| 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. |
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| REAL in the Park Some details above for this year’s REAL in the Park, part of the Jersey Festival of Words. As you’ll see, it’s shaping up to be a fantastic morning! We still have space for additional participants. If you would like to be part of this brilliant event – supporting Raising Early Achievement in Literacy with our youngest children and their families – please get in touch at beststart@gov.je. |
| Upcoming Training Opportunities; Makaton Level 1 Training;We are delighted to announce that we have a Makaton tutor able to deliver more Makaton signing courses. The first Level 1 training course for those working in early years settings is taking place on Saturday 5th July and can be booked here; https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1374124606689?aff=oddtdtcreator Poverty Aware Practice;We will look at the definitions of poverty and lived experience of poverty in Jersey and consider the hidden impact of it for children and families . This will include children’s safety and wellbeing. We will share good practice and explore practical ways to support families and children you work with who may be living with poverty. Wednesday 18th June 18.30 till 20.00; https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1301915788169?aff=oddtdtcreatorMonday 29th September 18.30 till 20.00; https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1301917944619?aff=oddtdtcreator |
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| Me at Three Boxes We are delighted to share that all children aged 3, during the year before they are due to start Reception, will receive a Me at Three box. This box includes two core books (this year: Each Peach Pear Plum and We’re Going on a Bear Hunt), high-quality crayons, and information for parents/carers from Best Start, Jersey Library, Public Health, and Family Nursing & Home Care (FNHC). Initially, the boxes are being delivered ahead of the Three-Year Developmental Reviews conducted by FNHC in schools and early years settings. All eligible children will receive a box, regardless of whether they are participating in the developmental reviews. |
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| A new way to access REAL training and a £500 grant for your setting;About the training;Making it REAL is an evidence based (tried and tested) programme focussed on Raising Early Achievement in Literacy. It works for all young children by making literacy meaningful and giving parents confidence to engage in fun, low/no cost activities to support their children’s learning. you will gain knowledge and understanding of the four strands of early literacy and an under-pinning framework that supports planning and evaluation.It takes three hours and we can deliver to you and all your team in your setting or at Pips Place – day and time at whenever is convenient for you. About the grant;Your team will need to take part in ‘REAL in the Park’, a literacy event that is part of the Jersey Festival of Words. It is scheduled to take place on Saturday 27th September and you will need to plan and run an activity for children and families. You can use the £500 to purchase resources or pay staff, we don’t mind! About you;You are a manager or training coordinator at an early years setting, and you know your team would value Making it REAL training and the opportunity to participate in the Festival of Words/REAL in the Park. Places are very limited – we can only accommodate five settings. Please contact Kate Elston at the Jersey Child Care Trust (01534 629901) or kate@jcct.org.je to book and find out more…. |
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| Watch this space for our upcoming announcement of our 50 things to do before you’re 5 summer challenge!Running every Friday morning between 4th July – 15th August in Millennium town park we will be offering a selection of fun activities from the app to enjoy.We will also be offering our activity book and prizes to those families who complete 10 or more activities! |
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| 2025 Wilma Allan Award |
| Nominations are now open for the 2025 Wilma Allan Award. The award was created to recognise a student or recently qualified practitioner whose practice has been noticed as going ‘above and beyond’. The award was created in memory of former JCCT employee, Wilma Allan, who was a person who noticed the actions of hardworking, unassuming achievers who constantly deliver. Students or practitioners may be nominated by their manager or by families they work with. The award acknowledges those who have gone above and beyond what is expected of them. This could be great examples of communication with others, an impressive activity that has had an impact on young children or something else that stands out and has been noticed. The winner will receive:an engraved medal£500 to spend on a professional development opportunity£500 worth of toys and resources for the setting that nominated them There is a form here that you can complete and return to kate@jcct.org.je or just call 01534 629901 for more information. |
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| Creative Therapy for Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs2-Day Training Conference for Therapeutic Practitioners and Teachers – Friday 4th & Saturday 5th July 2025 This interactive 2 day training gives an overview of how to use creative therapeutic interventions to support children and young people with Special Educational Needs.Using case studies from the trainer’s 30 years of experience working with SEN as well as creative techniques and approaches from her 20+ years as a play and creative arts therapist, participants will have opportunities to learn about therapeutic work with children with Autism (including PDA and ARFID), ADHD, Attachment Difficulties, Developmental Trauma, Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and Learning Disabilities in order to enhance the emotional health and wellbeing of these children and young people.  |
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| JERSEY ASSOCIATION FOR FAMILY THERAPY TRAINING 2025Anti-discriminatory Practice Workshop JAFT is delighted to welcome Professor Divine Charura to Jersey for a one-day workshop on anti-discriminatory practice. Dr Charura (York St John University), is a Professor of Counselling Psychology. He is a counselling psychologist, psychotherapist and Honorary Fellow of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). The workshop is open to everyone interested in learning and thinking about anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice in our diverse Island community. It’s not just for therapists, but anyone who works with and alongside people from different races and cultures, and wants to do better as a colleague and ally. When: Friday 20 June 2025 9.30 am – 4.30 pm Where: Salvation Army Hall, Minden Place Tickets: £100 for the day, including lunch. https://www.universe.com/events/anti-oppressive-and-anti-discriminatory-practice-tickets-YGHS48 A limited number of reduced cost tickets are available for charities and for people on low or no income. Please email aft.jersey@aft.org.uk for more details. What this training will coverProfessor Charura will cover the theory and practice of anti-discriminatory practice, through experiential learning and group exercises. Together, we’ll consider what anti-discriminatory practice looks like in our workplaces and our communities in Jersey:Exploring the impact of discrimination and oppressionWhat does ‘anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice’ look like in the context of our own work and our communities in JerseyHaving difficult conversations which embody an anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory stanceHow might we change our thinking and practice to address these barriers in our work?Understanding micro-inequities and aggressions/ behavioursThe barriers our clients/customers experience and how it impacts themDefinitions of anti-oppressive and anti-discriminatory practice, language and broaching About Professor Divine CharuraProfessor (Dr) Divine Charura is a Professor of Counselling Psychology. He is a counselling psychologist, registered and licensed as a practitioner psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council in England (UK). Divine is also a psychotherapist and Honorary Fellow of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and an adult psychotherapist. Divine’s research interests and research publications are on the psycho-traumatology and mental health in family and diverse community systems across the lifespan. He has co-authored and edited numerous books. For Divine’s Publications please see https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/profile/2104 |
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| Sally Hogg from the Royal Foundation posted on Linked in the following: It was brilliant to visit the University of East London today to hear about all their wide ranging early years work, from watching baby brain activity in the baby lab, to seeing a simulated birth in the maternity department, and much more. We covered a lot. One thing I particularly enjoyed talking about with Sam Wass and Dr Gemma Goldenberg was how visual and audio noise in environments influences children’s stress, attention and learning. Gemma described the benefits of learning outside, particularly for kids whose attention or behaviour falls behind their peers. This research has very clear real world applications in early education settings. A summary of Gemma’s research can be found here:https://thevoiceofearlychildhood.com/noise-levels-in-classrooms-the-science-behind-outdoor-play-series/ It was very exciting to hear about the new baby lab and spaces to support early education research and practice coming to UEL soon. I’ll definitely be back to East London to see that in operation!! Thanks Professor Amanda J. Broderick and Deborah Lewis for hosting. |
