1. 24U Network Meeting Beverley Jones (Early Years Consultant)
Tel:
Fiona Purslow
(Safeguarding Development Officer)
Tel:

2. Agenda Welcome All about me @ 2 up-date Monitoring attendance
Sharing books
Comfort break
How is the 24U funding making a difference?
What next?
Any questions?

3. Activity sheets on the ‘Integrated Review’ available from:
All about 2 up-date
Healthy You, Healthy Future
Activity sheets on the ‘Integrated Review’ available from:
tuning-into-two-year-olds/
Professionals’ Telephone number:

4. Why monitor attendance?
There are many reasons why we want young children to come regularly to their Early Years setting.
As well as supporting their learning and development, we want to try to make sure that children are kept safe, their wellbeing is promoted and they do not miss out on their entitlements and opportunities.
This is why attendance is included in the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).

5. Monitoring attendance Guidance for Early Years settings
The purpose of the guidance is to support:
further improvements in the wellbeing of children in the Early Years, especially in keeping them safe and supporting their learning and development.
promote good outcomes for children.
earlier identification of more serious concerns for a child or family and may have a vital part to play in keeping a child or other family members safe from harm.

6. Monitoring attendance: 24U, Nursery Education Funding (NEF) and Extended Free Entitlement (EFE) Funding
If you claim 24U, NEF or EFE Funding and have concerns about a child’s pattern of non-attendance you are required to complete the Shropshire Council’s Attendance Monitoring Form and submit a copy to:
Fiona Purslow
(Safeguarding Development Officer)
Tel:
The form can be accessed on the SLG at

7. Available from: www.gov.uk
Additional reading:
Early years inspection handbook – April 2018
Inspecting safeguarding in early years, education and skills settings – September 2018
Working together to safeguard children – July 2018
Information sharing – July 2018
Available from:

8. Activity: sharing stories
Group 1: What skills do you need to read a story?
Group 2: What skills do you need to re-tell a story?

9. Sharing books together
“[Stories] provide opportunities to learn new vocabulary and sentence structure, and also to improve listening skills …
[Two year olds] need the close proximity of an adult to maintain attention as well as needing to explain the pictures …
When adults read a book that they love to children, they tend to use richer voice tones … spend longer looking at the pictures and their enthusiasm conveys itself to the child …”
Penny Tassoni “Getting it right for two year olds”
(2014:p.98-99)

10. Sharing books 1:1

11. Ideas for creating cosy spaces:
You tube: Busybodies Ludlow

12. Comfort break ... Time for a story

13. 24U funding: successful strategies making a difference for two year-olds
Leaders and staff serve a passion and commitment to supporting families within the community.
Learning and playing alongside their peers, two year olds benefit from hearing more sophisticated language e.g. sharing mealtimes, outdoor play opportunities.
Staff support two year olds in their play and learning during child-initiated sessions.
Well-planned transitions moving into pre-school room.
Teaching and play in the early years – a balancing act? (2015) Available from

14. 24U case studies: what next?
Contact Neville Ward to discuss your case study:
Tel:

15. Future CPD opportunities
E: Ofsted: getting to outstanding
Tuesday 4th October STDC 1:30 – 4pm cost £35
E: Raising Awareness Safeguarding and Child Protection Training
08 October 2018 at 13:00 - Oswestry SY11 2AY
E: Ofsted: information sharing between settings and parents / carers
Wed 10th October Riversway 6:30 – 9pm cost £35
E: Letters and sounds: Phase 1: Aspects 1-7
Thurs 18th October STDC 1:30 – 4pm cost £35

16. Any questions?