Managed Service on behalf of
Welcome to the Lincolnshire Birth
to Five Service Website
From this
site you can access guidance and advice on developing
high quality early years practice, as well as find out about a
range of training opportunities. Our aim is to support the
development of settings in order to promote excellent learning
experiences for all young children in Lincolnshire, which has a
long history of providing quality childcare and education. As a
Service, we believe that the early years of a child’s life are
vital. Children learn at such speed; devouring learning, delighting
in anything new and relishing challenge and experimentation
endlessly. Let us help them to learn.
The website has one clear purpose – to support
teaching and learning in Lincolnshire Settings by presenting all
practitioners throughout the county with information and
resources to aid effective planning, observation, assessment and
recording in the Early Years Foundation Stage.
Over time, we hope to expand the range of information
available, so, if you are a Foundation Stage Practitioner,
please bookmark this page and visit this site again
soon. This is your site, built to support Practitioners
therefore if you have any ideas, are involved in
projects, or have anything you would like to share with the
Birth to Five Service, please click here to let us know. It is
important you give your name and setting details in any
communication.
The Birth to Five Service would like to thank
all the Lincolnshire Early Years Practitioners, Managers,
Consultants, Trainers and Head teachers who have contributed
towards the contents of this site.
What's new with
Birth to Five...
June 09 -
The Vetting and Barring Scheme - Frequently Asked
Questions
Click here to
access the most frequently asked questions about the
scheme. An essential
read.
June 09 - Recommended Reading for Early Years
Practitioners Click here to locate three additional
recommended reads for Early Years Practitioners. These were
distributed to the PVI Managers who attended the recent ‘Managers'
Briefings’ in Lincolnshire.
June 09 - Ofsted Guidance and Inspections
Click here to access support materials related to Inspections
and ensuring quality in Early Years Settings.
June 09 - Early Years
Foundation Stage Questionnaire
An opportunity for
all EYFS practitioners to let QCA know how well it has been
implemented, and to help identify the challenges, issues, strengths
and possibilities that exist. This will help QCA
establish a broad and accurate picture of the EYFS.
June 09 - Ofsted Online
Newsletters
These include the latest news, reviews and information about new
arrangements to inspection, regulation, plus helpful tips and
advice straight to your inbox.
June 09 - Update your
Health and Safety Law Posters
The poster – which employers have a legal duty to display – sets
out in simple terms what employers and employees must do for health
and safety. Any old Health and Safety Law posters must be replaced
with this new version by 5 April 2014. This can be purchased from
HSE Books or ESPO.
IMPORTANT FLU PANDEMIC
INFORMATION
Guidance for schools & settings on flu pandemic precautionary
measures. Please read to ensure you are fully equipped in case of
an outbreak.
A story book
produced by the Department of Health designed to raise awareness of
the importance of hand hygiene, to help prevent diseases. This is
particularly relevant given the current World Health Organisation
level 5 pandemic flu alert.
For Archived
Items from September 2008 to May 2009
click here.