Parents can top up the hours by paying themselves for any extra hours. Some 2-year-olds in England can also get free early education. You must be getting one of the following: • Income Support • income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance ( JSA ) • income-related Employment and Support Allowance ( ESA ) • support through part 6 of the Immigration and Asylum Act • the guaranteed element of State Pension Credit • Child Tax Credit (but not Working Tax Credit) and have an annual income not over £16,190 • the Working Tax Credit 4-week run on (the payment you get when you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit) Children looked after by a local council are also entitled to a place. If your child’s eligible, you can start claiming free early education after your child turns 2. The date you can claim will depend on when their birthday is.
It opens at 9.00 am and closes at 3.15 pm. “Statutory services are usually free of charge.” The government provides schools for children by paying to the local authority. (This reference is from the Cache level 3 Child Care and Education book on page 4, 4th edition, by Penny Tassoni). Parents are expected to leave their child at the morning and come back later to collect. Parents can be involved as volunteers.
A private service in my local area is a private nursery, this means that government does not pay for anything towards it and funds are raised through the people attending. This nursery follows the early years foundation stage and is for children 0 – 5. E2; Describe how each of the types of settings identified in E1 aims to support children and their families. Primary School: By 2010 all schools should provide access to a range of 'extended services' for children, young people and families. A school offering access to extended services works in partnership with its local authority and Children's Trust, as well as with other local schools and partners from the voluntary, community and private sectors, to offer access to: • a varied range of before and after school activities, including study support such as homework clubs, sport, music, arts in a safe place to be for primary and secondary schools • childcare 8am-6pm, 48 weeks a year for primary schools, on school
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.
There is a famous quote by John F. Kennedy “The goal of education is the advancement of knowledge and the dissemination of truth.” As a parent, people around us might view home schooling as better especially those that home schooled as a child growing up. Most parents’ think that having their child interact with other children is important, but that can be accomplished after school as well, by playing or engaging in recreational activities. Public school encourages socialization everyday and developing new friendships, they are also interacting with children
The “child’s play” that goes on in the toddler class is an opportunity for children to create, discover, and experiment. When play is supported and allowed to emerge, the toddler begins to learn about a variety of concepts that lead inevitably to intellectual curiosity and development. The Toddler class engages students in activities that promote development of the following skill areas: Creative: The art area is a wonderful opportunity for children to express their imagination and individuality, and it also develops fine motor skills and reading fundamentals in the process. Children learn to identify shapes of letters in personal drawings, differentiate foreground and background (i.e. learn about color by mixing paint, talking with the teacher
Romilly Primary School. Public schools aim to support children through activities and giving more help in classes if needed, such as an LSA. Teachers within public schools also share positive and negative views and opinions along with concerns and updates on the child’s progress through parent evenings, this also allows the parents to meet the teachers and is also a good way to tell the parents
Nursery rhymes can be used as a great way to enhance our children’s ability to hear, recognize and use letter sounds. This method of teaching helps give children the practice they need to learn the language variations of daily use. Some nursery rhymes are short and full of alliteration and rhymes that make it ideal for children to quickly learn how to play with language and make it their own. There are many nursery rhymes that that show forms of alliteration and imaginative imagery. Nursery rhymes are short and easy to repeat, they become some of a child’s first words and sentences, which leads back to language development.
Schools support both families and children. They support children by providing them with an education and care based on each child’s individual need. Families are supported in a way were they are constantly in contact with the school and staff involved with the care of their children, this maybe were the families are invited in to the setting to for a meeting with their child’s teacher this is usually called ’parents evening’ this gives teachers and families a chance to discuss any information about the child. Another type of setting is a ‘private setting’ these are usually profit making settings provided by private providers, an example of a ‘private setting’ is a private day nursery. A private day nursery is regularly inspected to make sure that the health and safety of all the children is maintained.
Finally, during the preschool years, many children become quite independent and social interacting with the world around them through games and play activities. This is the stage of moving from minute activities to preparing for a solid foundation in all areas of development preparing to interact out of the home. Being a teacher in a classroom, I understand the significant impacts that play enhance preschool children’s growth and development through empowerment, self- help skills, and pro social behavior. As a center, we provide opportunities for preschoolers to exercise their ability to function in a school community efficiently and independently. This includes interacting both inside and outside with their peer and their teachers.