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Forum of Nursery Teachers (NI) #nieyfs

[Education NI @Education_NI]

Minister Weir visited the @NewtownardsS today. He met with Principal Joanne Dunne, school governors and principals from local nursery schools. After a school tour, a range of matters were discussed including plans for restarting in September and issues faced due to Covid-19.

[Kathy Brodie ✨🌼 @kathybrodie]

New video on @EarlyYearsTV - @JulesMountain on how to improve outdoor spaces and the many benefits for children when they are in a great outdoor space
Free - online - available now
#freetraining #OutdoorSpaces https://t.co/CS8bFCZMRe

[BlendEd NI @BlendEd_NI]

Meet our fabulous panel for Tuesday’s conversation about returning to school in the Early Years. We are delighted to welcome guests from Croatia, England, Israel & NI to chat about their experiences - @MarcWithersey, Dijana Mamula, @AStrutin, Dr Glenda Walsh and @mini_lebowski.

[Claire Corr @CorrClaire]

@FONT_NI Transition will be a slower process allowing time for children and parents to build up a relationship with us and developing that Nurture approach !

[Education NI @Education_NI]

A new chapter dealing with Anxiety & Autism has been added to the Resource File for Children with Special Educational Needs and is now available to view on the Department of Education website at the following link
https://t.co/NwLxAQhCpR
@autismcentre

[Bangor Integrated Nursery School @BangorNursery]

@FONT_NI We are planning to take transitions a bit more slowly than usual, facilitating smaller groups at a time and most being outside!

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At a stage when everyone is looking to next year, teachers and families, have you thought about how you plan to manage transition into Nursery?

[BlendEd NI @BlendEd_NI]

🎉 We have now increased our event capacity for our Early Years conversation! We will be using @Webex instead of Zoom so that we can facilitate all of you 😊 If you were on the waitlist, please claim your ticket in your email inbox 📧

https://t.co/tSLZ7XcPT3

[BlendEd NI @BlendEd_NI]

🗣 ‘Charting the Way’ Conversation Summary 🗣

We are delighted to share the notes from last week‘s event about NI education in Sept 2020.
Many thanks again to all of our passionate panel members for generously sharing their time and opinions! 😁

🔗: https://t.co/Kn9u7u1h1Y

[Kerry Adair @MissAdair91]

@NewtownardsS @FONT_NI Yes, we were thinking about Friday for the same reasons. Thorough cleaning is definitely a top priority, especially when dealing with such young children and an invisible virus! Maybe a good opportunity for staff to come together and reflect at the start of the day too.

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@MissAdair91 @NewtownardsS That's why we set up the FONT twitter and Facebook pages. It helps to share ideas and think through things with other nursery people!

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Today's conversation starter... without clear guidance from DE it's difficult to plan definite changes yet, but what are your thoughts on what you will change?

[Kerry Adair @MissAdair91]

@FONT_NI Again, awaiting the guidance. Ideally activities and group sizes that will accommodate as many opportunities as possible for developing secure interactions and relationships. PSE at the forefront and wellbeing at the core!

[Kerry Adair @MissAdair91]

@NewtownardsS @FONT_NI We are definitely going to do the same. A slower settling in means a quieter space for the children, more adult interaction, a greater opportunity to make detailed observations and more time to answer any parental concerns. Any thoughts on how you will timetable this?

[BlendEd NI @BlendEd_NI]

🚨 Our next conversation is live on Eventbrite! 🚨 This one is all about Early Years! We have another fantastic panel lined up so stay tuned for that announcement coming soon 👀 Limited tickets available this time!
https://t.co/tSLZ7XurhD

[Newtownards Nursery School @NewtownardsS]

@CiarnaC @FONT_NI Absolutely children’s well-being has to come first.

[Claire Corr @CorrClaire]

@FONT_NI @FONT_NI we are looking at resources in the classroom that can’t been cleaned regularly like soft furnishings and planning smaller groups for settling in over a longer period and plenty of outdoor play ! Until guidance we can’t do much more !

[Newtownards Nursery School @NewtownardsS]

@FONT_NI I plan to make very little changes to my environment apart from indoor seperate resources for seperate groups. We will be outside a lot more and I plan to extend my smaller group settling in to more than the usual 2 weeks. Well that’s where my head is at at the moment.

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@juleshendana Very frustrating for everyone!

[Emma Montgomery @Emontgomery340]

@JoanneDunne1 @FONT_NI They loved seeing each other on video. I worry that they are missing the social aspects of nursery, which are so important. Seeing each other on show and tell isn't perfect but it's something and they always have comments for each other after.

[Emma Montgomery @Emontgomery340]

@FONT_NI One of my favourite activities has been show and tell. The children sent clips of no more than 1 minute on Seesaw and I put them together using Clips and shared with the whole class. They loved showing things they normally couldn't like dogs and baby sisters!