Preparing for the childcare Health Visitor First point of contact - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Preparing for the childcare

Health Visitor

First point of contact with the parents Support and promote the benefits Explanations and expectations Introductory visit in the home or to the centre with

a member of the childcare team

Promotion of the centre and the staff Giving leaflets to parents Completion of the child and parent registration

forms for sharing information

Joint events with the health team

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Publicity for any events

• r launches (as much as

possible) Parent forum supporting them to gain a voice on partnerships as well as move on to the PTA or ‘Friends’ of the school

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Preparation for the childcare

Community Partnerships Pop in and Play sessions and other parenting

groups

Open days and events at the setting, including

fundraisers and activity days

Community events and wider partner links Newsletters sent home with parents Flyers and information everywhere including the

local chippy!

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Pop in and Play sessions

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Going to the setting and settling in

Word of mouth selling the childcare for us Visits to the setting before hand – sometimes

with a professional e.g. Health Visitor

Settling in plan with the Childcare Leader –

starts for leaving them for 30min working towards 2.5hours according to the child

Mums, dads or carers are encouraged to stay

with their child at the start and have a gradual withdrawal to settle them better

They do not have to commit to 5 days a week

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Community events, especially those for parents of Nursery and Flying Start

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About our Childcare in Caerphilly County Borough

10 Flying Start Centres (1 per area) 2 Cylchoedd Meithrin offering Flying Start

places (soon to be 3)

60 Staff employed direct by CCBC Education 7 Flying Start Centres on or next to the Primary

School

Caerphilly Quality Standards, Healthy Snack

Award and Healthy Early Years

About to start National Quality Assurance

scheme

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Being able to see the older children next door at playtimes and see what they do during the day

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Moving to Foundation Phase

Enhanced continuous provision offered 40% time spent outside Parity of planning and provision between Flying

Start Centre and Nursery

Visits to the local Nursery and coffee mornings Joint trips with the school and shared use of

resources

Notices in the School newsletter as well as

sending publicity via pupil post

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Sharing resources on the school site when they are not using them or having your

• wn Flying Start

allotment

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Still moving to Nursery

Joint parent events between the Nursery and

Flying Start – Super Shell-by puppets

Visits by the Flying Start Childcare Advisor ‘My Story in Flying Start’ and Individual

Learning Plans

Pilot of additional support for transition Head teacher meetings with Flying Start core

team and Early Years Managing Advisor

Parent Forum moving towards PTA group Continuity of messages

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Puppet workshops for parents and children in Abertysswg Primary School with Flying Start setting and Nursery

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Links needed

Joint events Communication between all parties and at all

levels

Strategic planning and resolution of issues with

Head teacher meetings

Information sharing Sharing of resources Later - data collection to prove the programme Other initiatives and partner projects

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Other transitions in the programme

Baby Clubs Universal drop in groups / Pop in and Play sessions LAP Health and Parenting groups Parent Forum Parent Network CYPP groups Resident groups & community groups Genesis Ystrad Mynach College Bridges to work

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Flying Start trips

• r joint trips with

the Nursery or even the whole school!