Community Early Years and Health initiative working with families with children 0-4 in Colin area of Belfast. Giving every child the best possible start in life
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Joined May 2016
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🤯 For every £ spent per child in Scotland, Northern Ireland only spends 12p.
Appalling.
Childhood adversities are strongly associated with poor mental health.
We need to invest in our children.
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Following publication of 𝘈𝘋𝘈𝘗𝘛 𝘮𝘺 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺, our new guide to support the development of inclusive play parks, produced with @maemurrayfdn, we shared our 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. 👇
ALT Navy text on white (with blue wave shapes at top): Call to Action Mae Murray Foundation and PlayBoard call upon government to demonstrate their commitment to the creation of genuinely inclusive play parks for all children by insisting that any funding they provide for local councils is conditional on full adherence to the guidelines and criteria set out in the ADAPT my Play guide and toolkit
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Parents, have your voice heard!!
Get in touch to register your interest!
0808 8020 400
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NEW: Access to Sure Start greatly improved disadvantaged children’s GCSE results, by as much as three GCSE grades.
THREAD on @nridpathecon, @Sarah_Cattan and @carneiro_econ’s new report, funded by @NuffieldFound, on Sure Start’s impact on educational outcomes: [1/10]
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Major new research from England showing children from families who grew up near a Sure Start centre did better than their peers at GCSEs, says the Institute for Fiscal Studies. Confirming what we know in NI! Impact described as"startling" #SureStartWorks
bbc.co.uk/news/education-687…
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Did you know how many different ways reading books can benefit brain development?
Reading helps to:
⭐️vocabulary development
⭐️supporting memory
⭐️build imagination skills
⭐️lower stress levels and
⭐️build bonds and attachments
Wow! We think this is amazing!
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Our March Message of the month is “Books are fun for everyone!...you can turn a page at any age.” 📚😃📚
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A year ago we launched our podcast series - created for educators & #earlyyears leaders interested in finding out about a Froebelian approach to #earlyeducation. We've now had over 10,000 downloads!!!
Thank you to all our AMAZING guests & listeners:
froebel.org.uk/training-and-…
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Love this visual representation of the power of playing peekaboo with little ones - small things can make a big difference for our children and young people! 💜
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Ready to sing & have fun? Join Crescendo Choir - no exp needed!
Sing all genres with friendly faces
Learn, laugh & grow in a supportive space
Connect with your community & make new friends
Every Tuesday, 7:30-9pm Lagmore Community Forum.
Interested? Em: [email protected]
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Naomi Eisenstadt first Director of Sure Start in England- "delighted to see how Northern Ireland got Sure Start right" #SureStartWorks
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What a great reminder of some simple ways we can encourage children's vocabulary to grow and expand!
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Play is a great opportunity to develop children's language. You can model all kinds of words as you play & chat. During play you can also expand a child's language by adding words e.g. child says “beep beep” you could say “yes the car goes beep beep!”
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Upcoming summer fun days with @belfastcc with a range of free activities for children aged from 5 to 12-years-old. 👇
27 July: Falls Park
3 August: Alexandra Park
10 August: Sir Thomas and Lady Dixon Park
17 August: Orangefield Park
#SummerOfPlay #Playday2023
Our first Summer Fun Day event is taking place at Woodvale Pk later today (Thu 20 July), 2pm-4.30pm.
Lots of free fun activities for little ones to enjoy, including face painting, balloon making, lawn games & bouncy castles.
View all upcoming events at ow.ly/BGIu50PgT37
ALT Little girl with face painted with a colourful butterfly holds a balloon model
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Our July message of the month - a timely reminder during the summer holidays for us all to try to reduce our own use and children's use of screens & instead spend time singing, talking & playing together.
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Men in early years: Encouraging more men to work in the early years sector #EYFS #TeamEC ⬇️ earlyyearseducator.co.uk/fea…
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Prof Ray Jones at this mornings @cscsreviewNI launch championing the succes of Sure Start in NI and the urgent need for its expansion across all communities in NI and even extending its age range #SureStartWorks
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WATCH: Colin primary school children shine on stage with Ulster Orchestra belfastmedia.com/colin-prima… via @ATownNews
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The Department has announced it is not proceeding with proposed cuts to Youth Services and a range of Early Years programmes. In addition it is not proceeding with the full scale of proposed cuts to Extended Schools.
Read more: education-ni.gov.uk/news/dep…
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