Join our webinar for ELC practitioners, staff and managers, school staff and local authority leads on 16 April 19:00–20:00 for an overview of the new health protection guidance for children and young people settings.
Register and submit questions - events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4aa0d29a…

Minister for Children, Young People and Keeping the Promise Natalie Don MSP announces the launch of a Continuous Professional Learning portal for childcare professionals - your one stop shop for quality assured CPL resources → cpldirectory.elc.sssc.uk.com

Children and Young People Minister @NatatlieDon_ met with learners at South Lanarkshire College to hear about their experience of a new pilot Childhood Practice award being taught at the college.

The course equips practitioners with the skills and knowledge to support children and families.

Maree Todd is announcing a new resource for those working with children aged 0-5yrs & their families to support learning around mental health and wellbeing.
Access for free at: digitallearningmap.nhs.scot/helpful-resour…

The Scottish Social Services Council Early Years Scotland Education Scotland COSLA Scot Gov Health

📣 CALL TO ACTION! ☎️ 📞 📱The MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE has begun! Download our templates and share your pics to show support for #Target2030 🎯 - All learning settings to be sustainable by 2030 #LfSforAll ScotGov Education Education Scotland bit.ly/LfSTarget2030

🔊 CALL TO ACTION! 🔊 See the many inspiring organisations helping us to build a #Target2030 MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE to help EVERY learning setting to be sustainable by 2030 #LearningforSustainability for All #LfSforAll 🌎 🌈 🌱 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ScotGov Education Education Scotland bit.ly/LfSTarget2030

Our Early learning and childcare improvement programme team has published an evaluation report highlighting the programme's impact and reach, as well as recommendations for future development. Read the report here ow.ly/IyiH50Qiiv4

Space to Grow is the 2017 Scottish design guidance for premises-based day care of children settings.

We are working with Care Inspectorate to update this resource by March 2024.

Please share your views through this consultation until 6 December.

smartsurvey.co.uk/s/OQ8YT7/

We're updating our resource Space to Grow: Design guidance for early learning and childcare and out of school care settings. As part of this review, we are keen to hear views from across the ELC sector. Please share your views by taking part in our survey ow.ly/4Sfm50Q5UI7

Almost 95,000 children aged 2 to 5 have accessed funded early learning and childcare as the number benefiting increases.

@ScotGov's funded childcare offer is the most generous in the UK, helping families during the cost of living crisis and supporting children’s development.

Children’s Minister Natalie Don MSP visited Menstrie ELC to see how children and families benefit from @ScotGov funded early learning and childcare (ELC) provision as new figures showed a further increase in the number of children accessing funded ELC.

The Anti-Racism in Education Programme fact sheet has now been published on the AREP website and can be shared widely with networks for information. Find it here➡️gov.scot/publications/a…

The refreshed ELC National Induction Resource to support new professionals in the sector. This newly updated and condensed version is now available here ➡️bit.ly/3u7uNmn

An editable copy of the ‘Reflective Questions’ will follow soon!

All children should be able to access safe, nurturing and inspiring outdoor learning experiences.

Natalie Don MSP visited WoodlandsELCCentre to see how this can benefit children’s physical and mental health.

Read the Caring for our Outdoor Spaces guidance ➡️bit.ly/3PHukhP

We are building on the @ScotGov commitment to increase outdoor learning opportunities for children.

Children’s Minister Natalie Don MSP visited WoodlandsELCCentre to see this first hand.

Read the Caring for our Outdoor Spaces guidance ▶️ ow.ly/Tozh50PSm6E

Congratulations to Woodlands Nursery Centre in South Lanarkshire in their #SuccessLooksDifferent Award in recognition of how they celebrate children in their setting with additional support needs. #TeamELC

Nursery and school libraries can now apply for a share of £200k to support projects that put equality, diversity and inclusion at the forefront.

To date, over 150 projects have benefited from the Scottish Government funding.

More ▶️ bit.ly/3YNhgeJ

ELC professionals are invited to complete an anonymous survey as part of the Children’s Services Reform Research Study, to help our understanding of the realities of working to support children, young people and families ➡️bit.ly/3YRPzSb
Open until Monday 28 August 2023.