Networking

The Early Years and Childcare Service have been holding monthly virtual ‘coffee-break catch-up’ sessions as a way of providing support to Early Years and Childcare providers whilst in the height of Covid-19.

Topics covered at these sessions included: updates on the early years funding, vaccinations, mental health awareness, updates on Children Centres (specifically their under 2’s work) and much more.

Whilst these ‘catch-up’ session have been highly valued, most recently the number of practitioners attending these sessions have greatly reduced as we have moved through the ‘roadmap’ out of Covid-19. We have therefore taken the decision to ‘step-down’ these sessions for now, especially as from the Autumn term we will be looking at delivering virtual Provider Network Meetings and other meetings such as the Childminder and Safeguarding Forums.

See below resources from the previous sessions held.

Resources from past sessions:

• COVID-19 series Briefing on Early Years October 2020
• COVID-19 series Briefing on Early Years November 2020
• Ofsted coronavirus (COVID-19) rolling update
• Joiners and leavers in the childcare sector
• Reported coronavirus (COVID 19) cases by registered early years and childcare settings
• EYFS reforms – PowerPoint (from Feb / March 2021 sessions)