Early Years
Sharing the Agenda
15.08.16
Aileen McLean – Senior Education
Manager Early Stages
Welcome back to new
session
Successes and Achievements
2015 - 2016
Edinburgh Playday 2016
Edinburgh’s Playday on 26th July
was attended by up to 3,000
people
The event aims to highlight the
importance of play in children’s
development
Activities were provided by Early
Years Play Development and
Edinburgh Play Forum partners
Sand, water, mud, potions, loose
parts play, junk drumming,
stories, games and baby
heuristic play were on offer
Edinburgh’s Playday provides
lots of fun activities for children
and their families on a large
scale and in an exciting
environment which parents can
replicate at home for little or no
cost
EELCA
Edinburgh’s Early Learning and Childcare Academy
Aim Statement
The Edinburgh Early Learning and Childcare Academy will provide training to
develop a highly qualified, skilled and effective workforce, committed to lifelong
learning and ensuring the very best outcomes for our children and families.
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BA
Students
Network
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Teachers SEYO and
Funded
Trainee/MA
new to
EYO
Qualifications Early Years
nursery Networks
Group
Practitioners
Network
Working
Group
6
Assessors
Group
7
8
Early Years
Play
Job Swap Training
9
CPD
Working
group
EELCA graduates 2016
Trainee/MA Early Years Practitioners
Cohort 1 August 2014 – 2016
21 achieved qualification
12 have permanent posts
9 on the supply list
Cohort 2 August 2016 – 2018
28 new starts
Funded Qualifications
EELCA provides funding to support
staff in working towards the
following qualifications.
SVQ2 & SVQ3 Health & Social
Care (Children and Young
People)
BA Early Childhood Studies
PDA Early Childhood Studies
Froebel In Early Childhood
Scottish Social Services Council – SSSC registration
Failure to maintain
registration!
Inspections – Education Scotland
2015 – 2016
• From June 2015 Education Scotland carried out inspections in
7 partner providers, 1 nursery class and 1 nursery school.
45 grades were awarded as follows:
2 excellent
17 very good
18 good
8 satisfactory
Inspection feedback
• In most inspections inspectors praised the warm, caring
relationships among children, parents and staff.
• In some inspections the quality of the learning environment
indoors and outdoors including the use of the local
community was praised.
• Areas for further improvement were highlighted as the need
to ensure effective systems for tracking children’s progress to
ensure depth and challenge in children’s learning.
Changes to E S inspections
New inspection models from August 2016
Using the new HGIOELCC
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Full inspection model
Short inspection model
Localised thematic model
Neighbourhood model
Quality Indicators and Themes
Leadership and
Management
Learning Provision
Successes and
achievements
How good is our leadership How good is the quality of
and approach to
the care and learning we
improvement?
offer?
How good are we at
ensuring the best possible
outcomes for all our
children?
1.3 Leadership of change
3.1 Ensuring wellbeing,
equality and inclusion.
2.3 Learning, teaching and
assessment.
3.2 Securing children’s
progress.
Also,
2.1 Safeguarding & child
protection.
2.2 Curriculum (learning pathways)
2.7 Partnerships (impact of parental engagement)
Care Inspectorate changes....
• In highly performing centres inspectors will consider Quality Theme 1
Care and Support plus one other Quality Theme based on intelligence and
knowledge of the service.
Services will be eligible for this type of inspection if :
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They have grades of good or better for all quality themes
There are no known concerns about the centre
There are no significant variations since the last inspection
The last inspection was undertaken within the current inspection
frequency
C. I. inspections
contd
For services that do not met this criteria inspections will continue with the four
quality themes
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Care and Support
Environment
Staffing
Management and Leadership
Care Inspectorate changes....
• In highly performing centres inspectors will consider Quality Theme 1
Care and Support plus one other Quality Theme based on intelligence and
knowledge of the service.
Services will be eligible for this type of inspection if :
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They have grades of good or better for all quality themes
There are no known concerns about the centre
There are no significant variations since the last inspection
The last inspection was undertaken within the current inspection
frequency
C. I. inspections
contd
For services that do not met this criteria inspections will continue with the four
quality themes
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Care and Support
Environment
Staffing
Management and Leadership
Early Years
Literacy Bundle
Self-Evaluation for Self-Improvement
How well are you using the resources in the bundle?
How do you know?
What are your next steps?
May 2016
Literacy Update
August 2016
Literacy
Tracker
Literacy
Tracker
Literacy
Tracker
Environmental
Toolkit
Up, Up
and Away
City of Edinburgh Council
Planning for 2-3 year olds
Contents Page
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Planning for 2-3 year olds Guidelines
Planning Proforma for 2-3 year olds
Responsive Planning for 2 to 3 year olds
Responsive Planning for 2 to 3 year olds Example
Planning for 2 to 3 years Individual Next Steps in
Learning
• Building the Ambition Possible Learning
Statements for 2-3 year olds
• Transition Report: Moving from toddler to the
young child
Planning Proforma for 2-3 year olds
This planning proforma can be used to plan for
an individual child or group of children aged 2
to 3 years.
Possible Learning Statements for 2-3
year olds
Listening and Talking
• I enjoy listening to stories.
• I am learning to sit well and listen in a small group for short periods
of time.
• I am learning to follow simple instructions.
• I am learning to put together simple sentences.
• My speech sounds are becoming clearer.
• I am beginning to be able to express my needs.
• I learning to ask simple questions.
• I am learning to take part in verbal games, and learning familiar
rhymes and songs.
• I am learning to point to items/objects/pictures and name them.
• I can use language in a variety of play situations.
Possible Learning Statements for 2-3
year olds
Social and Emotional Wellbeing
• I am beginning to feel secure and settled at nursery.
• I am getting to know the people who look after me at nursery, and they are getting to know
me.
• I am learning to play co-operatively with others.
• I am learning to take turns and share.
• I am learning the rules and routines of my nursery.
• I am learning to be kind to my friends and understand what makes them sad or happy.
• I am becoming aware of my emotions and am learning different ways to express them.
• I am learning to make choices throughout my day using visual aids and props.
• I am learning that there are a lot of people around us who help us, like policemen, doctors,
nurses and firemen.
• I am learning that people in our community have different jobs, such as shop keepers, bus
driver, teachers, etc.
• I am learning about my family and I am beginning to understand that all the families are
different.
• I am learning that everyone is different.
Planning for 2’s Briefing Sessions
Title: Building the Ambition: Planning for 2’s: Briefing session to outline a
new approach
Tutors: Dawn O’Donnell and Raquel Miro
Course code: CF2414
Venue and date: various
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Wednesday 14 September 2016
Monday 26 September 2016
Thursday 6 October 2016
Monday 10 October 2016
Monday 7 November 2016
Log on through CPD in the usual way.
2.00 – 3.30 at Hailesland EYC
2.00 – 3.30 at Fort EYC
1.30 – 3.00 at Currie Playgroup
2.00 – 3.30 at Greendykes EYC
2.00 – 3.30 at Viewforth EYC
Parenting Support
2016/2017
Application process
Individually / pairs / cluster / localities
 Apply by 30 September – online form
Details emailed to each setting
New Nursery Teacher Network
2016 – 2017
For teachers newly appointed to the nursery setting
Dates for new session and details will be e-mailed shortly
Feedback:
• The meetings are a fantastic opportunity to get together and
to talk through any issues or challenges.
• A great opportunity to see other centres and meet other
colleagues
• Some key issues were covered to support my practice
EY blog
Resources and information
http://tinyurl.com/edearlyyears
Dates for your diary
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Success in the City CF1097 - Monday 24th October 9 – 1pm
Including presentation on Block Play 9.30 – 11.30am and 1 – 3pm
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Curriculum for Excellence CF1099 – Wednesday 5th October – 8.30 – 11.30
Wednesday 3rd May – 8.30 – 11.30
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Early years Conference - Thursday 23rd February