Nannies and home-based carers: Provide care for children in your home and can look after children of any age. Since 2004 all children in the UK aged three and four years old have been entitled to free places at nursery or another preschool setting (including child-minders). From 1st September 2010 the Government extended these hours from 12.5 to 15 hours for up to 38 weeks of the year. The free entitlement provides universal access to early childhood education and care, ensuring that all children have the opportunity to benefit from early years education. The extended hours also supports parents who wish to go back to work or develop their careers through
From 1st September 2010 the Government extended these hours from 12.5 to 15 hours for up to 38 weeks of the year. The free entitlement provides the opportunity for all children to have early year’s education. This also gives extra support to parents or carers who would like to return to work or continue with higher education as this provides affordable day care. There are many types of childcare options available for early years education: * Sure Start Children’s Centre: parents can take their children to Sure Start Children Centres right from birth so they can start working together. Sure Start provides not only early year’s education, but health and family support, short term care and full day care.
There are different types of childcare options available for 0-5 year olds, these include: • Sure Start Children’s Centre: Working with parent’s right from the birth of their child, providing early years education for children, full day care, short-term care, health and family support, parenting advice as well as training and employment advice. • Nursery schools: Provide early learning and childcare for children between three and five years old. They are often based at Sure Start Children’s Centres or linked to a primary school. • Preschools and playgroups: Usually run by voluntary groups providing part-time play and early learning for the under-fives. Three and four year olds can get their 15 hours of weekly free early year’s education at these providers.
The above is changing in September 2014 to allow more 2 years old children to be entitled Free early years education can be provided at the following places. Nurseries – these can be private or based within schools sites or classes within schools and academies. There are also day nurseries available. Nurseries are usually business oriented Nannies – operate by caring for children in your own home and can look after children of any age Pre schools and Play groups – providers of early years education for children under the age of 5. These types of provider are usually run by voluntary groups Childminders – normally providing care within the childminders own home from ages 0 – 8 years old.
Assignment 1 Question 1a Know the structure from early years to post-compulsory education. Summarise entitlement and provision for early year’s education There are many key stages that a child will go through in their school life, from early years to post-compulsory education. Starting with the Early Years Foundation Stage(EYFS) framework. As part of the Every Child Matters agenda and the Childcare Act 2006,all 3 to 4 year olds in England can receive free part-time early years education of up to 15 hours per week, for 38 weeks out of the year. Government funds ensures that every child receives up to 2 years of free education, before reaching school age.
Q1a Know the structure of education from early years to post compulsory education. Early Years Education is given to every 3-4 year old child in the UK as part of the Every Child Matters Act 2006. This means they are entitled to 15 hours of free education for thirty eight weeks in a year. Government funding by local authorities has enabled this free education. Parents can top up the hours by paying themselves for any extra hours.
Parents are welcome to participate in educational activities in the program and in Policy Council meetings. The children at the Head Start receive free medical and dental care and other screenings. Screenings are done at the beginning of the school year and due in 45 days. The types of screenings at the Head Start have are Speech, Hearing, Vision, and Developmental. The program serves healthy balanced foods/special diets (breakfast, lunch and a snack) and play indoors and outdoors in a healthy setting.
The center’s lead teachers; Sammy, Kayla, Angie, Amie, and Cloe all have their CDA’s; furthermore, Amie, Sammy, and Cloe are getting their Associates in Early Childhood Education. They also have assistances in the rooms depending on the number of children. All of the caregivers are required to take 12 hours of training per year. I was interested in observing Amie’s class, she had preschoolers. She, as well as all the other
This scheme started from the government’s creation of the Every Child Matters agenda, which coincides with the Childcare Act 2006. It is funded by each of the local authorities, with parents or carers only required to finance any additional hours over their child’s allocated free hours. Children being offered free education from the ages of two means that all children, regardless of background, are given fair and equal chances to learn before starting Key Stage 1. Children of nursery and reception, ages two through to five, follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), which is taught in different ways throughout the United Kingdom. The EYFS, while being different in each country, allows children to learn to work and play on their own initiative.
Unit 1- An introduction to working with children E1- Describe three different types of settings which provide care and education for children in your area A statutory service is required by an Act of Parliament. There are many settings which provide care and education for children like primary school and day care. Primary Schools take children from the age of five to eleven. It’s about six hours long and has a routine that children follow. It opens at 9.00 am and closes at 3.15 pm.