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Title: The headteachers perspective


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  • The headteachers perspective
  • Allison Chin and Sarah Haigh
  • Childrens Centre Manager and Childrens Centre
    Teacher Manager
  • Swinnow Primary School


2




Swinnow Childrens Centre
  • Where we are so far
  • Hub site based at Swinnow Primary
  • School
  • Education and childcare for 3-5 year olds
  • on hub site provided in nursery and
  • reception class within an Early Years Unit
  • Other school sites and private day care also
  • provide 3-5 education and care
  • Pre 3 year olds childcare throughout reach
  • area provided by private and voluntary
  • sector, childminders, private day care, tots
  • groups

3



Swinnow Childrens Centre cont
  • Childcare provision available for families
  • 8am 6pm, 48 weeks per year through the
  • reach area providers, breakfast clubs,
  • afterschool provisions, holiday care
  • Groups, courses and activities delivered
  • mainly on hub site but also at other
  • available spaces across the reach area
  • Family outreach workers and family
  • support services operate out of hub site
  • Other agency partnerships and partnership
  • work developing

4



The vision
  • What were our long term aims
  • High quality education
  • Personalised child led
  • learning
  • Early intervention
  • Family engagement
  • Targeted support for
  • the most
  • vulnerable families

5




The Journey
  • Developing a shared vision for the future
  • Nurturing staff throughout changes
  • Knowledge and understanding of staff as
  • individual to build flexible team
  • Knowledge of parent and childrens
  • individual needs to begin to build service
  • delivery plan
  • Engagement of childminders, childcare
  • providers, parents

6


High quality education and care

  • Never lose sight that the core business of
  • education is the key to childrens future life
  • success
  • We empowered our staff, through CPD,
  • clear organisation and performance
  • management to understand roles and
  • responsibilities to be able to provide
  • high quality provision
  • Continual linking of daily practice to the
  • shared vision at team meetings, key person
  • discussion groups, training days, informal
  • professional conversations

7


Personalised child led learning
  • Environment planned to be flexible and
  • adapt to childrens needs and interests
  • Curriculum to be learning and needs led
  • not activity led
  • Relationship with parents to encourage
  • the sharing of information
  • Responsive staff, flexible organisation
  • and children at the heart of planning

8




Early intervention
  • Parent and toddlers group
  • Engagement of
  • childminders
  • Health visitors
  • Speech and language
  • therapists
  • Family support (school
  • and Wildfire)

9



Family engagement
  • Services for parents
  • Parent workshops
  • Family learning courses
  • (Mad Science)
  • Parent classes (cookery,
  • ICT)
  • Strategy courses
  • (Webster Stratton, STEPS)
  • Support and Crises
  • management

10



Targeted support for the most vulnerable families
  • Early identification - multi agency
  • partnership
  • Early intervention
  • Better resources outreach workers,
  • family support
  • CAF - multiagency work process
  • Funding to support action plans holiday
  • play scheme, childcare, clothing, food

11


Steps towards success (nearly)

  • Selling the vision to whole
  • school and governors
  • Regular discussion with
  • Early Years team
  • Flexible working patterns
  • (perks)
  • Lunchtime care (am then
  • pm)
  • Changes to opening/
  • closing sessions
  • Sowing seeds for full
  • childcare (8am-6pm)
  • Extended hours (9am-3pm)
  • Children and staff
  • acclimatised first and
  • then parents

12




Challenges along the way
  • Didnt all go smoothly!!
  • Rota difficulties
  • Staff lunch break organisation
  • Staff hours and organisation
  • New building problems
  • Management time intensive

13




Benefits
  • Flexible staffing arrangements (staff cover,
  • flexible holiday patterns and time off in lieu
  • are possible)
  • New modern purpose built learning
  • environment and outdoor provision
  • Access to up to date information re
  • benefits, return to work, debt
  • management etc
  • Easy access to high quality family support
  • services either by practitioner or self
  • referral
  • Flexible childcare provision
  • Targeted support for families at risk

14


Achievements so far

  • Links with
  • JobcentrePlus advisor
  • National Childminding
  • Association
  • Counselling services
  • (Reaching out/Listening ear)
  • Parent Support Advisor
  • Crawshaw High School
  • Robin Lane Medical Centre
  • Wildfire Family Support
  • service
  • Health Visitors
  • Park Lane College Adult
  • Education
  • School Nurse Team

15


More achievements


Services now available Baby group Stay and Play
for 2 year olds Toddler groups (2
sites) Childminder Network group Young Parents
group Womens Group Cookery courses ICT computer
skills Family Learning courses Volunteer in
school training Holiday care/play provision for
families in need Nurse practitioner
triage/health education pilot
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