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Foundation Years Newsletter - November 2018 To read the November 2018 Foundation Years Newsletter please click here: Updates from Government: With winter approaching and our young children being vulnerable to flu, the Chief Medical Officer has written a letter to early years practitioners seeking their help in raising awareness of the childhood flu immunisation programme. Early Outcome Fund Home learning Environment What Works Fund Childcare Business Grant Scheme Early Years Social Mobility Peer Review Updates from the sector: Eat Better, Start Better Special Guardian Support Service National aren't Support Service Tools for monitoring Language Development NDNA Conference and training Portage Workshop: Supporting Children with SEND PACEY: Dispelling Childminding Myths PLA: Healthy Eating support Ready Steady SENNCO Events: Early Education Family Action National Literacy Trust: Talk To Your Baby 2019: From the national agenda to the front line PLA: Be the Best Conference SMaR+ Professional Development: Early Years Mathematics courses and INSET If the link to the newsletter does not work please copy and paste this link into your browser: https://r1.dmtrk.net/3WYE-HKFH-044VZ8VA32/cr.aspx

Schools Funding: WBC Scheme for Financing Schools 2018

The DfE released the childcare and early years providers survey 2018 on November 1st. The findings can be accessed here. Or by clicking on this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-and-early-years-providers-survey-2018?utm_source=b31f08bf-c15a-478a-9ff2-c56bbf2a3a37&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=govuk-notifications&utm_content=immediate

Please click here to read the September Newsletter from Foundation Years. It contains information about: Updates from the Government including: Evaluation of the first year of national rollout of 30 hours free childcare Evaluation guidance and monitoring toolkit for local authorities for 30 hours free childcare Follow-up survey to the 2017 Childcare and Early Years Survey of Parents (CEYSP) Take-up of Free Early Education Entitlements (FEEE) Impact Study on Early Education Use and Child Outcomes up to age four years Childcare Business Grant Scheme EY Workforce Updates from the sector including: Partnership working case studies Healthy Lifestyles for our children Dingley’s Promise: New early years inclusive practice qualification now available online Launch of Musical Development Matters Digital Parent Support Service National School Breakfast Programme National Parent Support Service 300th setting is awarded Millie's Mark National Portage Association (NPA) Infection prevention and control in an early years setting Suffolk Childcare Agency inspection National Events Early Education CPD courses: Autumn 2018 Hempsall’s: Continuing in our social mobility series NDNA: Free early years events Sightlines Initiative PLUS many more links and articles. If you cannot access the above link please copy and paste the following link into your browser. https://r1.dmtrk.net/3WYE-GIML-044VZ8VA32/cr.aspx