good practice in the uk preschools, nurseries, children's centres, family centres, childminders
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Good Practice in the UK
Preschools, nurseries, children's centres, family centres, childminders
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Definitions of Qualified Roles
• Nursery nurse / early years practitioners - qualified at level 3, to work with children aged 0-8. Two years training
• EYTS (early years teacher status) - qualified at degree level, 4 years training
• Childminder - person who operates a childcare business from their own home, qualified at level 3 minimum
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Parent Partnership
• Open honest relationship• Open door policy• Sharing ideas• Respecting cultures and preferences• Explaining the importance of play and early
education• Home visits
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Diversity
• Respecting each other's culture, ethnicity, faiths
• Celebrating all cultural events• Relationships with community partners• Recognising the need for multilingual workers• Sharing experiences and information
concerning cultural differences
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Community partnerships
• Understanding the individual child's world• Identifying the needs of the child and the
family• Sharing information with other agencies with
the permission of the parents• Know and meet the needs of your local area
and community
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Safeguarding
• Rigorous training for all working with children, including staff, volunteers, students, support staff
• Regularly updated training• Trusted relationships with parents which
enables them to get help in a crisis• Policies and procedures for everything• DBS checks
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Inclusion
• DDA means that no child can be excluded from the setting
• All children treated equally• External advice and support can be sourced • All children, regardless of ability, together in
the same setting
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Multi agency working
• With social services, police, speech therapists, SEN services, health professionals, health and safety, etc.
• Sharing information confidentially to improve the lifestyle of the child and family
• Provide additional family services where appropriate, e.g. Stay and play, benefits advice, midwife, baby massage
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Key workers
• Building a close relationship• Working closely with the child's family• Understanding the individual needs and
interests of the child• Particularly important for babies' emotional
well being
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Observation, Assessment and Planning
• Plans based on individual children's development needs, preferences and interests
• Wellcomm screening - measuring progress in English
• Daily diaries - link between home and nursery• Following the EYFS and identifying children's
achievements
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EYFS Prime Areas
• Focus on the areas of:• communication and language• Physical development• Personal, social and emotional development• Other areas include maths, literacy and
knowledge & understanding of the world
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Staff ratios
• Children aged 0-1 one adult to two children• Children aged 1-2 one adult to three children• Children aged 2-3 one adult to four children• Children aged 3-4 one adult to eight children• if you have someone qualified to degree /
early years teacher level, can have 13 children to one teacher