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EYSH Blogs Lost words Ahenk içinde Blogs ‘Lost words’ reflected through the three pillars of sustainability and the SDGs. By Diane Boyd As early years practitioners we recognise the importance of our role in supporting children’s oral skills through holistic development. Influential research by Hart and Risley (1992,1995) stated that early year’s children living in poorer disadvantaged situations experienced significantly less adult directed words than their higher socio-economic peers. The research implied there was a ‘30-million-word deficit’ for the lower socio-economic children by the time they were four. That is a lot of missing words! These crucial findings draw attention to the importance of what quality practitioners can do to support and narrow the gap for children through quality interactions and using their quality environments (SDG 4 Quality Education). So, how can we close the gap and support children’s communication skills? The Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS DfE, 2024, p9) clearly states the importance of “back-and-forth interactions” as a necessary requirement for language and cognitive development in young children. Sameroff and Fiese (2000) suggest back-and-forth interactions are more important than the quantity of the vocabulary children are exposed to, because the bi-directional conversations shared together are closely entwined with Personal, Social and Emotional Development, a universal prime area (EYFS, DfE,2024). As practitioners we need to focus on ensuring all children have opportunities to encounter through modelling and scaffolding, complex language input with a high level of longer, richer sentences (Rowe, 2008). This aligns with the Education Endowment Foundation – Communication and Language toolkit, which reminds practitioners to support and model effective linguistic aspects of communication. However, reflecting on pedagogical interactions Margaret Donaldson (1978) says this must make ‘human sense’ to the children, suggesting the need to draw on the socio-cultural aspects of community too (SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and communities). Within the Specific Area Understanding the World (EYFS, DfE,2024, p11) practitioners are asked to guide “children to make sense of their physical world and their community.” Taking children out beyond the gates of your setting allows them to experience holistically their neighbourhood, and what makes sense to them. Every neighbourhood is different (think of smells in a city compared to a beach town!) but as the EYFS (DfE, 2024, p 11) states “the frequency and range of children’s personal experiences increases their knowledge and sense of the world around them”. One such example is walking with your children through the town daily or weekly, past the local shops and engaging in back-and-forth conversations, adding new vocabulary as they walk. Exchanging hellos and making conversation with shop keepers will help children to become familiar with new vocabulary that is seemingly being lost due to the overuse of supermarkets. In large supermarkets everything is there and available in one stop – just come in and buy! There are limited interactions, relationships and vocabulary shared. Sadly now, how many children know for instance, what a cobbler is and what their work comprises of, linking here to SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth. By visiting in a natural organic way through a neighbourhood walk, children will become familiar with the shop keepers such as an optician, haberdasher, greengrocer, butcher, chemist, and baker (remember use this core language) that reside on their high street. When do children ever hear these occupational words now? So, it is imperative early years practitioners highlight these words before they become ‘lost’. Reinforce the words further through reading non-fiction books and revisit language associated with each profession, for example, Dylan the Shopkeeper by Guy Parker Rees. Set up your role play as different shops visited to consolidate language further. The new vocabulary can be extended to understand the produce they can purchase from the different shops, resonating with SDG 8, SDG 9, and SDG 11. The EYFS (DfE,2024) asks practitioners to build ‘positive relationships’, and this is a way of doing this through your locality. For example, in the greengrocer discuss the type of apple with the children and then taste test them. Granny Smith or Royal Gala which are sweet or bitter? Think of the lovely describing words or faces here! Other extension activities could include memory games- I went to the baker and I bought bread, a cake, some pastries; or I went to the butcher, and I bought some pork sausages, a bacon chop, some beef burgers; this consolidates the produce from each shop and the repetition aids the children’s cognition. After visiting the high street, the children could make their own big story book from each shop rather than buying books to support. This would be very effective as this supports children’s understanding of text - words and images together have meaning, that there is a beginning, middle and end in books which will make ‘human sense’ to them as this connects them to their community high street shops, and the satisfaction of knowing they wrote the book. Due to plastic credit cards being used in supermarkets there are other words that are now less frequently used in the terms of monetary currency. How often do children hear in purchasing back and forth conversations, or the words pennies and pounds being used? By highlighting during your neighbourhood walks not just the local shop keepers, their profession and produce sold, take the children into the shop, and model the use of real money. As the EEF Communication and Language states “settings should use a range of different approaches to developing communication and language skills.” It is important that children hear your “back-and-forth interactions” (EYFS, DfE,2024p, 9) with the shop keepers, as they are valuable conversations of both produce and currency together. The EEF (Early numeracy approaches) research shows that by utilising holistic pedagogy it has “a higher impact than when maths was delivered as a supplementary activity.” Through these conversations children will hear pennies, pounds, change and cost which they can replicate in role play back at your setting because this makes “human sense” (Donalson,1978) to them. Moving out into the locality and community children will have countless opportunities to use their 5 senses – hearing, smelling, tasting, seeing, and touching. By visiting local parks, gardens, or beaches regularly children will develop empathy and care for their environment. The emphasis is that you always use correct terminology with the children. For example, not the generic term ‘flower’ but daffodil or snow drop, and you encourage the children to observe the fauna but not pick them. There is a fabulous book called Lost Words by Robert MacFarlane and Jackie Morris (2021) which focuses again on disappearing words but this time in the natural world. The book states “all over the country, there are words disappearing from children's lives. These are the words of the natural world; Dandelion, Otter, Bramble, and Acorn, all gone. A wild landscape of imagination and play is rapidly fading from our children's minds. The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood”. This book could be used as a follow up to walks or scientific observations in woodland. Crucially for the planet we need to ensure young children hear, use, and understand key words from nature. As the EEF- Early Literacy approaches state you must ensure that “your early literacy strategy is well-balanced and combines approaches that will support the development of skills, knowledge and understanding”. From a sustainable perspective we need to invest in our locality whether this is the high street or park or woodlands or coastline. If children develop a relationship with their community and locality then they will love the area, respect the area and care for the area. EEF- Early years evidence highlights “approaches for teaching early literacy should, therefore, be used in ways that build on approaches that support communication and language, which are fundamental to children’s literacy.” This resonates with the Specific Area Knowledge and Understanding which asks practitioners to “foster their understanding of our culturally, socially, technologically, and ecologically diverse world” EYFS (DfE,2024, p11). Extending and developing these ‘lost words’ of the high street and environment builds “important knowledge,” and “extends their familiarity with words that support understanding across domains” (EYFS, DfE, 2024, p11). Economic sustainability through regular opportunities to use and understand words associated with currency, socio-cultural sustainability through engaging and connecting with your local community high street shops and environmental sustainability with care and empathy because of a relationship with the natural world. This clearly demonstrates the interconnected and holistic approaches to both early childhood and sustainability. Home | Climate Action Strategy | Case Studies | Curriculum Resources | Blog and Video Logs

Liverpool City Region and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Hub Home Events Newsletters Blogs Programmes Documents Subscribe Childminders Recruitment The hub offers free advice, support and training to childminders across Liverpool City Region and Beyond. We are aiming to set up Peer to Peer Childminder Support and Play Sessions for Children. Please join our mailing list to be kept informed of future events and launches, newsletters and availability for training dates and drop-in sessions. If you would like to be involved or have suggestions, please let us know. Online Childminder Network which is the last Saturday morning 10a.m. – 11.30a.m. of every month: CHILDMINDER DROP IN Deysbrook Network: Everton Nursery School and Family Centre, Spencer Street, Liverpool, L6 2WF Held every Wednesday 9.30- 11.30am Hunts Cross Network: St Hilda’s Church Hall, Stuart Avenue, Hunts Cross L25 0NG Held every Wednesday 9.30-11.30am Kendal Network: Beck Community Centre, 20 Esthwaite Avenue, Kendal LA9 7NZ Held every Thursday 9.30 – 11.30am Bromborough Childminder Network: Bromborough Family Hub, Gratrix Road, Wirral CH62 7BW Held Thursdays 9.30 – 11.30 am What is a Childminder Drop In? The childminder drop-in sessions provide local childminders with an opportunity to access up to date information, recourses, face to face support, support from a member of the hub team and for childminders to share best practices. The group offers the children a multitude of benefits including enhanced social, emotional, and cognitive development, improved communication skills and opportunities to access larger play equipment to promote physical development. The facilities provide a safe space where childminders can organise events, celebrations and provide larger scale structured activities for the children which in turn supports transitions to school. Liverpool City Region and beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Childminder Network Meetings Held every last Saturday of each month for Teams Link see the monthly newsletter. The aim of the Monthly meetings is to keep childminders up to date with local / national changes, information sharing, identify training needs and give general help and advice. Should you want to have anything specific added to the agenda please email the Stronger Practice Hub on sphubnw@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk WELLCOMM BAGS If you are a Liverpool Childminder and wish to borrow a Wellcomm bag to use with your children, email the sph email as we can support you and loan a Wellcomm bag to you for a period of time. CHILDMINDER RESOURCE BAGS Calling all SPH Network Members….. FREE Resource bags coming soon, funded by the SPH this is a fantastic opportunity for Childminders. Each bag of carefully selected items will be a welcome addition to your setting which in turn supports your children’s development. Each resource bag is designed to be used individually, with a group of childminder colleagues and shared as a lending library. In the next few weeks you can apply for resources that cover Communication and Language, Early Maths and Story Comprehension including a selection of various quality Story Sacks. Also included will be Outdoor and Nature, Habitats and Musicical Instruments bags. Look out for the launch coming the end of April/early May depending on your location within Liverpool City Region and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub…. Literacy Blog, written for Childminders by June Cargill Strategic Partners Stronger Practice Hub Privacy Notice

Sensory Garden Ahenk içinde Blogs Harmony'de Liverpool, Venezuela'daki El Sistema'dan ilham alıyor ve Everton'daki çocukların ve gençlerin sağlığını, eğitimini ve isteklerini iyileştirmek için orkestral müzik yapımını kullanıyor. 2009 yılında 84 çocuklu Faith İlköğretim Okulu'nda kurulan In Harmony Liverpool, 0-18 yaş arası 700'den fazla çocuk ve gencin ve ailelerinin her hafta en yüksek kalitede orkestra müzik yapımında ücretsiz olarak yer alması için genişledi. okul içinde ve dışında. Müzik yapımı Faith İlköğretim Okulu, The Beacon CE İlköğretim Okulu, Everton Anaokulu ve Aile Merkezi, All Saints Katolik İlkokulu, Anfield Çocuk Merkezi ve West Everton'daki prova merkezimiz olan Liverpool Philharmonic at the Friary'de gerçekleştirilmektedir._cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Blogs / Sensory Garden Everton Nursery Teacher Kate Doyle and Dr Diane Boyd present The Authentic development of a Sensory Garden through the 17 SDGs 1. The 'otherness' of the non-human world - highlighting worms! 2. Agency in Action – Children voicing their thinking through mark making. 3. Discovering recycling waste and contamination through a community visit. 4. Understanding Construction and Positioning of a Bug hotel in our garden. 5 Sparking interest through visiting Everton Park Nature Garden in our neighbourhood 6. The Fix-it Shop! Shopping lists, money, decision – making in action. 7. Sensory cognitive explorations using recycleable sustainable resources through tyres, hurricanes and the rain! Home | Climate Action Strategy | Case Studies | Curriculum Resources | Blog and Video Logs

Everton Nursery School and Family Centre is based in the Everton ward of Liverpool. As a maintained nursery school and children's centre, the school and centre has high quality early childhood education with care at the core of its provision. 1/5 Look at the activities we explore at Everton Nursery School and Family Centre Up We have 2, 3 and 4 year old 15 hour funded places available. Apply here Up Welcome to Everton Nursery School and Family Centre. Mission Statement The mission of Everton Nursery School and Family Centre is to promote the children’s educational and social development and help families have and achieve high expectations for themselves and the community. On behalf of all the Staff and Governors I would like to welcome all children and their families. We look forward to working with you. The Nursery School and Children's Centre is open 8.00a.m. to 3.30p.m. Telephone: 0151 233 1969 Telephone calls to the Nursery School and Children's Centre can be supported during this time period. Outside of these times the telephones and reception are not staffed. If you wish to report a child's absence please use Arbor or leave a message on the answer machine. Please note the waiting areas for classes are via two different entrances. Parents are asked to wait in the designated areas for their child’s class . Spencer classes Children are to wait in the staff car park with their parents in Spencer Street. Cresswe ll and Heyworth classes Children are to wait in the waiting area at the back of the school/centre accessed via passing reception on to the Forest School path gate in the Spencer Street visitors car park. Everton Anaokulu ve Aile Merkezine hoş geldiniz. Tüm Personel ve Valiler adına tüm çocuklara ve ailelerine hoş geldiniz demek istiyorum. Önümüzdeki akademik yılda sizinle çalışmayı sabırsızlıkla bekliyoruz. Anaokulu ve Çocuk Merkezi, 08.30-16.00 saatleri arasında açıktır. Bu süre zarfında Anaokulu ve Çocuk Merkezi'ne yapılan telefon görüşmeleri desteklenebilir. Bu saatler dışında telefon ve resepsiyonda görevli bulunmamaktadır. Eğer bir çocuğun devamsızlığını bildirmek istiyorsanız, lütfen ParentMail'i kullanın veya telesekretere bir mesaj bırakın. Eylül 2022'den itibaren , dersler için bekleme alanlarının iki farklı giriş üzerinden olduğunu lütfen unutmayın. Velilerin, çocuklarının sınıfı için sosyal mesafe korunarak belirlenen alanlarda beklemeleri rica olunur. Spencer sınıfındaki çocuklar, ebeveynleri ile birlikte Spencer Caddesi'ndeki personel otoparkında bekleyeceklerdir. Cresswell ve Heyworth çocukları, Spencer Street ziyaretçi otoparkından Forest School yol kapısından erişilen okulun/merkezinin arkasındaki bekleme alanında bekleyecektir. Cresswell Street giriş/çıkış kapısı, çocukların binaya girip çıktığı süre boyunca açılmayacak. Personel, günün başlangıcında/bitişinde okul/merkez binasına giriş/çıkışlarınızda size destek olacaktır. okul zamanları Lütfen okul kapılarından uzağa park edin (park yapılmaz sarı zikzak çizgilerine değil) veya tesis bünyesindeki ziyaretçi otoparkını kullanın veya tüm çocukları güvende tutmak için Spencer veya Cresswell Caddesi'nden uzağa park edin ve okul kapısı girişlerine doğru yürüyün._cc781905 -5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Ders saatleri aşağıdaki gibidir: Cresswell Dersleri: Pazartesi, Salı, Perşembe ve Cuma günleri 09:00 başlangıç ve 15:00 bitiş. Çarşamba sabahı Cresswell dersi saat 9.00'da başlar ve öğlen 12.00'de biter. ve öğleden sonra Cresswell dersi Çarşamba günü saat 12.15 ile 15.15 arasında başlar. Spencer 1 ve 2 Sınıfları: 9.00a.m. Pazartesi, Salı, Perşembe ve Cuma günleri başlangıç ve 15:00 bitiş. Çarşamba sabahı Spencer dersleri saat 9.00'da başlar ve öğlen 12.00'de biter. ve öğleden sonra Spencer dersleri Çarşamba günü 12.15pm'den 3.15pm'e kadar başlar. Spencer 3 Center for Nurture Sınıfı sabah 9'da başlar. ve saat 3'te biter. Spencer Caddesi girişinde/çıkışında. Heyworth Dersleri sabah 9'da başlar. okulun/merkezinin arkasındaki bekleme alanından girilir ve saat 15:00'te biter. Pazartesi, Salı, Perşembe ve Cuma veya sabah yeriniz varsa öğlen 12. Çarşamba sabahı Heyworth dersleri sabah 9.00'da başlar ve öğlen 12.00'de biter. ve öğleden sonra Heyworth dersleri Çarşamba günü 12.15pm'den 3.15pm'e kadar başlar. Ücretli yerlerde sabah 8'den akşam 1'e kadar var. veya 13:00 17:15'e kadar başlangıç ve bitiş saatleri. Kahvaltımız sabah 8'den itibaren okul salonunda yapılmaktadır. Lütfen Spencer Caddesi'ndeki okul mutfağının yanındaki çift kapıda bekleyin; bir personel çocuğunuzu çift kapıdan alacak/çıkaracaktır. Okul Sonrası hizmetimiz de okul salonundadır. Çocuklar en geç 17.15'te Okul Sonrası olanağından alınmalıdır. Ebeveynler/bakıcılar çocuklarını/çocuklarını Okul Sonrası'ndan veya ana okul gününden almaya geç kalırsa, saat başına 5 sterlin ücret alınır. Randevu kanıtı görülen bir tıbbi randevusu olmadıkça hiçbir çocuk kreş seanslarından erken ayrılmamalıdır. Kreş eğitimi, çalışan ebeveynler için bazı 2 ve 3 ve 4 yaşındaki çocuklar için 15 saat ve 3 ve 4 yaşındaki çocuklar için 30 saat olarak finanse edilmektedir. Tüm oturumlarda tam katılım ve dakiklik zorunludur. Düşük katılım ve dakiklik (Yerel Yetkililerimizin gerektirdiği şekilde) sorgulanacaktır ve çocuğunuzun yerini etkileyebilir. Şu anda Kreş Sınıfımıza ziyaretler sadece randevu ile yapılmaktadır. Bu arada, lütfen aşağıdaki sınıf öğrenme ortamlarımızın sanal turlarına bakın. Heyworth 2-3 yaş sınıflarımız, Cresswell ve Spencer ise 3-4 yaş sınıflarımızdır. Son olarak, koronavirüs belirtileri taşıdığınızı düşünüyorsanız lütfen Anaokulu veya Çocuk Merkezi sitesine GİRMEYİN. Herhangi bir sorunuz veya endişeniz varsa lütfen benimle iletişime geçin: cc781905-5cde-3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_evertonnsfc@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk Saygılarımla L. Curtis Dr. Lesley Curtis OBE Okul Müdürü/Merkez Başkanı Our Breakfast provision is held in the school hall from 8a.m. Please wait at the double doors near to the school kitchen in Spencer Street and a member of staff will receive/dismiss your child from the double doors. Our After School provision is also in the school hall. Children are to be collected from the After School provision by 5.15p.m. at the latest. If parents/carers are late collecting their child/children from After School or the main school day there is a £5 per hour charge. No children are to leave their nursery sessions early unless they have a medical appointment with evidence seen of the appointment. Nursery education is funded for 15 hours for some 2 year olds and 3 and 4 year olds and 30 hours for 3 and 4 year olds for parents who work. Full attendance and punctuality is required at all sessions. Poor attendance and punctuality will be challenged (as required by our Local Authority) and could impact on your child’s place. At present, visits to our Nursery Class are by appointment only. In the meantime please see below virtual tours of our classroom learning environments. Heyworth is our 2-3 years classes and Cresswell and Spencer are our 3-4 year olds classes. Finally, please DO NOT come into the Nursery School or Children's Centre site if you consider that you have the symptoms of coronavirus. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me on evertonnsfc@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk Yours sincerely L. Curtis Dr. Lesley Curtis OBE Headteacher/Head of Centre bugün yapılacak şeyler Load More

In Harmony Liverpool is inspired by Venezuela’s El Sistema and uses orchestral music-making to improve the health, education and aspirations of children and young people in Everton. Ahenk içinde Harmony'de Liverpool, Venezuela'daki El Sistema'dan ilham alıyor ve Everton'daki çocukların ve gençlerin sağlığını, eğitimini ve isteklerini iyileştirmek için orkestral müzik yapımını kullanıyor. 2009 yılında 84 çocuklu Faith İlköğretim Okulu'nda kurulan In Harmony Liverpool, 0-18 yaş arası 700'den fazla çocuk ve gencin ve ailelerinin her hafta en yüksek kalitede orkestra müzik yapımında ücretsiz olarak yer alması için genişledi. okul içinde ve dışında. Müzik yapımı Faith İlköğretim Okulu, The Beacon CE İlköğretim Okulu, Everton Anaokulu ve Aile Merkezi, All Saints Katolik İlkokulu, Anfield Çocuk Merkezi ve West Everton'daki prova merkezimiz olan Liverpool Philharmonic at the Friary'de gerçekleştirilmektedir._cc781905-5cde- 3194-bb3b-136bad5cf58d_ Sophie Plumb john-connolly Alex Holladay Gareth Twigg Alexandra Dunn In Harmony Liverpool ile nasıl iletişime geçilir: Tel: 07800 873981 www.liverpoolphil.com/inharmonyliverpool www.twitter.com/IHLiverpool https://www.facebook.com/LiverpoolPhilharmonic

Liverpool City Region and beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Hub Home Events Programmes Documents Blogs Childminders Early Years Professional Development Programme Newsletters Recruitment Subscribe Recruitment Early Years Experts and Mentors Learn More Here. The Liverpool City Region and beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub is one of 18 DfE designated Stronger Practice Hubs across England. The Liverpool City Region Hub will cover the Liverpool City region Local Authorities and Beyond , offering bespoke support, EEF evidence informed training opportunities as well as conferences and opportunities to network with others working in Early Years. The hub is fully funded, meaning the offer will always be free to those who take part. The team running the hub are all working within the schools/settings currently and want to offer support across the whole Early Years sector. If you are a childminder, working in a PVI or school/maintained nursery class and would like more information and to join our network, please sign up to the hub here: Subscribe Events Liverpool City Region and Beyond Learn More Programmes Liverpool City Region and Beyond Learn More Documents Liverpool City Region and Beyond Learn More Blogs Liverpool City Region and Beyond Learn More Childminders Liverpool City Region and Beyond Learn More EYPDP Liverpool City Region and Beyond Learn More Newsletters Liverpool City Region and Beyond Learn More Recruitment Recruitment opportunities at the Liverpool City Region Stronger Practice Hub. Learn More Early years stronger practice hubs provide advice, share good practice and offer evidence-based professional development for early years practitioners. They are part of the early years education recovery support package, which also includes the early years experts and mentors programme. The early years stronger practice hubs programme is supported by the Education Endowment Foundation and the National Children’s Bureau. It is funded for 2 years, until late 2024. More information, along with our privacy notice for the programme, is available on the National Children’s Bureau website. Hubs support other nurseries and childminders in their area to adopt evidence-based practice improvements by: * establishing local networks of early years educators to share knowledge and effective practice * sharing information and advice on evidence-based approaches – for example, through newsletters, blogs and social media * acting as a point of contact for bespoke advice * signposting to other funded support * working with the Education Endowment Foundation to select evidence-based programmes to fund and make available to nurseries and childminders Hub locations There are 18 hubs in total – 2 in each of the 9 government office regions across England. Each hub consists of a lead setting and up to 4 partners . Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs will support other early years settings in the designated areas to improve outcomes for children in their local area across the EYFS, but specifically focusing on areas of development that research informs us have been most impacted by COVID-19: personal social and emotional development (PSED); communication and language, and early literacy and maths. Each Hub is led by a group-based (school-based, private, voluntary, or independent) early years provider. The Department’s ambition is for Hubs to be evenly distributed across England, with two Hubs in each of the nine government office regions. Everton Nursery School and Family Centre have been successfully appointed as one of the 6 new DfE Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs, and will lead the Liverpool City Region and Beyond Stronger Practice Hub supporting 11 Local Authorities surrounding Liverpool City Region. There will also be an opportunity to gain coaching and mentoring with early years specialists through the Stronger Practice Hubs as well as CPD and workforce development opportunities. Strategic Partners Stronger Practice Hub Privacy Notice

Liverpool City Region and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Hub Home Events Newsletters Blogs Programmes Documents Subscribe Childminders Recruitment Are you looking to spend your Early Years Pupil Premium strategically? Kaya Doyle (Programme Manager) has put a short webinar together to support you when considering what to spend your Early Years Pupil Premium, titled 'Maximising the Impact of Pupil Premium in the Early Years'. For the link email: sphubnw@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk Strategic Partners Stronger Practice Hub Privacy Notice

Liverpool City Region and Beyond Early Years Stronger Practice Hub Hub Home Events Newsletters Blogs Programmes Documents Subscribe Childminders Recruitment Literacy Blog, written for Childminders By June Cargill (Childminder) As an Ofsted Registered Childminder with 29 years of experience in the Early Years Sector I know we are unique, being flexible for parents, with a development rich opportunity to offer life experiences and activities in readiness for children to attend school and become adults. Experiences in the first years of a child’s life are crucial and it is an honour to have that in our hands every day, nurturing, caring and sparking children’s imagination, interests and passions…… seeing them flourish and grow is a privilege to behold and we should, quite rightly feel proud. I also appreciate that working with the under-fives can sometimes be intuitive. We know what stages children should be at their expected development ages and that the diversity rich activities and experiences we give children encourage future skills for their next steps. Understanding in depth why we do what we do can be crucial to be able to reflect and review on our own setting as well as working with parents when we identify possible challenges and development delays. Our ongoing personal development is key to broaden our understanding of children’s development, learn new key findings from research undertaken for the early years and broaden our depth of understanding on children’s learning outcomes. There is an absolute wealth of evidence based information, videos, case studies and examples for best practice available you can read at your own pace, but did you know that researching, investigating and using the Education Endowment Foundation EEF Evidence Store shows that you are reflecting on your setting so make sure you add these to your personal development record. What does the evidence say? The Early Years Foundation Stage Framework Early years foundation stage (EYFS) statutory framework - GOV.UK refers to The Development Matters document, a non-statutory curriculum guidance…… ”It is crucial for children to develop a life-long love of reading. Reading consists of two dimensions: language comprehension and word reading. Language comprehension (necessary for both reading and writing) starts from birth. It only develops when adults talk with children about the world around them and the books (stories and non-fiction) they read with them, and enjoy rhymes, poems and songs together. Skilled word reading, taught later, involves both the speedy working out of the pronunciation of unfamiliar printed words (decoding) and the speedy recognition of familiar printed words. Writing involves transcription (spelling and handwriting) and composition (articulating ideas and structuring them in speech, before writing)” Development Matters - Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage The Education Endowment Foundation Evidence Store also highlights the definition of Early Literacy Early Years | EEF “Literacy describes a range of complex skills. It includes the word-level skills of both word reading and spelling and the text-level skills of reading comprehension and writing composition. The overall aim of these skills is for an author to effectively communicate their message and for a reader to understand it. These literacy skills (word reading, spelling, reading comprehension, and writing composition) rely, to some extent, on the same underlying processes and are therefore linked. Learning to be a reader and writer relies on three broad underlying skills or areas of learning: speech, language, and communication skills; physical development, particularly fine motor skills; and executive function skills, including working memory and speed of retrieval from memory. The extent to which these processes are involved differs between aspects of reading and writing and at different points during literacy development. Educators working with early years children play a pivotal role in laying the foundations for literacy by facilitating the development of the skills above, helping children learn how to engage these processes so they work together and, in the latter part of the early years phase, teaching knowledge specifically for literacy (for example, letter-sounds and features of books). EEF | Early Literacy Approaches that support communication and language are fundamental to supporting children’s early literacy. Children with language weaknesses may need more support with such skills to facilitate their literacy learning. Children with language weaknesses include those with a language impairment and may include children with English as an additional language or those from lower income families. Educators should use their own professional judgement and seek additional guidance when applying early literacy approaches to these groups of children. These approaches that the Evidence Store referred to are as follows; I have added examples from my own practice to help unpick what may be unfamiliar words or reference: 1. Interactive reading: actions within the context of shared reading that encourage children to become an active participant in ‘reading’ the book; “Seeing children who are eager lead their own story time, we must recognise this is such an important part of their development. Seeing proof that our story times are fun, interactive and having an impact on their love of books is so rewarding. Having books accessible to children as a continuous provision and making “quiet areas” so children can take the opportunity to sit and look through books is an essential part of any setting. Try and identify a favourite book that children return to which can then assist planning for children’s next steps in Literacy and other development areas” 2. Teaching sound discrimination: supporting children to identify sounds and notice similarities and differences between individual sounds and groups of sounds; “My minded children love interactive sessions when we explore sounds, from their first letter of their name to practice pronunciation or rhyming words that extend their vocabulary but can end up made up words eg Bee, Me, Pee, Fee or Honey, Funny, Punny, Tunny. Satisfaction knowing you can not only extend children’s word knowledge but hear evidence when children giggle at words they understand are not real”. 3. Teaching sound manipulation: supporting children to break down, combine, and change sounds; Again like sounds, using rhyming word string is helpful and I enjoy using clapping to help identify syllables not only during adult let activities but throughout the day to help them “decode” words but I have found the children enjoy this approach and are eager participants. Children love the fact that I only get one clap for my name! Not only will you extend and introduce words like Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus and Tyrannosaurus instead of Rhino, Hippo or TRex but the opportunities to explore syllables are limitless. 4. Teaching sound-letter mapping: learning the written letters (graphemes) that go with particular letter-sounds (phonemes); “This is difficult to map the impact with mapping as evidence shows that children must have a good understanding of sound discrimination and manipulation but in my experience word labels, a self -registration board, name tags and resource labels are an important part of my setting. I can reflect that children that then move to pre-school can all recognise their printed name and are good at recognising printed words in their community 5. Teaching mark-making and letter formation: adults support children to use tools to make marks that represent their thoughts and ideas: “Communication, Language and Physical Development play a huge role in mark making, letter formation and Interactive writing. We all know that a young child who is unable to use palmar, tripod grip or with limited gross movements effectively can impact on all areas of Literacy in their future development. 6. Teaching sound-letter mapping: learning the written letters (graphemes) that go with particular letter-sounds (phonemes); “This is difficult to map the impact with mapping as evidence shows that children must have a good understanding of sound discrimination and manipulation but in my experience word labels, a self -registration board, name tags and resource labels are an important part of my setting. I can reflect that children that then move to pre-school can all recognise their printed name and are good at recognising printed words in their community What can we do? Given literacy’s reliance on other areas of learning, practitioners should be aware of a child’s development in all areas of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) essential to Early Literacy. We recognise that most of a child’s learning is in their home, we support and observe their development so working with parents is a major part of our role. Difficult conversations can take place when we identify a possible delay and parents do not agree or may be reluctant to see an issue. This can be difficult if as practitioners, we refer to development delays in a negative way. To inform parents that their child cannot use palmar grip effectively to hold a crayon in mark making, use one handed tools in play or mealtimes can counterproductive for their support at home. Negative communication with parents can be detrimental to parents understanding. Instead of stating what a child cannot do something use positive communication, saying that you are concentrating on palmar grip in all areas of play, independence and for meal times explaining, in turn this will develop the child’s ability to use one handed tools effectively, which in turn give them the hand strength abilities to start using mark making and writing skills…. helping parents see the goal you are supporting their child for. Offering suggestions for activities for example nursery rhyme bags, story sacks and books, suggest practical examples how parents can correct or encourage for example how the child holds a spoon and turn pages in a book. Send photographs during the day to see the activities first hand, offer information sheets or resources to borrow. Childminders are unique in knowing not only our children but their families too and can draw on this knowledge to adapt our strategy for home learning support. We know our families and in March 2025 the Government published “18% of children in working families were in low income” Households Below Average Income: an analysis of the UK income distribution: FYE 1995 to FYE 2024 - GOV.UK Knowing our families so well we can understand that buying resources and books could be difficult as well as finding “free” time outside of their working days so by way of sharing resources and ideas as well as embedding an Early Literacy rich environment in our setting is crucial. We also need to be aware of our community and the impact that can have on our minded children from English as an additional language, Areas of Deprivation, poverty and local areas of learning from parks, museums, places of interest and their accessibility for your minded children. I have added some further reading, evidence based practical information and Personal Development suggestions I hope you find useful and remember, log on your personal development 😊 References Early Years Foundation Stage Framework for Childminders EYFS statutory framework for childminders Development Matters Development Matters - Non-statutory curriculum guidance for the early years foundation stage Government Help for Early Years Providers Help for early years providers : Areas of learning The Education Endowment Foundation Evidence Store Early Years | EEF https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/early-years/evidence-store/early-literacy The Governments Free Early Years Child Development Training with 7 modules to access at your own pace Early years child development training : Home page Strategic Partners Stronger Practice Hub Privacy Notice

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The Centre for Nurture offers an individualised curriculum following the Early Years Foundation Stage adhering to the needs of all the children in this class. Yetiştirme Merkezi Yetiştirme Merkezi sayfasına hoş geldiniz. Lütfen aşağıda çocuğunuzla evdeyken erişebileceğiniz bir dizi aktiviteye bakın. Eklemeye devam edeceğiz bu sayfa. 4-7 yaş arası evde öğrenme etkinlikleri için herhangi bir öneriniz varsa lütfen e-posta gönderinevertonnsfc@evertoncentre.liverpool.sch.uk Kaynaklar Hikayeler Youtube Kanalımızda You Tube Kanalımızdaki personelden hikayeler. Children have access to daily sensory circuits which include proprioceptive and vestibular movements that are designed to alert, organise and calm; helping to regulate. From April 2022, our Centre for Nurture became a Local Authority resourced provision for children with special educational needs and disability (SEND) for children 2.5 years to 5 years of age. The Objectives of the Resourced Maintained Nursery School Provision The objectives are to provide specialist provision and strategies that are suitable for the age, ability and aptitude or SEND of each child so that: they are happy at nursery, feel included and fully participate in the life of the nursery school they have a successful transition to the next setting their parents have confidence in the SEND provision offer in Liverpool’s maintained nursery schools Eligibility Criteria for the Provision at Everton Maintained Nursery School Age Children will be aged 2.5-5 years In exceptional circumstances, the local authority may place children outside this age criteria SEND SEND eligibility will be assessed by a LCC SEND Early Years Officer In exceptional circumstances, the local authority may place children outside this SEND criteria Children will have speech, language and communication needs or be on the neurodevelopment pathway or have a diagnosis of autism Communicative abilities will be significantly delayed in both expressive and receptive skills and children are highly likely to have had these needs identified very early by a trained professional such as a speech and language therapist The severity of the impact of autism, or potential autism, upon the child will be profound and multi-faceted and will have a significant detrimental impact upon the child’s ability to: Engage in any level of formal learning or purposeful play Demonstrate or develop the fundamentals of communication, https://www.intensiveinteraction.org/find-out-more/fundamentals-of-communication/ Self-manage behaviours that challenge such as aggressive behaviour, self-harm, or alternative high risk behaviours Self-regulate potential sensory processing disorders resulting in the need for seeking/avoidance mechanisms to cope with environments even when adapted Naturally interpret, and learn from social situations at an age appropriate level despite targeted and specific learning attempts Naturally develop the ability to apply flexible thinking techniques as part of typical development, e.g. making choices, anticipating sequences/outcomes, managing micro and macro transitions Some children will be under assessment for or have additionally diagnosed conditions including cognition and learning needs (CLN) and sensory needs associated with autism or potential autism Children identified for maintained nursery school resourced places are highly likely to be working at levels identified within the engagement model https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-engagement-model The above needs impact upon the child simultaneously resulting in significant challenges to delivering provision without significant adaptations, namely: 1:1 teacher led specialist programmes, highly adapted environments individual, specific and personalised assess, plan, do and review cycles requiring highly specialist skills and knowledge Some children will be under assessment for or have additionally diagnosed conditions including cognition and learning needs (CLN) and sensory needs associated with CASC Children identified for resourced maintained nursery school places are highly likely to be working at levels identified within the engagement model https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-engagement-model Placement of Children in Resourced Maintained Nursery Schools Whilst the placement process is embedded, individual children will be identified by the local authority in partnership with key staff in the maintained nursery schools (please see Maintained Nursery School Resourced Placement Pathway). In order to quickly place and meet need, children will not require an EHCP to be eligible for a resourced maintained nursery school place, as it is expected that, as criteria for resourced provision has been met, children being placed will be assessed using the statutory frameworks, to ensure pathways into reception are considered at the earliest opportunity For children with an EHCP, maintained nursery schools will be consulted by LCC's SEND Team Upon placement, the current high needs funding agreement for the child will cease and the High Needs Support Team will be alerted by the maintained nursery school The placement process will be reviewed on an ongoing basis to ensure an equitable citywide offer Criteria for Children The Headteacher or SENDCo at Everton Nursery School and Family Centre will support transition to the next setting and bring to the attention of the local authority at the earliest opportunity any potentially deferred children The Accommodation for the Provision The accommodation will consist of an appropriate early years teaching and learning space for children with SEND, aged 2.5-5 years Staffing The provision will be overseen by the Senior Leadership Team of Everton Nursery School Individual children’s SEND support planning will be overseen by staff holding qualified teacher status Staff will have annual performance management reviews resulting in the writing of a development plan outlining their continuing professional development, to ensure that they are kept updated in the field of SEND, and early years provision.

All 3 to 4-year-olds in England already receive 15 hours free early education a week, or 570 hours a year. From September 2017 some 3 and 4-year-olds will be entitled to 30 hours free early education/childcare a week, or 1140 hours a year. 30 Saat İngiltere'deki 3 ila 4 yaşındakilerin tümü şimdiden haftada 15 saat veya yılda 570 saat ücretsiz erken eğitim alıyor. Eylül 2017'den itibaren 3 ve 4 yaşındaki bazı çocuklar haftada 30 saat veya yılda 1140 saat ücretsiz erken eğitim/çocuk bakımı hakkına sahip olacak. Çocuğunuzun 3. yaşını takip eden dönemden zorunlu eğitim çağına gelene kadar talepte bulunabileceksiniz. uygunluk Uygunluğunuz şunlara bağlıdır: eğer çalışıyorsan geliriniz (ve varsa eşinizin geliri) çocuğunuzun yaşı ve koşulları göçmenlik durumunuz Universal Credit, vergi kredileri, çocuk bakımı kuponları veya Tax-Free Childcare talep ederken aynı zamanda 30 saat ücretsiz çocuk bakımı alabilirsiniz. eğer çalışıyorsan Siz (ve varsa eşiniz) aşağıdaki durumlarda genellikle 30 saat ücretsiz çocuk bakımı alabilirsiniz: işte hastalık izninde veya yıllık izinde paylaşılan ebeveynlik, doğum, babalık veya evlat edinme izninde 3 ila 4 yaşındaki bir çocuk için evlat edinme iznindeyseniz, 30 saatlik ücretsiz çocuk bakımı için ilk başvurduğunuz tarihten itibaren 31 gün içinde işe dönmeniz gerekir. Çalışma düzeniniz koronavirüs (COVID-19) nedeniyle değiştiyse, yine de 30 saat ücretsiz çocuk bakımı alabilirsiniz. Şu anda çalışmıyorsanız Eşiniz çalışıyorsa ve İş Göremezlik Ödeneği, Ağır Sakatlık Ödeneği, Bakıcı Ödeneği veya katkıya dayalı İstihdam ve Destek Ödeneği alıyorsanız, yine de hak sahibi olabilirsiniz. Önümüzdeki 31 gün içinde işe başlıyorsanız veya yeniden başlıyorsanız başvurabilirsiniz. 30 saat ücretsiz çocuk bakımı başvurusu Tek bir çevrimiçi çocuk bakımı hizmeti başvurusunda 30 saat ücretsiz çocuk bakımı başvurusunda bulunabilirsiniz. www.childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk 30 saatlik yerinizi güvence altına almak 30 saat ücretsiz çocuk bakımı için uygun olabileceğinizi düşünüyorsanız, lütfen mümkün olan en kısa sürede bize bildirin. Daha fazla bilgi için ziyaret edin:www.childcare-support.tax.service.gov.uk GOV.UK - Devlet hizmetleri ve bilgilerinin bulunabileceği yer.