From Carrie White, Early Years SEND Lead Teacher
It was lovely to introduce Faye to you all. Faye Harbard is our new EY SEND Senior Administrator and has been with us since the beginning of November. Faye will be focusing on the Special Educational Needs Inclusion Funding (SENIF) and will become your point of contact for all queries relating to SENIF applications. Faye will be processing the applications, sending out decisions and processing the invoices. When it comes to the actual payment of the invoices, this is done via the finance team within Medway Council. Faye will send the invoices down to the finance team and will now be able to track these invoices with the team. However, she will not be the person physically responsible for the payment. Faye is keen to support you all to make sure funding issues are resolved quickly.
It has been a very busy month and we are looking forward to the New Year and the new challenges that will bring.
The Early Years SEND Team would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Training
Thanks to everyone who’s already booked to attend EY SEND training. You should have received a reply confirming your place on the training. The following sessions are now fully booked:
· Behaviour which Challenges, Monday, 16 January 2023 9:30 am to 12 noon
· Sensory Workshop Tuesday, 31 January 2023 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
· Sensory Workshop Thursday, 16 March 2023 9:30 am to 12:30 pm
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Our training offer is free to our settings and open to all members of staff - it does not have to be the SENCO who comes along to the training. We do have a limit to the number of people at the training session and can only accommodate 1 person per setting, but we are planning to run the sessions a few times over the year.
To sign up, please email Tina Newman at tina.newman@medway.gov.uk with the name of who will be attending. We will accept bookings until 2 weeks before the course date or when we’ve reached the maximum number of delegates. We encourage those who’ve been put on a training waitlist to contact Tina and book on new dates as soon as you can to secure your place.May we ask that if you are already confirmed to attend a session and you are not able to attend anymore, please contact Tina via email or at 01634 334016 so we can give your slot to the next person on the waiting list. We also ask that you let us know if someone else is taking a delegate’s place to make sure there is a certificate for the attendee.
For EY SEND Training at Gun Wharf, please note there is no parking available. The nearest paid parking is Chatham Riverside next to Chatham Library or The Pentagon.
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Title of training |
Date and venue |
Maximum Number of Delegates |
Session Time |
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Using Everyday Resources |
Thursday 19th January 2023 Gun Wharf Chatham at Medway Council Gun Wharf Meeting Room 1 ME4 4TR |
20 |
9:30 am - 12:30 pm |
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Provision Maps |
Tuesday 24th January 2023 at Medway Council Gun Wharf Meeting Room 1 ME4 4TR |
20 |
10 am - 11:30 am
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EHCP |
Tuesday 24th January 2023 at Medway Council Gun Wharf Meeting Room 1 ME4 4TR |
20 |
1 pm to 2:30 pm
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Using Small Steps to Support Learning |
Thursday 9th February 2023 at Medway Council Gun Wharf Meeting Room 1 ME4 4TR |
20 |
9:30 am - 11:30 am |
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Behaviour which challenges |
Tuesday, 7th March 2023 at Medway Council Gun Wharf Meeting Room 1 ME4 4TR |
20 |
9:30 am – 12 noon |
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Play Skills |
Thursday, 30th March 2023 at Medway Council Gun Wharf Meeting Room 1 ME4 4TR |
20 |
9:30 am – 11:30 am |
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Play Skills |
Thursday, 30th March 2023 at Medway Council Gun Wharf Meeting Room 1 ME4 4TR |
20 |
12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
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New to Role of SENCO |
Thursday, 27th April 2023 at Medway Council Gun Wharf Meeting Room 1 ME4 4TR |
20 |
9:30 am - 2:30 pm please bring your own lunch |
Cluster Briefings
The next cluster briefing will be in March 2023. You only need to attend 1 of the 4 sessions on offer. Again, we can accommodate 1 per setting so please book with Tina Newman at tina.newman@medway.gov.uk to confirm your place. Bookings will be accepted until Monday, 6 February 2023 or when we have reached the maximum capacity for each session.
Please note there is no parking available at Gun Wharf. The nearest paid parking is Chatham Riverside next to Chatham Library or The Pentagon.
Thursday, 9 March 2023
· 9:30 am to 11 am
· 1pm to 2:30 pm
Thursday, 2 March 2023
· 9:30 am to 11 am
· 1pm to 2:30 pm
EY SEND Forms
All SENCo Surgery and funding forms are available to download from the elearningatlast website. From the homepage https://www.e-learningatlast.org.uk/, click on Early Years Information and Guidance, click on Referral forms for Practitioners. It will ask you to log in but if you don’t have log in details, you can just click on ‘Log in as Guest’ and you should be able to access all the forms there.
Kent Children attending Medway Settings
Children who have a Kent postcode but attend Medway settings will now receive SENIF from Kent if you apply for it. The application process is via an online page: https://www.kelsi.org.uk/special-education-needs/special-educational-needs/senif/how-to-apply-for-senif - you will need to create an account in order to access the form. In case of difficulties in completing the online form please contact the SENIF Team via SENIF@kent.gov.uk. You may also refer a child to LIFT if they are a child you would have previously spoken to the Medway EY SEND Team about as they are delayed in their development. To refer a child to Lift, you need to complete an EY LIFT referral form and an agreement to engage form – both forms were sent via email with this bulletin. It will also be accessible on the elearningatlast website (please refer to EY SEND forms on how to do so). Completed forms are to be send directly to the correct Area Specialist Teacher - below are the contact details:
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Telephone |
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Ashford |
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Canterbury |
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Dartford |
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Dover |
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Folkestone and Hythe |
01303 261155 |
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Gravesham |
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Maidstone |
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Sevenoaks |
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Swale |
01795 477788 |
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Thanet |
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Tonbridge and Malling |
01732 771384 |
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Tunbridge Wells |
EY SEND Funding
Should you need to contact Faye Harbard, please do so via faye.harbard@medway.gov.uk or 01634 334032. Faye is taking the full reins of funding and is keen to support you all looking into any issues you may have and working to improve things for you all. Funding panel is held monthly. You need to send in an application form, a provision map and any supporting information that may help the panel to make an informed decision to eyhighneeds@medway.gov.uk.
When invoicing for payment, please ensure you include the invoice number which should be the child’s initials, the current month and the year e.g., CW1222. Invoices with numbers such as 1 will not be approved by the finance team. Please see invoice template which was also sent as a Microsoft Word document with this bulletin via email. It will also be accessible on the elearningatlast website (please refer to EY SEND forms on how to do so).
edway Early Years SEND team Contact
Information:
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Carrie White |
EY SEND Lead Teacher |
01634 334037 / 07773 187596 carrie.white@medway.gov.uk |
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Dawn Adams |
EY SEND Practitioner |
07825 071405 dawn.adams@medway.gov.uk |
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Cindy Hitch |
EY SEND Practitioner |
07740 590024 cindy.hitch@medway.gov.uk |
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Marina McGowan |
EY SEND Practitioner |
07917 638871 marina.mcgowan@medway.gov.uk |
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Katie Ward |
EY SEND Practitioner |
07920 198905 katie.ward@medway.gov.uk |
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Amber Whitefield |
EY SEND Practitioner |
07740 457990 amber.whitefield@medway.gov.uk |
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Faye Harbard |
Senior Administration Officer |
01634 334032 faye.harbard@medway.gov.uk |
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Tina Newman |
Administration Assistant |
01634 334016 tina.newman@medway.gov.uk |