The Early Years Hive and the National Childcare Scheme website will be unavailable this afternoon at 5pm for a maximum of 3 hours due to scheduled maintenance.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your cooperation.

Thank you,
Early Years Team

See this Link Barnardos Webinar

Supporting Young Children Experiencing Adversity During Covid 19 is a recorded webinar that gives early years educators an understanding of the kinds of stresses and challenges children and their families may be experiencing in their everyday lives and the impacts these have on children’s wellbeing, learning and development. It also outlines ways you can fully support the child while they are in the setting.

Please note that this webinar is for information only and there is no certificate awarded.

Find more information on Supporting Young Children Experiencing Adversity During Covid 19 CLICK HERE

To access Supporting Young Children Experiencing Adversity During Covid 19, Please click the button below using the Passcode: g4LsY9X% 

WEBINAR ACCESS

*Please note that this webinar is for information only and there is no certificate awarded.

NPC Internet Safety Information sessions for Parents – Virtual 2021

Please note these sessions will be interactive allowing parents to participate and hence places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.

Tuesday the 9th of February is Safer Internet Day and the National Parents Council Primary would like to offer parents of Primary School Children an opportunity to take part in one of our virtual training programmes on Internet Safety for Parents.

The session aims to give you information and skills to be able to engage in your children’s online lives. It covers the benefits and risks of the internet and provides hints and tips for parents; helping children be effective, responsible and safer Internet users. These include open communication and setting rules and boundaries with children, which are important aspects of keeping them safe online, as well as in every other aspect of their lives. The session also explores cyber-bullying and how we can help our children learn how to deal with cyber-bullying situations.

Information provided at each session will be the same.

Sessions are on:

10am Tuesday 9th February
8pm Tuesday 9th February
10am Wednesday 10th February
8pm Wednesday 10th February
10am Thursday 11th February
8pm Thursday 11th February
10am Friday 12th February

For more information and to book one of the above sessions, see  NPC Internet Safety Information Virtual sessions

Review requests are currently being accepted in relation to the COVID-19 Standard Operating Payment (COSP).  Further details on the review process, including review eligibility criteria, can be found here.

All requests must be submitted via HIVE and details of how to do this can be found here.  All review requests must be submitted by 5pm on Tuesday 9th February.