{"id":3970,"date":"2023-08-31T09:54:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T08:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/?p=3970"},"modified":"2023-08-31T09:54:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T08:54:44","slug":"just-a-friendly-reminder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/just-a-friendly-reminder\/","title":{"rendered":"Just a friendly reminder &#8230;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092654\/Picture1-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3971 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092654\/Picture1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><big><em><strong>Welcome to Term 1 of 2023\/24 everyone!\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><\/big><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We wanted to take this opportunity to highlight some of the methods our team use to share valuable information with you, as well as how and where you can access it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092655\/Picture2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3972 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092655\/Picture2-1-300x224.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092655\/Picture2-1-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092655\/Picture2-1.png 389w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em><big><strong><u>Early Years Bulletins:<\/u><\/strong><\/big><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our Early Years Bulletins are sent out on a monthly basis to our Head of Centres, Managers and Head teachers, and are also available to access on Glow.\u00a0 \u00a0The bulletins contain up to date information from our team, Care Inspectorate updates, important dates for your diary and any policy changes you need to be aware of.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/glowscotland.sharepoint.com\/sites\/FalkirkCouncil\/staff\/Falkirkearlyyears\/SitePages\/CLPL%20and%20Local%20Information.aspx?RootFolder=%2Fsites%2FFalkirkCouncil%2Fstaff%2FFalkirkearlyyears%2FGeneral%20Information%2FEarly%20Years%20Bulletins&amp;FolderCTID=0x012000ABDE399ECC66C1408E8C6924E479DB94&amp;View=%7B1E02B91A%2D48AF%2D42B5%2D89DF%2D94A78CE5FD41%7D\">Falkirk Early Learning &#8211; CLPL and Local Information (sharepoint.com)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em><big><strong><u>CLPL Calendar and CPD Manager:<\/u><\/strong><\/big><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our Early Years CLPL calendar was emailed to settings on the 28<sup>th<\/sup> June 2023.\u00a0 This can also be accessed on Glow and is where you will find our teams CLPL offering this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/glowscotland.sharepoint.com\/sites\/FalkirkCouncil\/staff\/Falkirkearlyyears\/SitePages\/CLPL%20and%20Local%20Information.aspx?RootFolder=%2Fsites%2FFalkirkCouncil%2Fstaff%2FFalkirkearlyyears%2FGeneral%20Information%2FEarly%20Years%20Bulletins&amp;FolderCTID=0x012000ABDE399ECC66C1408E8C6924E479DB94&amp;View=%7B1E02B91A%2D48AF%2D42B5%2D89DF%2D94A78CE5FD41%7D\">Falkirk Early Learning &#8211; CLPL and Local Information (sharepoint.com)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dates and content for all Leadership, PEYO and SEYO forums<\/li>\n<li>A list of CLPL available for practitioners at all levels<\/li>\n<li>Bespoke CLPL you can request for your full team<\/li>\n<li>CLPL for all support staff<\/li>\n<li>Play is the Way opportunities<\/li>\n<li>Froebelian practice support<\/li>\n<li>Self-directed materials<\/li>\n<li>Ideas hours<\/li>\n<li>30 minute updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>It is important to be selective as to the professional learning that supports your own or your settings improvement priorities which you may choose to complete as a full staff team or individually.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092657\/Picture3-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3973 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092657\/Picture3-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"110\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The majority of our courses are available to sign up for on <span style=\"color: #00ccff\"><em>CPD Manager<\/em><\/span>. If you cannot find a course; wish further information about forums; or to arrange bespoke training, please speak to your cluster link teacher or the course organiser.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/falkirk.cpdservice.net\/default.aspx\">Falkirk CPD (cpdservice.net)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Please note, some of our CLPL will be delivered using a hybrid learning approach. Here you will have the option to attend in-person with the presenter, or to watch the course remotely via a live-stream on Microsoft Teams. Please make sure you sign up for your preferred option, &#8220;in person&#8221; or &#8220;online&#8221;. This also allows us to monitor candidate numbers and delivery preferences across our range of CLPL programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Our self-guided CLPL continues to be available on our Glow Sharepoint. As always, we would encourage you to discuss any CLPL you take part in with your colleagues afterwards and review the impact this learning has had on your practice.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/glowscotland.sharepoint.com\/sites\/FalkirkCouncil\/staff\/Falkirkearlyyears\/SitePages\/CLPL%20and%20Local%20Information.aspx\">Falkirk Early Learning &#8211; CLPL and Local Information (sharepoint.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em><strong><big><u>Blogs:<\/u><\/big><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our Falkirk Early Learning Blog is where you can access key information about our team, key information for our practitioners and our blog posts.\u00a0 The blog posts are completed and uploaded on an ongoing basis from our team, other services who work alongside us or guest blogs from our practitioners.\u00a0 You can subscribe to the blog to ensure you receive a notification when a new blog post is uploaded by following the link at the bottom of the page on the left-hand side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/\">Falkirk Early Learning \u2013 Our Children First \u2013 Falkirk Council Children&#8217;s Services (glowscotland.org.uk)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092659\/Picture4-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3974 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092659\/Picture4-1-300x152.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092659\/Picture4-1-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092659\/Picture4-1-768x389.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092659\/Picture4-1.png 939w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><big><strong><u><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em>Twitter and Facebook:<\/em><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092701\/Picture5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3975 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092701\/Picture5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"221\" \/><\/a><\/u><\/strong><\/big><\/p>\n<p>Please follow us at @FCEYTeam on Twitter where we post on a daily basis.\u00a0 Here you will find information such as: CLPL information, guidance on grants available, up to date information from Education Scotland and Care Inspectorate, as well as any important information you need to be aware of from our team.\u00a0 We also love to see all the great work you are all doing in your settings so please tag us in your posts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You may prefer to join our private Facebook group for practitioners from Falkirk ELC settings and private partner providers. This contains similar information to our Twitter page and offers a safe place to ask colleagues questions or share ideas.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/468201710246727\">Falkirk Council EY Sharing Group | Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092702\/Picture6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-3976 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092702\/Picture6-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092702\/Picture6-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092702\/Picture6.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\"><em><big><strong><u>Glow Sharepoint:<\/u><\/strong><\/big><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Our Glow Sharepoint is your go to space for accessing a wide range of documents and guidance. The Falkirk Early Learning page is organised into 5 sections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Leadership and Management<\/li>\n<li>Learning, Teaching and Assessment<\/li>\n<li>Falkirk Initiatives and approaches<\/li>\n<li>Parental engagement and family learning<\/li>\n<li>CLPL and general information<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In each section you will find up to date guidance, examples, templates and communication from our service, e.g. posters and bulletins, \u00a0which you can access and make use of.\u00a0 Please familiarise yourself with this page and get in touch with your cluster link teacher if you need any support.<\/p>\n<p>Please also consider signing up for our CLPL session on Thursday 14<sup>th<\/sup> September from 3.30 \u2013 4pm with Kerry Abercrombie who will share guidance on how to access and make the best use of Glow.\u00a0 Please sign up for the session via CPD Manager.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/glowscotland.sharepoint.com\/sites\/FalkirkCouncil\/staff\/Falkirkearlyyears\/SitePages\/Home.aspx\">Falkirk Early Learning &#8211; Home (sharepoint.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Term 1 of 2023\/24 everyone!\u00a0 We wanted to take this opportunity to highlight some of the methods our team use to share valuable information with you, as well as how and where you can access it. &nbsp; Early Years Bulletins: Our Early Years Bulletins are sent out on a monthly basis to our &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11020,"featured_media":3971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7502],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-teaching-assessment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/falkirkearlyyears\/uploads\/sites\/1373\/2023\/08\/31092654\/Picture1-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3970"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4003,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3970\/revisions\/4003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/falkirkearlyyears\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}