Title: The headteachers perspective
1 - 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