E-news May 15 2008
ContinYou's Masters in Leading Community Learning
Have you thought about joining our Masters course joint with Staffs University - and opportunity to work and learn with some of the leading experts in this field and share their research, insight and expertise. For more information please visit the MA Leading Community Learning page or for further details please contact Sharon Rammell on Sharon.rammell@continyou.org.uk
Supporting parents to engage in their child’s early learning, DCSF, April 2008
This briefing document provides evidence showing why programmes supporting parental engagement in their young children’s learning and development should be prioritised within local decision making and Children and Young People’s Plans. It draws on the Early Learning Partnership Project (ELPP) – a government-funded parental support and family learning initiative involving a number of partner organisations, including ContinYou.
Strand 1 of the project was based around delivery and engagement; in Strand 2 Oxford University evaluated the models used and their impact; and Strand 3 focused on workforce development. To deliver Strand 1 a number of early years providers used the Share model of family learning. In Strand 3, ContinYou delivered two training programmes to hundreds of practitioners – Preparing for Partnership with Parents (P4PP) and Share Plus (parental support).
To read more about the ELPP and to download the briefing document, visit http://www.familyandparenting.org/ELPP.
Children’s Centre and Extended School Show 2008
Don't miss the Children’s Centre and Extended School Show 2008, to be held at the Royal Horticultural Halls in central London on 24 and 25 June. The show will offer new ideas, practical advice and a unique networking opportunity for everyone working in childcare, social services, healthcare or education. Register free before 20 June at www.ccandess.co.uk
ContinYou and Kellogg's are launching the first ever national breakfast club register
From May 2008 ContinYou are making access to all the information and resources on the breakfast club plus website FREE to all; the Breakfast Bulletin has become a monthly e-newsletter; and we are working to create an interactive and fully searchable database of breakfast clubs.
To find out more and to register, please visit the Breakfast Club section.
Do you help young people to Shine?
Then don’t miss out!
ContinYou is supporting Shine, the national celebration of talented young people in Britain.
Schools and organisations working with young people are invited to join Shine - the national celebration of all talent in all young people in England. Showcase young people's talents during Shine week from 30 June - 4 July and build your year-round online wall of talent. Join in online now at www.shineweek.co.uk and receive a FREE Creative Kit to help your events and young people Shine. See www.shineweek.co.uk or contact us at info@shineweek.co.uk to find out more!
Thank you for helping young people to Shine!
GET ORGANISED! GUIDE
The Playday 2008 Get organised! guide is now available
The guide contains tips and ideas to help you plan your Playday celebration. From choosing a location to getting publicity or ideas for the day, it's easy with the Playday Get organised! guide.
Download the Get organised! guide from the Playday website www.playday.org.uk.
Printed copies will be available shortly. To order, contact us (via playday@ncb.org.uk) including your name, delivery address and quantity required.
2008 National Year of Reading - Library Membership Campaign
April sees the launch of a national campaign to encourage library membership in England. NYoR want to encourage as many people as possible, especially children and young people, to join their local libraries and access the wonderful wealth of ideas available for free.
The first 235,000 new young members and their families will be given:
a free copy of the National Year of Reading's The Ultimate Book Guide, a library welcome pack and, of course, a warm welcome from library staff.To get involved in the library membership campaign you could:
• Add 'Join your local library' to your email sign off
• Encourage five friends to join a library
• Make the library membership form available to people you work with when the campaign takes off later this month
For more information visit:
http://www.yearofreading.org.uk/index.php?id=130
The Big Lottery Fund
The Big Lottery Fund is delivering the myplace programme on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF).
Application materials and guidance notes can be downloaded from their website. Questions and answers will be updated following regional events. The link below will take you through to the myplace section of their website.
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_myplace.htm?regioncode=-uk&status=theProg
Due to the huge demand from organisations to attend the original 9 regional launch events, they have organised an extra event for up to 300 people from across all parts of England on Thursday 29 May in central Birmingham. The content of this will be identical to the existing nine events - so there is no need to come again. Places are not guaranteed but please register your interest by contacting Big Lottery at
enquiries.wm@biglotteryfund.org.uk
