Early Years News

February 2, 2023

In this week’s news bulletin

• Family Hub recorded event
• Local Offer Early Years Advice page goes live
• Solgrid EYC SEND pages updated with support and guidance
• Education Endowment Foundation newsletter
• ICON – attached information
• Childcare Week 2023 …thankyou for all you do

Family Hub recorded event

The recording of the Family Hubs session as well as the PowerPoint slides can be found on the Council website here: www.solihull.gov.uk/children-and-family-support/family-hubs

The Early Years Advice and Support page is now live on the Local Offer.

We are delighted to share our support page for families with young children and settings.

https://www.solihull.gov.uk/Children-and-family-support/localoffer/early-years-support

We have built the guidance page by referring to the most asked for and perhaps most useful links. We hope to ask some of the families that we are working with whether the guidance is what they want. We would be very grateful if you could share your views.

Solgrid Early Years and Childcare-  SEND pages

Early Years settings can also access a range of information through the Solgrid Early Years and Childcare website. You will find recently added resources that we hope will help setting leadership teams. The SEND pages have a range of SEND supportive resources with further added as they are developed- https://www.solgrid.org.uk/eyc/send/

Sign up for updates from Education Endowment Foundation

EEF will soon be launching new resources designed to support early years educators in maximising the impact of their practice. Make sure you don’t miss out by subscribing to the early years mailing list.

EEF Early Years Updates | EEF (educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk)

ICON – see here https://www.solgrid.org.uk/eyc/news/safeguarding-babies-icon/ 

There are some very powerful messages in the attached information about ICON

This week, we celebrate #ChildcareWeek2023. Congratulations to all the practitioners working in #earlyyears supporting children across the UK @APPGearlyyears

Thank you for all that you do

The APPG for Childcare and Early Education brings together Parliamentarians and leading members for the childcare and early education sector to promote and facilitate discussion on key policy issues.

This year, the theme of the week is Fund the Early Years, Fund their Future.  Early years are a vital part of a child’s education, developing the cognitive, social, and emotional skills that set them up for life. Evidence shows that high-quality childcare supports children’s development, prepares children for school and, of course, allows parents to balance work and family life.

As we know, good early years education is vital to supporting young people developmentally. Ofsted has identified children aged 2-3 as needing a particular focus on speech and language to build necessary communication skills for later in life.  Investment early in a child’s life pays dividends later on, but the impact upon a child’s future is priceless.