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Forth Valley & West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative

Forth Valley & West Lothian Regional Improvement Collaborative

Seeking to build a collaborative culture that will support teachers in Falkirk, Stirling, Clackmannanshire and West Lothian Council areas to focus learning and teaching on practice that will improve outcomes for children and help close the socio-economic attainment gap
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Welcome to the Early Level hub for Forth Valley and West Lothian RIC. 

Click on the gallery items below to access collaborative development work by our RIC Early Level Team. 

How Good is Our Play for Learning Toolkit

Leading Your School Through Play Pedagogy

Making the Connections

Latest Early Learning and Childcare posts on this site

How Good Is Our Play for Learning Framework

Final Play for Learning Framework Please read our “How Good Is Our Play for Learning Framework” which we have produced. Please click on pdf link.… Read more

Our December FVWL RIC/Education Scotland SWAY Newsletter

FVWL RIC /ES December SWAY Newsletter Just a reminder of our equity themed December SWAY Newsletter which showcases some of the amazing work going on… Read more

Anyone for Trifle? Improving Language and Literacy Through Collaboration.

Wednesday 9th June 4pm – 5pm Sign up via CPD Manager, ref: RicLit32, course ID: 74791 This session presented by FV Speech and Language Therapy… Read more

Achieving high quality interactions through collaborative practice in Early Years: the impact on children’s language development

Wednesday 12th May 4pm – 5pm Sign up via CPD Manager This session presented by FV Speech and Language Therapy will address the prevalence and… Read more

Collaborative Literacy: Early Years

4th May 2021 at 3:30pm We look forward to welcoming you to our third ‘Early Years Exchange’ event for Early Years practitioners in our series… Read more

Collaborative Literacy: Early Years

16th March 2021 at 3pm We look forward to welcoming you to our first ‘Early Years Exchange’ event for Early Years practitioners which will kick… Read more

FV&WL RIC Workstream Plans 2019-2020

We have set out our vision and priorities. In this document workstreams provide a detailed overview of their aims, priorities and plans set out in… Read more

ELC Inclusion fund

The fourth round of the Scottish Government’s Early Learning & Childcare Inclusion Fund is open to applications. The ELC Inclusion Fund provides funding to ELC… Read more

Prof Ferres Laevers comes to the Forth Valley and West Lothian RIC

The FVWL RIC are very proud to present… Early Childhood Education – Where Life Takes Shape with Prof Ferres Laevers 5th November 2019 in Albert… Read more

Space to Grow indoor/outdoor

The Care Inspectorate has developed this improvement support resource on behalf of the Scottish Government. It is important to try and ensure that providers and… Read more

Loose Parts Play Toolkit updated 2019

Toolkit aims The Toolkit aims are to: • increase the number of children and teenagers with access to loose parts play as part of their… Read more

Scottish Early Childhood and Families Transitions Statement

The Scottish Children and Families Transitions Position Statement recognises the value of working together with children and their families, positive relationships, positive continuity, learning, play… Read more

raising concerns

Guidance to advise employers, social service workers and social work students on their duty and responsibilities in raising and acting on concerns raising-concerns-in-the-workplace-guidance-for-employers-social-service-workers-and-social-work-students (1) Read more

National Induction Resource

This resource has been developed to support you in your induction to delivering ELC –whether that is funded ELC or ELC that families choose to… Read more

Best Start Grant

The Best Start Grant is a package of three payments.  It provides parents or carers who get certain benefits or tax credits with financial support… Read more

link to key information, policy, resources and exemplification relating to ELC

​​​This page provides a summary of key information, policy, resources, and exemplification relating to early learning and childcare (ELC)​.​ https://education.gov.scot/improvement/practice-exemplars/a-summary-of-elc-resources Read more

Children’s rights legislation quick reference guide

This quick summary guide is to:  Set the scene on children’s rights legislation in Scotland, and  Provide useful web links to key measures… Read more

Conversation event Wednesday 1st May

This aim of this conversation event is to provide an informal opportunity for practitioners from all educational sectors and settings, community learning and development and… Read more

Funding Follows the Child and the National Standards

Attached is the powerpoint used at the RIC consultation event at the Stirling Highland hotel the end of February.  This presentation is for all ELC… Read more

Early Years RIC Sub Group

The Early Years RIC Sub Group met last week to discuss and evaluate the event “It’s a Good Time to be Two” which took place… Read more

Early Vocabulary Sub Group

The Early Vocabulary Sub Group met last week to share the work from the CYPIC Language Meets Literacy Practicum. We heard the journey of the… Read more

Schemas Resource

New schemas resource incorporating downloadable summary sketch, video and powerpoint for use with parents and carers now available from Parentzone website https://education.gov.scot/parentzone/learning-at-home/schemas-learning-through-play Read more

Bringing generations together

The Care Inspectorate is encouraging care services across Scotland to bring together younger and older people for everyone’s benefit. A new resource full of good… Read more

It’s a good time to be two

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Early Learning and Childcare Inclusion Fund

The third round of the Scottish government’s Early Learning and Childcare Inclusion Fund will open to applications at 12 pm on Monday 4th February 2019. The… Read more

A good time to be two

The  planning group are looking forward to meeting everyone at our conference next Tuesday.  During the event we will be using twitter to share the… Read more

Early Learning and Care for 2 year olds

Interesting article to read ahead of our conference “Its a good time to be two” Early Learning and Care for Two Year Olds Read more

Early Vocabulary and Language Development

Our  Early Vocabulary and Language Sub Group met last week. We have been engaged in a harvesting  of work to share practice across the RIC. Sound bites… Read more

It’s A Good Time to be Two

Looking forward to meeting  two year old practitioners across the RIC  at the event on 12th February  in  FV College (Stirling Campus). It will be… Read more

Early Learning and Childcare Inclusion Fund

The third round of the Scottish government’s Early Learning and Childcare Inclusion Fund will open to applications at 12 pm on Monday 4th February 2019.… Read more

A good time to be two

Please see the link below for further details of the “A good time to be 2” conference.  Information on the conference will be sent directly… Read more

Early Learning and Childcare

Plans are well in hand for our conference “A good time to be two” on 12th February 2019.  Watch out for booking information and the… Read more

Psychology and Numeracy

There are a number of psychology factors that are important in children learning numeracy concepts and skills. The Educational Psychology Services across the regional collaborative have been engaging… Read more

Raising attainment in early learning and child care and closing the poverty related attainment gap

Why is this being prioritised? Each local authority is undertaking work to improve practitioner professionalism and to raise standards across Early Learning and Childcare settings.… Read more

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