An exciting free Continuous Professional Development opportunity organised by South Highland Outdoor Woodland Learning to encourage and support practitioners wishing to take learning outside more.
Hosted by Juliet Robinson and South Highland OWL
Saturday 21st March
10am – 1pm
Nethybridge Community Centre
Find out more at:
https://facebook.com/events/s/woodland-beastie-hunt/429450877697104/?ti=as
Come along and hear the findings of the 9-month research project funded by the Scottish Government and EU Innovation Fund on ‘Exploring innovative models of ELC to sustain rural communities’
The research project has been led by Care and Learning Alliance (CALA) in partnership with The Shieling Project, University of Highland and Islands (UHI), University of Edinburgh, NHS Highland, Highland Council, Skills Development Scotland, Cantraybridge College and Connecting Communities.
Due to complete at the end of March 2020, the research has focused on 4 main strands of work:
Date and Time
Wed, 11th March 2020
5pm – 7pm
Location
Inverness College UHI
1 Inverness Campus
Inverness
IV2 5NA
Programme for evening
5-6pm presentation of findings
6-7pm tea/coffee and opportunity to ask questions and offer feedback on findings
ACCESSING REMOTELY
We can arrange for you to join us remotely between 5pm and 6pm by providing us with your email address no later than 6th March 2020 and we will provide you with a link to access the event.
Email addresses to [email protected]
Telephone: 01463 222569
Scottish Government have provided the following link to assist schools, early learning and childcare settings and other educational settings in providing advice for children, pupils, students, staff and parents or carers regarding
The Care Inspectorate has also shared a further link to guidance for healthcare providers on healthcare workers who have travelled to a risk area for COVID-19 Click here to access
The seventh edition of the Child Protection Bulletin (February 2020) is now available to download. It provides information about ‘Sowing Seeds – Trauma-Informed Practice for anyone working with children and young people and the ‘Upstream Project’.
Education Scotland has published the new guidance document ‘Realising the Ambition: Being me’
This guidance is for anyone who works with and for babies and young children in all areas of early learning and childcare and early primary school.
Education Scotland state:
“Realising the Ambition: Being Me builds upon the original principles and philosophy of Pre-Birth to 3 and Building the Ambition.
This refreshed early years national practice guidance for Scotland presents key information about the characteristics of child development based on research and evidence.
It explores the range of interactions, experiences and spaces we need to provide for babies and young children to help them learn and grow best from their earliest days through to being a young child in early primary school.
In essence, ‘Realising the Ambition: Being Me’ increases expectations of high quality but still provides the necessary support for all who work in the early years’ sector and beyond.”
The guidance covers:
Section 1: Introduction
Section 2: Being Me – Starting Strong
Section 3: What I need to grow and develop
Section 4: Child’s work: the importance of play
Section 5: Early childhood curriculum and pedagogical leadership
Section 6: Putting pedagogy into practice
Section 7: Ensuring quality through critically reflective practice
Section 8: Transitions matter; to me
Section 9: What we can learn from other curriculum approaches
Within each of the sections there is a depth and breadth of information including guidance on Schemas, play pedagogy, the role of the adult in supporting learning, responsive and intentional learning and suggestions for learning from other curriculum approaches.
Click here to access further information about the guidance including a PowerPoint presentation of ‘Challenge Questions’ to support our engagement with the guidance document.
Wednesday 11th March 2020 – 5pm – 7pm
1 Inverness Campus, Inverness. IV2 5NA
This is a presentation on the research findings from a 9-month study exploring innovative models of ELC and an opportunity for you to provide your views/feedback.
Exploring innovative models of ELC to sustain rural communities is a 9-month research project funded by the Scottish Government and EU Innovation Fund at a time of major changes in the funding and provision of ELC services. It has been led by Care and Learning Alliance (CALA) in partnership with The Shieling Project, University of Highland and Islands (UHI), University of Edinburgh, NHS Highland, Highland Council, Skills Development Scotland, Cantraybridge College and Connecting Communities.
The research is due to complete at the end of March 2020 and has been focused on 4 main strands of work:
To book your place and further information visit: https://elc-explore-innovative-models.eventbrite.co.uk/
Cyber Scotland Week (CSW) 2020 takes place between 17th – 23rd February. This will be a weeklong festival of events on cyber awareness, cyber careers and innovation in cybersecurity. During this time organisations large and small are being encouraged to join in. Examples of how we can get involved include:
Be part of the conversation online and support CSW2020.
Host an event for your audience only.
Host an event or activity for an external or larger audience
Alternatively, if you would simply like to raise your awareness or look for resources, you will find the following on their website:
To find out more CLICK HERE
The Scottish Government are consulting on the Parental Involvement Act – Statutory Guidance.
“The Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 sets out the role parents, schools (including nursery classes) and education authorities must play in ensuring all parents are fully involved in the life and work of the school and engaged in their children’s learning”.
The Scottish Government is seeking views to refine and update the statutory guidance on the Act.
Click here to access the current Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Statutory Guidance
Click here to access the updated Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Statutory Guidance
The consultation runs from 24th January 2020 – 30th April 2020. To access the consultation questionnaire, click here
Highland Psychological Services have produced new EASEYS (Encourage and Support Early Years Skills for Additional Support Needs) – supporting inclusion for Early Learning and Childcare Expansion.
Highland Psychological Services introduce the resources by asking us to consider “the impact of the expanded hours on children with Additional Support Needs (ASN)?” along with stating:
“Some of the questions in this EASEYS for ASN could apply to all children in your setting but may have more of an impact for children with ASN. What might be a minor inconvenience for some could have a dramatic impact on others. Adjusting your environment and approaches could make all the difference…”
This informative, easy to navigate resource contains a wealth of information including:
These resources and many more can be found clicking here. Why not keep up to date by signing up for the Highland Psychological Blog and receive notifications when new posts/resources are added.
This week is Children’s Mental Health week and this year the theme is ‘Find your Brave’.
Place2Be, the children’s mental health charity has some useful tips for parents and carers to help encourage children and young people to ‘find their brave’ and overcome challenges.
It seems that 1 in 8 children and young people could have a mental health problem so we probably all know someone who might benefit from some support.
Check out their website for more information and spread the word – Click here to access
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