activity by December

2014

Child’s physical health and

development

Improve parent knowledge of the health benefits of

physical activity

Community factors Community spaces

Increase amount of intense physical activity

Increase access to community spaces.

Increase amount of daily physical activity

Family income

Parent knowledge

Improvements

School factorsTimetable

resources

Indoor /outdoor activities

Teacher skills

Physical space

EquipmentImprove children’s

knowledge of the health benefits of physical

activity

venues

Family time

The way Forward....questions, evaluations and close