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Haringey's Weekend of Play

Children can take to the streets or head to their local park for some free fun during Haringey’s Weekend of Play (external link) taking place from 28 – 30 April. The aim is to promote the importance of play and sessions will take place at various local parks including Albert Road Rec and Lordship Rec. Several local schools are also getting involved.

Various estate and play streets taster sessions are also on offer (not included on the flyer), giving people in residential streets the opportunity to close their road to traffic for up to three hours to allow children to play safely in the street.

Please see attached flyer for more information.

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Parent Champions Scheme

Haringey’s Parent Champions scheme is now in full flow. Ten local parents are volunteering across Haringey to promote the free entitlement for eligible 2 year old and all 3  and 4 year olds and to spread information about the 30 hours offer. The Champions have an Haringey identification badge and will be visiting a variety of community spaces to speak to other local parents about the benefits of sending their children to nursery.

 

Parent Champions schemes are active nationally and are supported by The Family & Childcare Trust.

 

Haringey’s scheme is here to stay and we will be working with all of you to recruit more Champions to help spread the message particularly in view of the 30 hours offer.

 

Please contact Renata Moriconi by email:  EarlyYearsProvider@haringey.gov.uk  or telephone Renata on 020 8489 3740 if you want to know more or have parents that might be interesting in volunteering. Training, support and references provided.

 

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Early Years Governance

Early Years Funding Consultation – government response published

On Thursday 1 December the Department for Education published its response (external link) to the Early Years Funding Consultation. The consultation launched in August was the third strand of the funding consultation. The outcome of the consultation is that:

A new early years national funding formula will allocate funding to local authorities (LAs) for the existing 15 hour entitlement for all three and four year olds and the addition 15 hours for children of eligible working parents. This will include a base rate and an uplift for additional needs.

  1. Hourly (average) funding rates will be increased to: £4.94 from £4.56 for three and four year olds and £5.39 from £5.09 for two year olds
  2. There will be a minimum funding rate to LAs of £4.30.
  3. LAs must pass at least 93% of funding to providers.
  4. For the duration of this Parliament an additional £55million a year supplementary funding will be provided to LAs to support maintained nursery schools in recognition of the higher costs these providers face.
  5. LAs will be able to use a limited set of funding supplements (no more than 10% of funding allocated to providers) to take account of deprivation, rurality/sparsity, flexibility and quality (workforce/leadership qualifications), and for English as an Additional Language.
  6. A new disability access fund will be introduced to support access to free entitlements – £12.5m per year (equivalent to £615 per child accessing their free entitlement).
  7. Legislation will be brought forward to require all areas to set up a local inclusion fund for children with special needs and disabilities.  In future this will need to be included in the Local Offer.
  8. The Early Years Pupil Premium will continue.
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Early Years

Breastfeeding peer support volunteer training course 2017

Are you a mum? Did you breastfeed your baby?

Would you like to volunteer to help other mothers in Haringey with feeding their babies?

Peer supporters are local mums who train to volunteer their time to offer information and support to other mums. Our team helps new mums at baby clinics, on postnatal wards and drop-ins.

The training course is:

  • One x two hour class per week for 12 weeks starting in January 2017.
  • Based in Tynemouth Medical Centre, 24 Tynemouth Rd, Tottenham, London N15 4RH
  • on Wednesdays from 10.0am to 12 noon.
  • The course is Free and accredited by the Open College Network.

For further information, please email: janetaylor@breastfeedingnetwork.co.uk  or call: 07933 733955

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Early Years

Haringey Schools Funding Formula 2017-18

Following the postponed introduction of the National Schools Funding Formula, a consultation is currently underway on Haringey’s Schools Funding Formula for 2017-18.

The only change being proposed is a revaluation of the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index (IDACI) following national changes to the IDACI banding.

Consultation documents were sent to schools on Friday 21 October and to chairs of governors on Monday 24 October. Responses are due by 18 November. 

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Early Years

'Inspire, Imagine, Innovate' – Early Years conference in October

We would like to invite you to our forthcoming Early Years conference on 31 October 2016, at the Professional Development Centre (PDC).

The conference is called ‘Inspire, Imagine, Innovate – Creativity Takes Courage’.  Martin Pace, who is a renowned key note speaker from Reflections Nursery and Forest School, will be speaking about developing creativity in children and there will be a range of exciting and informative workshops. We hope to invigorate your practice, inspire your imagination and expand your creativity.

Cost: £60 per delegate or £100 for 2 delegates
Early bird discount: Book before 30 September – £50 per delegate

For bookings, please visit the Traded Services website (external link).