DfE website offering support and advice for early years and childcare providers
The Department for Education (DfE) have put together a website for childminders and practitioners working with children aged 0-5 years: Help for early years providers : Get help for your setting (education.gov.uk)
The website conations some really useful resources, activities and support articles for practitioners.
The subject areas are broken down into 3 areas:
- Support for practitioners
- Areas of learning
- Health and Wellbeing
Recently, the information on nutrition in the health and well being section has been updated and has really useful ideas and tips from providing a healthy plate to planning food activities with children.
On the training, qualifications and support pages of the website, you will be able to access free workforce training, qualifications, support and guidance.
The ‘Early years child development training’ has a new module: Effective curriculum and assessment’. The new module covers:
- effective implementation of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) learning and development and assessment requirements
- planning and implementing your curriculum effectively
- using non-statutory guidance to inform curriculum planning and implementation
- carrying out effective, purposeful observation and assessment in your early years context
- how different factors can impact on curriculum success, especially the practitioner’s role, the approach to teaching and the setting’s culture and environment
Help for early years providers : Get help for your setting (education.gov.uk)