| Knowledge Makes ChangeAs a member of the Best Start Partnership, the Jersey Child Care Trust compiles and distributes news, information and research (local and international) to all those in Jersey who want to make a difference for children. |
| Knowledge Makes Change Seminar – free session for anyone working in early years in Jersey Monday 20th October, 6.30pm |
| “Building the foundations for being literate” with Charlotte Hacking |
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| Charlotte is an author, teacher, educational speaker and children’s poetry editor. A teacher and teacher-trainer for over two decades, Charlotte has extensive experience of leading and teaching across the Early Years and Primary phases. Her special interests lie in the development of reading and writing, the role of phonics and the use of picture books and poetry to raise children’s engagement and attainment. Building the foundations for being literateDrawing on work and evidence from her award winning book, The Balancing Act: An evidence-based approach to teaching phonics, reading and writing and research paper The Double Helix of Reading and Writing, both co-authored with Professor Dominic Wyse, this session will explore the latest scientific evidence of what really works in teaching children to be literate in their earliest years.Through a range of examples that can be directly drawn on in practice with young children, we will explore how to develop young children’s literacy holistically, using creative and play-based approaches, which ensure that young learners are able to develop motivation for communication, reading and writing, making sense of their learning from the start, constructing meaning from their experiences and being actively engaged in their learning. We will draw on some of the best books for very young children in the approaches explored. |
| You can book on to Charlotte’s twilight session here; https://KMC20thOctober.eventbrite.co.uk |
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REAL in the Park – A Celebration of Early Literacy! Part of the Jersey Festival of Words Join us for REAL in the Park, a fun, free, and family-friendly event designed to celebrate and support Raising Early Achievement in Literacy! Set in Millennium Park, this special morning brings together families, early years educators, and the wider community to explore the joy of early literacy learning.Expect storytelling sessions, craft activities, yoga, nature-based play, and lots of ideas for helping young children build a love of literacy and language right from the start. 📍 Millennium Park 📅 27th September 2025 🕒 10am – 12pm Please do share the attached flyer on your social media pages, and with parents in your schools and settings. |
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| The next CAMHS Training Day is centred around using the Creative Arts when working therapeutically with children and young people. It is for any parents or professionals who may benefit from attending. It is on Tuesday 7th October 9am-4.15pm and can be booked here; https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1652234159849?aff=oddtdtcreator |
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Courses for Parents and Carers at the Children and Families Hub. From September 2025, we will no longer be holding waiting lists for our courses. Instead, we’ll be planning and publishing all courses in advance and parents will be able to book directly through Eventbrite. This change aims to make the process more accessible and flexible, enabling families to choose courses that best suit their needs and availability. All course details are now available in our digital booklet, which you can access here: Digital Booklet Link So, what’s changing?Eventbrite Booking System All upcoming courses will be listed on our Eventbrite page: Eventbrite LinkExisting Bookings Parents who are already booked onto a course have been contacted and have had their booking transferred to Eventbrite.Mailing List and Data Handling We will no longer be storing personal data. Instead, we will only retain email addresses so that families can receive updates about future opportunities. All other data will be securely deleted. Parents will be automatically added to our mailing list, with the option to opt out at any time.Free Online Courses We continue to offer a wide selection of free online parenting courses through our In Our Place platform, these can be accessed anytime using the access code: WELCOME and visiting In Our Place: In Our Place Link We’ve shared this update on our social media pages and would be grateful if you could help us spread the word by sharing our post: Facebook Post & Instagram Post We would also like to encourage you and your teams and any families you work with, to follow our Eventbrite page to receive notifications when new courses go live. If you have any questions about the new process or would like leaflets or materials to share with families, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. Best wishes Shelley DalyFamily Programmes and Participation Lead – Children and Families HubMobile +44 (0)7797 764984 Government of JerseyUnion Street | St Helier | Jersey | JE2 3DN |
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In partnership with NatWest International, Liberate Jersey are excited to have launched the Rainbow Mark scheme.If you’re not familiar with the Rainbow Mark, it is a visible sign displayed by participating organisations across the Channel Islands to indicate that they are LGBTQ+ friendly and are committed to LGBTQ+ inclusion, in line with several key principles, which you can find in the Rainbow Mark Guidance. This is a kitemark initiative that provides participating organisations with visible signage (e.g. a window sticker or pdf icon for website/socials) to demonstrate their participation and commitment to LGBTQ+ inclusion. Signing up is *free*, and participating organisations may include premises such as small shops, beauty salons, kiosks, cafes, bars, restaurants, gyms, and nightclubs. Essentially, anywhere that members of the public visit as customers or clients. The key principles of the Rainbow Mark are: ❤️ 1. Being committed to providing a welcome, inclusive, and safe space for the LGBTQ+ community and maintaining best practice. 🧡 2. Making sure that LGBTQ+ customers, clients, staff and individuals feel valued, protected, and free to be themselves while present at this organisation. 💛 3. Being supportive of the LGBTQ+ community by using inclusive and respectful language, to ensure comfort for everybody. 💚 4. Pledging to address discriminatory behaviour and language. 💙 5. Agreeing to contact Liberate to request advice and best practice to address and resolve any issues of discrimination or intolerance toward LGBTQ+ individuals should they arise. |
| Climate change is already affecting the environments where children live, grow, play, and learn. Our warming world—and the increasing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events like floods, droughts, and powerful storms that result—is worsening inequalities and shaping children’s environments in ways that can also affect their development and lifelong health. These impacts can be direct, such as asthma flareups due to extreme heat, and indirect, such as heat-related illness in caregivers, which can negatively impact their ability to care for children. Despite the risk of long-term harm for children, this is not an issue that the public is widely aware of, nor are children a major focus of climate-related policy or media coverage. If we want to ensure that our children can thrive in a changing climate—particularly those in communities facing structural inequalities—it is critical that we bring them into the conversation. To do so, the Centre on the Developing Child is partnering with the Frame Works Institute and the Centre for Climate, Health, and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (Harvard Chan C-CHANGE) to investigate the most effective strategies for communicating about how climate change is affecting early childhood development. Anew report, Connecting Early Childhood Development to Climate Change: Insights for Communicators, examines current cultural mindsets on climate change and early childhood, analyses media discourse on the topic, and offers insights for advocates and communicators. It is paired with a related brief, Five Trends in Public Thinking About the Connections Between Early Childhood Development and Climate Change, which highlights key findings and provides a snapshot of emerging recommendations. |
| Read the report |
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| In times of change and challenge, giving children the best possible start in their education has never been more important. That’s why we’ve created our Inspirational CPD 2-7yrs Brochure –designed to showcase the high-quality professional development offered to help practitioners and leaders build knowledge, strengthen practice, and achieve lasting impact. Inspirational CPD 2-7yrs – Autumn 2025 by Early Excellence – Issuu |
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| The Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood has produced these great new animation films which unpack the brain science and explain key concepts behind the way nurturing interactions support the social and emotional development of babies and young children. The films are short and very accessible, backed up by a science briefing for each one. The Explainer Series – CFEC |
