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For the January edition of the EAL newsletter - January 2020
Early Help: Engage service structure updated April 2016
Could you please forward this information to your EYFS Reception teachers.
Places are still available on Monday 5th February, 1.00 - 3.30pm or Friday 9th February, 1.00 - 3.30pm. Both sessions will be held at Sans Souci.
Please note that the session on the morning of 9th February has been cancelled.
Audience: Teachers responsible for completing the EYFS Profile assessment and practitioners working with reception age children.
Delegates should bring along examples of evidence for children working at ELG to share and moderate with other reception class teachers and practitioners.
1 place per school is free of charge. Additional places are charged at £35.
Tutor: Jayne Draper
Bookings should be made through the Education Improvement Service. Please email delegate name/school and course name/date to: inset@solihull.gov.uk
Early years SENCo briefings with a behaviour focus are planned for Friday 25 October 2019 at Sans Souci. School and setting leads or SENCos are invited to attend. There is a subsidised charge of £20 with booking via inset@solihull.gov.uk.
Early years leads' network meetings are planned for Wednesday 11 December 2019 (9am-noon) or Thursday 12 December 2019 (1pm-4pm) at Sans Souci (£70).
We hope to know more about the proposed new early learning goals and future profile arrangements by these dates. The current EYFSP remains statutory for this year. Schools are invited to opt in to early years visits with a proposed personal development and behaviours focus for 2019/20. Further information is available on the solgrid early years and childcare website and solgrid extranet.
DfE have issued an invitation to heads of schools to offer them the opportunity to voluntarily participate as an early adopter of the revised EYFS framework in academic year 2020/2021. They are asking schools to confirm participation at this early stage (by 7 February) to prepare for early adoption, once final policy decisions have been made.
We have decided to cancel the head reacher early years briefing, 9 March, and attach some reflections for your consideration and to help with your decision-making.
Schools will need to respond to the DfE invitation before the planned March meeting. Early years leaders and managers meetings (spring 2020) will explore the way forward and share arrangements to manage the change. Apologies for the cancellation, but this invitation has been issued ahead of the spring consultation response.
