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Jan 2012 - LOCAL AUTHORITY EARLY YEARS TEAM OF THE YEAR
AWARD
The Birth to Five Service is delighted to
announce that at the recent Nursery World Awards 2011,
we once again gained the Local Authority Early Years Team of the
Year Award.
Jan 2012 - Schools Admissions
Procedure
Click here to access information
on how to apply for school and an online tutorial of the new
live application process for Sept 2012 school starters. Children
Centres and Preschools are providing on-line access in order to
support parent/carers in the application process.
Jan 2012-
Assessment and Reporting Arrangements EYFSP
This
document is vital information for all Headteachers, Assessment
Leaders and EYFS Practitioners.
It explains procedures for assessment and moderation of against the
EYFS Profile and is also available from the DfE website.
Jan 2012 - Birth to Five
Service EYFSP Moderation Handbook 2011-2012 Outlines
the procedures for moderation of the EYFSP in Lincolnshire schools.
Included are dates and venues for cluster moderation along with the
scale points to be moderated. Schools to be individually moderated
are also listed.
Jan 2012 - Celebrating
Communication Toolkit
A new document that
gives practitioners lots of ideas to celebrate language milestones-
big and small- with their children.
Jan 2012 - Early Years Childcare Qualifications
- Do you want to make a
difference?
Please respond to the
Independent Review of Early Education and Childcare
Qualifications before the 24th January
2012
Jan 2012 - New online A-Z of Parenting
out for Parents’ Week
A new, user-friendly
version of the A-Z of Parenting is available now. The A-Z has
been relaunched in time for Parents’ Week 2011, and contains links
to help and advice for parents on issues ranging from toddlers to
tantrums, and teenagers to truancy.
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Jan 2012 - Supporting
Families in the Foundation Years
A document which
sets out the vision for the Foundation Years. An essential read for
all Early Years Providers. (Highlighted at the recent Manager's
Briefings.)
Jan 2012 - Families in the Foundation
Years Website
Click here to access an Early Years
website which supports both Parents/Carers and Professionals
in caring for babies and young children.
Jan 2012 -
New Eprofile
Released.
The latest version, 3.3, of the
Eprofile is now available. See the Profile and Moderation section
for a download link and guidance manual.
Jan 2012 -
Calendar for Census and Interim
Returns
Please click here to download this
calendar which links to funding payments in PVIs
Jan 2012- Ofsted Complaints - New
Address
Ofsted have changed their postal address,
please click here for the new details.
Jan 2012-
Early Support - Behaviour and Sleep
The BFS recommend the Early
Support publications which been developed with the help of
families. Titles include
Behaviour and Sleep -
these
booklets are for
parents/ carers who
are worried about their young child’s behaviour sleep patterns.
Jan 2012 - Birth to Five
Service Forums
Please click here to access a user guide for
accessing the Forums. We hope that you find these informative and
useful.
