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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Inclusion Stories A great success story around the integrated 2 year old review for a child at Brambles childcare. Early Years Inclusion Drop in session From September you will have the opportunity to ask general questions, seek wider support and network with others through a […]
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Ofsted are running a programme of webinars in September to help familiarise providers with the November 2025 education inspection framework changes. Full details here. The School Improvement Team will be attending them – we will summarise and provide feedback during senior leader briefings.
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Picture News have created a calendar of events which may help schools planning their assemblies for next academic year. You can find the calendar here.
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Key Dates AUT 2025-26 Please find key dates for AUT 2025-26 here. Keep these handy to be prepared for submission deadlines & payment dates. Inclusion Stories Fern Hollow demonstrate here how they used advice and support from the inclusion consultants and CPD opportunities to develop their practice…
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Do you have children due to start reception in September who are not yet toilet training. If so, please share ERIC’s ‘Toilet Train Ready for School’ resources. For more information, follow this link: https://eric.org.uk/all-aboard-the-toilet-train-get-ready-for-school/
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision Virtual Training We are running a virtual training session about using the Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision. See attached flyer. The training is suitable for anyone who works with children from birth to 5, and will give you information about
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The Northumberland Family Hub app has an exciting new update! The app now not only includes carefully selected videos from the Tiny Happy People website, designed to help parents and carers to chat, read and play with their children. It now includes a Northumberland specific section. Here parents and carers
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision Virtual Training We are running a virtual training session about using the Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision. The training is suitable for anyone who works with children from birth to 5, and will give you information about how to
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Please find details of our training courses below together with the attached document which gives further details on all of our courses which are currently delivered over Microsoft Teams, unless otherwise stated. Please feel free to forward this email to any of your contacts who you think would be interested in
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Summer 25 working families code eligibility We are really sorry to say that whilst we are cleaning the data from headcount we are recognising that there are still a number of providers offering places to parents with ineligible codes for the term. Codes with
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Primary schools & specialist settings in North East (including Tees Valley), North Yorkshire and North West are invited to attend Mortal Fools upcoming MELVA digital showcase on 17th September, 10am via Zoom. Thanks to funding and business sponsorship, we’re able to allocate MELVA licences for free for academic year 25/26 on a first come, first served
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision Virtual Training We are running a virtual training session about using the Early Years Ordinarily Available Provision – see attached flyer. The training is suitable for anyone who works with children from birth to 5, and will give you
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Inclusion Stories – Week 4 It’s the 4th week of our inclusion in early years focus. This weeks case study demonstrates how Amble Links Primary School adapted their practice to meet the unique needs of their cohort… Please find case study attached to find
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Adventure Training North East are offering a 9 day level 3 Forest School course endorsed by the Forest School Association. See what previous candidates from Northumberland schools have said: “Wow! What an experience, thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Caroline and Colette are inspirational leaders.’ AS, Bridges Nursery, Newcastle.‘I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend
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We are thrilled to welcome Shonette Bason, the nationally renowned Early Years expert (widely known as the “Dough Disco Lady”), who will be leading an engaging and thought-provoking evening at Sele First School. Session topic: Creating Standing Out Early Years – With an Early Writing Focus We’re also pleased to offer a special
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Thursday 26th June, 3.45pm, online. Those of you who already have, or are considering moving to an eSchools website may be interested in joining this introductory session to help you get started with your DfE website compliance tracker, which will be available for use shortly. The DfE Compliance Tracker gives you
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Health Improvement (HIMP) Training Programme Please find details of our training courses below together with the attached document which gives further details on all of our courses which are currently delivered over Microsoft Teams, unless otherwise stated. Please feel free to forward this email to any of your contacts who you
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Northumberland Family Services Directory https://northumberlandeducation.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Family-Services-Directory-guidance-Pdf-2.pdf Many providers hold a Carescheme on the above directory setting out their childcare offer. Thank you to all who have recently updated or created a new scheme. Northumberland FSD Provider Careschemes are used widely by parent/carers and professional organisations
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We’re pleased to offer free tree packs to schools and community groups across Northumberland, to support tree equity and bring people together through nature. Why apply? How to apply: If this opportunity isn’t quite right for you, please do share it with a colleague or group who might benefit – we’d love to reach
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Children North East have created guides for schools to help them support pupils and families who are experiencing poverty or facing financial hardship. Download the guides here.
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We have been made aware that some schools have not been receiving emails from the Data Unit. Please check that your system is not blocking any emails from: dataunit@northumberland365.onmicrosoft.com. Schools risk not receiving key information regarding the data collections for Phonics, EYFS and KS2 in a timely manner if the
Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team REMINDER – SUM 2024-25 Headcount (PVI Providers) The deadline for submitting your summer term headcount return is this Friday (16th May)! If you require a password reset, or cannot locate your file, please email earlyyearsteam@northumberland.gov.uk 2, 3 & 4 year old children need to
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This session is open to all schools in a Northumberland School Alliance. Thank you to those of you who have signed up to attend your Alliance moderation session. The focus Early Learning Goals (ELGs) for the moderation sessions are ‘Speaking’ and ‘Writing’. We will also discuss up to 2 additional ELGs chosen
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Community groups, schools and individuals can enter their environmental projects and initiatives for this annual celebration of activities which help to keep the county clean and green. Entries are invited for: The closing date for entries for the 2025 awards is Sunday 1 June 2025 at midnight, and full details are in the
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Dear Colleagues, Updates from the Team Summer Term Training Directory Please find attached Northumberland’s Early Years training directory overview for the summer term. To book onto any of the outlined courses and for further information, login to your School Readiness Passport account Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements updates – September 2025
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The DfE provide ad hoc updates via email to schools and settings. The latest was published on 6 May. The content is available here.
Last chance to have your say! Survey closes today (6th May 2025). Northumberland County Council and the NHS in Northumberland want to hear people’s views on our ideas for a strategy for autistic people of all ages in Northumberland. The strategy aims to improve services and support for autistic people. We
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