This article has been brought to you by Slough Borough Council's Associate Director for Children and Families, Michael Jarrett, for the attention of the Early Years leads.
This weeks news bulletin from Children and Families, Early Years Division at Slough Borough Council is now available please see the attached document 6th January 2021 and read together with yesterday’s update, the ‘special edition’ 5th January 2021.
This weeks bulletin includes:
- Public Health Message
- Critical workers and vulnerable children who can access schools or educational settings
- Childcare providers: telling Ofsted about significant events
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) contingency framework for education and childcare settings
- Data protection for education providers
- Guidance for parents and carers of children attending out-of-school settings during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
- Protective measures for holiday or after-school clubs and other out-of-school settings for children during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
- Guidance for parents and carers on safeguarding children in out-of-school settings
- National business support Zoom webinar for early years and childcare providers
- Early Years and Prevention Service: Training and Continuous Professional Development: Calendar 2020 -2021
- Funded Early Education
- DfE data collection
- Training and Continuous Professional Development
- Introduction to Safeguarding
- Safeguarding Level 3 / Multi agency
- Prevent
- Strong Home Learning Experience to support children’s learning and development
5th January bulletin includes:
- National lockdown to come into force on Wednesday 6 January
- COVID-19 Related Closures and Early Education Entitlement Funding: 5th January 2021
- Actions for Early Years and childcare providers during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
- Charging parents and carers if they are unable to take up their child’s place
- What parents and carers need to know about early years providers, schools and colleges during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak
- Critical workers and vulnerable children who can access schools or educational settings
- Coronavirus (COVID-19): financial support for education, early years and children’s social care
- Self-isolation period reduced from 14 days to 10 days
- Updates to the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) Guidance
- Check if you can claim for your employees' wages through the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme
- HMRC: COVID-19: Employer support – live webinars
- Support Together Early Education Resources (STEER)
Key points: Actions for early years and childcare providers during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak