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Ready to Learn Co-design:Redbridge School Readiness Programme
Dr. Hasneen Choudhury
Children’s Centres Strategic Lead
Dr. Dianne Borien
Head of Early Years
Early Years Peer Challenge - Local Government Association
9th July 2019
1. 2017: Task & Finish Group
Ready to Learn (R2L) JourneyDec 2016:
Identified the need for a common understanding of School Readiness
Jan 2017:
Formed a Task & Finish Group to
identify the evidence and good
practice examples
July 2017:Formed a Multi-agency Steering Group (All departments and agencies working with under fives were invited to join)
2018:
1. R2L Booklet drafted
2. Consultation and re-consultation on the draft
(Parents, CC Advisory Board, Leaders and Managers’ Forum, Community Learning Hubs, R2L Steering Group,
Schools)
3. Booklet finalised
2019:
1. Website developed
2. Programme Launched
(at first Early Years Festival)
3. 90 Declaration of Commitment signed including by the Chief Executive
4. Implementation of Action Plan post Launch
ConsultationParents & Parent
Champions
1.Children’s Centres
Advisory Board
School Readiness
Steering Group
Community Learning Hubs
1.Children’s Centres Advisory
Board
PVI Managers & Leaders’
Forum
School Readiness
Public Health England (2015): Improving school readiness, creating a better start for London
Why Invest in School Readiness
Public Health England (2015): Improving school readiness, creating a better start for London
What Works to Improve School Readiness
Public Health England (2015): Improving school readiness, creating a better start for London
Mental Health and Wellbeing of the Mother
Public Health England (2015): Improving school readiness, creating a better start for London
Prevalence of Perinatal Mental Health ProblemsMental health problems in the perinatal period effect 1 in 5 women
NICE CG192 (2014) reports:
● Depression (12%) and Anxiety (13%) are the most common PMI.
● Many women experience both –(15-20%)
● Between 1-2 in 1000 women will experience postpartum psychosis*
● New fathers’ depression rates are double the national average for men in the same age group
● 122,000 babies under one are living with a parent who has a mental illness
*Women with bipolar disorder are at particular risk of postpartum psychosis©Institute of Health Visiting
https://www.theguardian.com
A single case= £74,000£23,000 mother£51,000 child
Source: Bauer et al (2014)
Cost of Mental Health
The Critical Window: Pregnancy
©Institute of Health Visiting
“Seeds of health are planted even before you draw your first breath, and that the nine short months of life in the womb shape your health as long as you live.”
Sharma, 1996
Epigenetics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AfBsTAQ8zs#t=38©Institute of Health Visiting
Maternal Mental Health
“The mother’s face and body are like a mirror to the baby. In this very early mirroring process, both know that they are accepted by the other. The mother’s acceptance forms the basis of the baby’s self-concept, and the mother’s responses form the first ‘brush strokes’ for the developing picture”
Rosemary Roberts (2002)
Children Achieve Well When● Their parents are READY for PARENTHOOD;
● They have a POSITIVE parent-child RELATIONSHIP;
● Parents are NOT EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS in the 1001 Critical Days;
● They and their families receive EFFECTIVE and CONSITENT PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT;
● Their family have GOOD INCOME and EDUCATION;
● There is IMPROVED HEALTH at individual, family and community level;
● They are READY for SCHOOL.
Ready Families
Ready Children
Ready Communities
Ready Services
Children Ready for
School Success &
Life
Public Health England (2015): Improving school readiness, creating a better start for London
Consultation
1. Midwifery
2. 0-25 Community Health Services: Health Visiting, Infant Feeding, Speech & Language Therapy
3. Family Nurse Partnership
4. Oral Health
5. Public Health
6. Families Together (Early Intervention Services)
7. Adult Counselling Services – Improved Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT), Perinatal Mental Health
8. Work Redbridge
9. Redbridge Institute for Adult Education
Consultation
10.Job Centre Plus
11.Vision – Library & Leisure Services
12. Children’s Centres
13. Early Years & Childcare Improvement Team
14. Family Information Service (FiND)
15. RIASS (Redbridge
16. Children’s Commissioning and Partnership
17. Pre-school Home Visiting Service
18. Voluntary Groups – Redbridge Centre for Voluntary Services (RCVS, Home-Start Redbridge, AWAAZ)
Steering Group Members
• Redbridge Children’s Centres
• Early Years and Childcare Improvement Team (EYCIT)
• Families Information Direct (FiND)
• Valentines Nursery
• 0 to 19 Universal Children’s Services (NELFT)
• Oral Health Team (NELFT)
• Public Health
• Primary Schools
I can run,jump, balance
and climb
I can goto the toiletby myself
I can countand identify
numbers
I can eatand drinkby myself
What Redbridge READY to LEARN children would look like?
RESILIENCE ENJOYMENT
ASSURED DISCOVERY YOUNG
Encourage playfulness,
Allow your child to experience losing
Take your child to meet other children
Show your child how to ask for help,
Talk about your child’s day
Encourage your child to have a go at a challenging task
Praise your child regularly to help them feel positive about
Use expression, actions and gestures
Have fun picking up and dropping items
Sing rhymes together
Have fun filling and emptying containers at bath time,
Play fun games
Do physical activities every day
Develop skills in using tools
Encourage hands and finger movement
Develop an awareness of their own bodily needs
Show them how to use the toilet
Allow your child to pour water and drink from a cup
Practice simple instructions
Allow extra time whengoing out
Switch off TV and limit the use of electronicdevicessuch as tablets and mobile phones
Make reading fun.
Make counting part of your daily routine
Encourage setting the table at mealtimes
Cook together,
Encourage reading when out and about by reading
Encourage mark making
Happy parents/carers leadto a happy baby.
Attend all health appointments,
Go outside everyday,
Brush your child’s teeth twice a day
Eat meals together as a family,
RESILIENCE
ENJOYMENT
ASSURED
DISCOVERY
YOUNG
I can take turns, play and share
I can listen, think and speak
I can ask for help and say what I feel
I can run, jump, balance and climb
I can sing and dance
I can eat and drink by myself
I can go to the toilet by myself
I can wash my hands before eating and after going to the toilet
I can dress by myself
I can count and identify numbers
I can draw and mark-make
I have a varied and healthy diet
I can brush my teeth by myself
I have visited my dentist by one year of age
I have had all my immunisations
I have attended my under one year health review
I have attended my two and half year health review
1. 2017: Task & Finish Group
Ready to Learn Launch Event
Declaration of Commitment to Ready to Learn
Declaration
Through a genuine and embedded
partnership approach I am committed to
ensuring ‘Ready to Learn’ is at the heart of
our work. As a result, all children will be
School Ready leading to improved
outcomes through to adulthood.
Signature: ………………………………………………
Name: ………………………………………………….
Position: ………………………………………………..
Service: …………………………………………………
Date: ……………………………………………………
Andy Donald
Chief
Executive
Cllr. E Norman
Lead Councillor for
Children & Families
At the Declaration Board
Changing The Story …
● Raising Awareness of School Readiness:
– Locally and nationally
– Highlighting the impact of Maternal Mental Health
– Highlighting school readiness starts from pregnancy
● Locally tackling the barriers to access to mental health
services
● Providing multi-agency Perinatal Mental Health Training to
professionals
● Ensure actions are followed through by keeping R2L on
people’s agenda
Conclusion
• Every child deserves an equal opportunity to lead a healthy and fulfilling life
• Investing in the emotional wellbeing of young children is a wonderful way to invest in the future
• With the right kind of early intervention, there is every opportunity for secure parent-infant relationships to be developed (The 1001 Critical Days)
• A well-coordinated multi-agency holistic model to school readiness is an effective way get children to be school-ready,
life-ready and child-ready.