Steve Posted May 28, 2012 Posted May 28, 2012 Hi all - The DfE has asked us to host a news and resources page for them, which will include items of interest to the early years community (for example, the recent release of the revised EYFS would have been made directly available to the FSF had it been available). We're happy to do this, and it will be available over the next few days. They have also suggested it might be useful to have a 'Questions and Answers' section where we (the early years community) can ask questions of policy and strategy of them, and they will endeavour to provide answers from the various departments responsible. To seed this with some initial content I suggested posting asking for questions you might like to ask. So if you'd like to PM me with any questions you have I'll be pleased to forward them. Please make them courteous - I don't mind challenging but I won't be forwarding anything that I wouldn't be comfortable with asking them face to face. (I don't really know why I'm making this point - the FSF community has always risen above that sort of thing!) I'll let you know when the page is available - it will appear from then on under the 'Resources' menu item. Hopefully it will be a useful tool as time goes on! :1b 1
AnonyMouse_11396 Posted May 28, 2012 Posted May 28, 2012 Wow a fantastic idea, thank you for agreeing to host it from the forum.
AnonyMouse_12960 Posted May 28, 2012 Posted May 28, 2012 sounds great..will think up some questions....
AnonyMouse_1195 Posted May 28, 2012 Posted May 28, 2012 That's an interesting development Steve, and I think quite telling about how well respected this Forum is. :1b
AnonyMouse_30147 Posted May 29, 2012 Posted May 29, 2012 Wow, I do find that interesting. It's one way to know our views are getting across. The cynic in me thinks just because they can hear us doesn't mean they are listening, but I like the fact they are making the effort to keep us up-to-date.
Steve Posted May 29, 2012 Author Posted May 29, 2012 Thanks chaps - I do think they're sincere about wanting to communicate. They've also suggested at some stage having a moderated online chat session, although no more detail has been discussed. So all I need now are some questions! :1b
Steve Posted June 1, 2012 Author Posted June 1, 2012 I've had two questions so far; both about the proposed changes to childminder inspection regulations. I'm moving this post out into the open area to make it easier to find, and could do with some more submissions (if you're not all focussing on the long bank holiday and half term! )
AnonyMouse_1195 Posted June 1, 2012 Posted June 1, 2012 Is it worth pinning this so that it comes up when we look at new posts since we last came online?
Steve Posted June 1, 2012 Author Posted June 1, 2012 I've put it on the front page Jacquie, so it should attract some extra views. The page is now available here. Fairly brief at the moment but it will grow over time.
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted June 1, 2012 Posted June 1, 2012 Ooh I must go and have a look. I think my only question, which I don't need to PM, would be about the way that different authorities interpret the framework, like some areas being told they have to have 3 pieces of evidence for each development statement, and other areas being told they can use a lot of professional judgement. We could do with some guidance on the realistic amount of paperwork we are meant to produce for each child. 4
AnonyMouse_24678 Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 Cait "different authorities interpret the framework, like some areas being told they have to have 3 pieces of evidence for each development statement, and other areas being told they can use a lot of professional judgement." the idea of having three pieces of evidence for each development statement is the first ive heard of it, please could you advise me where you heard of this so i could do some more investigating. thank you! p.s what local authority are you under?
AnonyMouse_13453 Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 It's not my authority, some people on here have mentioned it in the past. The point I was making was that authorities shouldn't be able to make their own 'by laws' unilaterally, without having them agreed by a central source, so that we are all playing by the same rules, and getting the same messages from our authorities
AnonyMouse_12960 Posted June 22, 2012 Posted June 22, 2012 Can I ask about why the vision for graduate led settings by 2015 has been withdrawn, and why we were not told about it until 2012, having been heavily pushed/persuaded to work for it?
Steve Posted June 22, 2012 Author Posted June 22, 2012 Sounds like a perfectly good question to me. You just need to visit the DfE page and send the question to the email address there. :1b
AnonyMouse_12960 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 Cheers Steve, have posted my question..infact got carried away and asked another as well!! 1
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