Welcome to the EYPS Forum!
The EYPS forum was launched in April 2008 to support EYPs and EYPS candidates. If your local authority subscribes to the EYPSf subscription scheme, you have full access to the website's facilities. To access the list of participating LAs, click here.
The National Strategies website is continually improving, with a full search facility and easy access to e-learning. The current EYFS materials are complimentary to each other; the CD replaces the old EYFS website in terms of training materials, and the EYFS pack will continue to be available. Progress Matters is an e-learning course which supports the process of monitoring children's progress and offers a useful tool, Progress Monitor, to enable leaders and managers to review children's progress over time. Why not try out the course and monitoring tool and discuss your views in the forums here?
The Early Years Professionals National Conference 2009 is to held on July 14th in Birmingham. This inaugural one-day national event is designed to celebrate the success of Early Years Professionals (EYPs) and to strengthen the EYP community. To find out more click here
We welcome EYPs and candidates from the local authorities of Lancashire, Liverpool, Birmingham, Suffolk and Norfolk as our newest members! Please feel free to look around, join in and get in touch if you have any problems or questions! South Glos, Milton Keynes, Stockton on Tees, Hartlepool, Brighton & Hove, Essex, NE Lincs, West Sussex, Hampshire, University of Reading, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Southampton, Middlesbrough, Kirklees, Islington, LB of Barnet, LB of Richmond, East Sussex, Herefordshire, Derbyshire, Wandsworth and Cumbria local authorities have just renewed for a second year. Current members from these authorities need do nothing: their account subscriptions will automatically be renewed.
** New vacancy in Hastings. Look in resources section for details**
Latest Articles
Small Steps
May 5th, 2009
Chris Randall, an EYP in Brighton and Hove reports from the frontline of work supporting engaged fatherhood. Read more
Attachment Theory and the Key Person Approach
April 29th, 2009
The Key Person Approach is now a fundamental part of developing secure relationships between staff and children in early years settings. Why is it so important and what is the theory behind it? Read more
An Act of Love
February 13th, 2009
Martine Horvath shares with us the philosophy and aspirations of the Reggio approach, following a conference she attended at Roehampton. Read more
New Professionals, New Leaders?
February 6th, 2009
Carol Aubrey, Professor at the Institute of Education, University of Warwick, describes the outcomes of a project with early years leaders, including a discussion on the various styles of leadership they exhibit and suggestions on how best to support EYPs. Read more
Social and Emotional Aspects of Development: the SEAD guidance for practitioners
January 22nd, 2009
The SEAD guidance, published in October 2008, focused mainly on the birth to three age groups, but there is much of relevance here to those of us working with older children. Juliet Mickelburgh summarises the document for us, bringing out the salient points. Read more
What can we learn from the first of the Ofsted reports on EYFS provision? (Part 4)
December 19th, 2008
The final article of the series looks at the judgements that inspectors made within the theme of Learning and Development, and on the abilities of settings to self-evaluate and maintain policies. Read more
What can we learn from the first of the Ofsted reports on EYFS provision? (Part 3)
December 19th, 2008
The third article of the series looks at the judgements that inspectors made within the theme of Enabling Environments. Read more
What can we learn from the first of the Ofsted reports on EYFS provision? (Part 2)
December 17th, 2008
The second article of the series looks at the judgements that inspectors made within the theme of Positive Relationships. Read more
Quality Assurance, Effective Early Learning and the EYP
November 10th, 2008
We have recently (very nearly) completed our Quality Assurance process; having done the work, submitted the reports and background information, we have just received our setting visit. What has made this an interesting process (and one relevant for this website) is that the main body of this work has been overseen by me in the role of Early Years Professional. Read more
What can we learn from the new Ofsted reports on EYFS provision? (Part 1)
November 4th, 2008
What have inspectors focused on during the first weeks of the EYFS? A new series of articles presents the most recent findings. Read more
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