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BRISTOL EARLY YEARS
As a city, we are committed to reducing inequality and building inclusion so that all our children and young people grow up in a city where they feel at home, where they feel they belong, and where they and their families can thrive
Bristol Early Years is aware of the significant workforce recruitment and retention challenges facing the sector, both here in our city, and nationally
Bristol Early Years are committed to addressing diversity and inclusion in a meaningful, constructive and holistic way
The Free Entitlement has been expanded to include 2 year olds from working families from April 24 and Under 2s from working families from September 24.
The government is providing a package of training, qualifications, support and guidance for the early years sector to address the impact of the pandemic on the youngest and most disadvantaged children.
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This week, children across our childminding groups have been engaging in a variety of autumn-inspired activities. 🍁🎨
They’ve enjoyed leaf printing and painting with rich autumn colours, as well as making marks with dough using natural objects. These activities help to support the development of children’s dexterity and fine motor skills. 🌿🖌️
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Let us introduce Margaret from our Portage and Inclusion team.
Have you had the pleasure of working with Margaret in Bristol, or heard her share her wisdom around SEND?
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We celebrated everything that is wonderful about the Bristol Standard at our conference! We focused on Health and Well-being and had inspirational speakers who have Bristol Standard values at the heart of their practice.
Caprice Fox from Black Mothers Matters shared her own lived experience and how we are all responsible for ensuring all families and children have a strong sense of belonging through our practice, provision and that we gain a deeper understanding of racism. She shared a simple strategy of phonetically spelling children’s names so that all children and their families are valued and welcomed. A great opportunity to use BMM to support Equality, Diversity and Inclusion dimension.
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The Early Years Book club poem of the month is Down is the Earth.
This action poem is easy to learn and could be a great way to start the day with a group of children to foster a sense of belonging and togetherness.
Thank you to The Poetry Basket for sharing this great poem with Bristol Early Years Book Club. Please checkout out their website for many more!
The Poetry Basket 2 contains 60 poems, across ten themes. (helicopterstories.co.uk)
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Early Years Book club ‘What, Why, Wonder’ of the month is…
The Family Book by Todd Parr.
This is a non-fiction book that celebrates the love we feel for our families and all the different varieties they come in.
Use this book to talk about different in a playful way.
Check out the Bristol Early Years website for more inspiring titles linked to Identity, Belonging and Families.
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Book Giveaway!
The Early Years Book Club theme of the month is Identity, Belonging & Families.
Do you want to be in with a chance of winning ‘My Family, Your Family’ by Laura Henry-Allain MBE?
All you have to do is follow Bristol Early Years, tag a friend and tell us what your favourite children’s book is.
We can’t wait to hear from you!
Check out the Bristol Early Years website for more inspiring titles linked to Identity, Belonging and Families.
The competition will close on Tuesday 8th October 2024, and the winner will be notified shortly afterwards. Entry is limited to one per person. It is open to those working in early years education living in the UK. A winner will be drawn at random. This Competition is not affiliated with Facebook or Instagram.
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Early Years Book Club aims to bring practitioners together over a shared love of GREAT children’s books. Each month, we will be focussing on a theme and the theme for September is…
‘Belonging, Identity & Families!’
Early Years Book Club present 5 Books we Love about Identity, Belonging and Families.
My Family, Your Family by Laura Henry-Allain MBE
You Matter by Christian Robinson
Mama’s Sleeping scarf by Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche writing as Nwa Grace-James
Home by Carson Ellis
I love you because I love you by Muon Thi Van
Check out the Bristol Early Years website for more inspiring titles linked to Identity, Belonging and Families.
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We celebrated everything that is wonderful about the Bristol Standard at our conference last week! We focused on Health and Well-being and had inspirational speakers who have Bristol Standard values at the heart of their practice.
Mitch from Woodland House shared how the Bristol Standard has supported reflective and researchful practice stating that ‘focusing on our strengths makes us stronger….’ and how the whole team are involved in the Bristol Standard. The validation process gives positive reinforcement and ignites motivation and passion across the team. Mitch shared how they support intrinsically motivated research focusing on practitioners interests and strengths such as photography and illustration.
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A big thank you to @alimakatontutor79 for the wonderful sing and sign sessions held at some of our childminding groups this month. Both the children and childminders had a great time learning the Makaton signs for the story “Dear Zoo,” as well as signs for some songs. Thanks also to the @bristolanbeyondsph for facilitating these sessions.
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Early Years Book Club aims to bring practitioners together over a shared love of GREAT children’s books. Each month, we will be focussing on a theme and the theme for September is…
‘Belonging, Identity & Families!’
Follow us to see more content including…
*5 books we love on belonging, Identity & Families
*A monthly non-fiction focus called ‘what why wonder’
*A monthly poem called ‘Knowing a Poem’
*Curated resources and booklists on the Bristol Early Years website
Watch this space for more content & opportunities to get together!
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Bristol Standard: Values, Aims & Vision for your setting
Join us on 26th September 7-8.30 pm for a relaxed, chatty, informative and inspirational space where you can share best practice, good ideas, tips and tricks and connect with like-minded colleagues. The session will focus on improving quality together, discuss how you demonstrate your values & aims within your setting and curriculum and how this benefits our children. We aim to: CONNECT – SHARE – INSPIRE!
*You do not need to be on the Bristol Standard journey to attend!
Link: Values, Aims & Vision for your setting Tickets, Thu 26 Sep 2024 at 19:00 | Eventbrite
For further information Email: Bristol.standard@bristol.gov.uk
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🌟 Our childminding groups are back in action after the summer break! 🌟
We have lots of engaging and fun activities for children to enjoy. We’re excited to see familiar faces and welcome all the new childminders joining us. 😊
Childminders can stay updated by checking their group padlet for information about special events and important updates throughout the term.
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Do you want to join our club?
Bristol Early Years and The Bristol and Beyond Stronger Practice Hub bring you Early Years Book Club!
For all practitioners, teachers, staff and leaders working in Early Years in Bristol, Early Years Book Club will provide content and opportunity to share & develop practice, build on our knowledge of GREAT children’s books and share in the joy of reading.
Follow us for inspiring content, ideas, top tips and more!
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We hope you have had a good start to the new academic year and using the Bristol Standard to have high quality reflective discussions to celebrate your strengths and identify areas you want to improve upon, however big or small these actions may be. The Bristol Standard provides a supportive framework to enable continual improvement and growth. For inspiration why not look at Dimension 1: Values and Aims to help you? For further information and support visit the link in our bio 🔗
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A new academic year and a new pathway for the Bristol Standard! Join us on the 18th September as we introduce Pathway 3… we look forward to seeing you there! For further information please see the link in our bio 🔗.
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We made the news!
Did you know that 1 in 4 children in England and Wales are starting school not toilet trained? To help reduce that number and support families who might need extra support, ERIC is launching a summer campaign, All Aboard the Toilet Train, that aims to help more children get ready to use the toilets independently at school.
If you have children in your setting who are about to start school this September but might need help with toileting, please let parents know they can sign up to receive updates and tips from ERIC throughout the summer.
Parents can sign up here: https://eric.org.uk/all-aboard-the-toilet-train-get-ready-for-school/
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Within the Bristol Portage and Inclusion team, we often get asked about “behaviour management”. We try to reframe our thinking around promoting positive behaviour and recognise no child is choosing to be difficult.
Children need emotionally available adults who can respond with care and attention. When a child is physically hurt we act sensitively, like we would a baby, maybe hand them a plaster and give them a cuddle. Should we not do the same when the hurt is internal?? ❤️🩹
A big thank you to @nurseryvillage.co.uk for helping us to unpick our role as educators in promoting positive behaviour and interactions for children. We had an interactive and thought provoking morning discussing the simple adaptations we can make to foster inclusive practice and build a harmonious atmosphere for all.
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The Bristol Standard Dimension 2: Relationships and Interactions.
This dimension will support you as you start to develop positive, nurturing, respectful relationships with children and families. It will help you reflect on the important role of the key person and the impact on early childhood development.
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As we approach the end of the academic year, it is an opportunity to be reflective and think about how to make small changes to help your role, children and families. Why not dip into The Bristol Standard Dimension 3: The Reflective and Researchful Practitioner to help you? ‘The pedagogy in your setting will be influenced by each practitioner’s values, beliefs, experience and memories of play in their own life.’
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Did you know that 1 in 4 children in England and Wales are starting school not toilet trained? To help reduce that number and support families who might need extra support, ERIC is launching a summer campaign, All Aboard the Toilet Train, that aims to help more children get ready to use the toilets independently at school.
If you have children in your setting who are about to start school this September but might need help with toileting, please let parents know they can sign up to receive updates and tips from ERIC throughout the summer.
Parents can sign up here: https://eric.org.uk/all-aboard-the-toilet-train-get-ready-for-school/
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We look forward to working with you to capture and disseminate the world-class nature of Early Years practice in Bristol. This is your website and we welcome your views, contributions and feedback.
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