The report by Together (Scottish Alliance for Children's Rights) seeks to inspire and enable everyone in Scotland to put children’s human rights at the heart of everything they do.
Please see below for links between Scottish policy and the Peep Learning Together Programme. This policy covers Education; Early Learning and Childcare; Children's Wellbeing; Parental Engagement and Community Learning and Development. You can also find here Scottish policy and the home learning environment.pdf a general overview of the home learning environment in Scottish policy.
The Pupil Equity Fund supports the cross-cutting intentions of the policy we cite here and you may wish to use this fund to deliver the Peep Learning Together Programme in your setting. Please contact info@peeple.org.uk or call the Scottish office on 07767 169539 if you would like to discuss this further.
Quotes from Peep parents
'I didn't realise all my daughter was capable of and that opportunities for learning are everywhere'.
'I learnt a lot about everyday things I am doing that are bringing him on, things I would not have realised without Peep'.
'Peep has helped me become more confident as a parent and as a person'.
I have really enjoyed the course, I think it is great that it relates to your own kid. You get fantastic Ideas how to play and help their development. The Peep practitioners are great and very approachable. I would definitely do it again'.
Government funding is available across the UK to provide focused support for young children, particularly those who are eligible for free school meals (or equivalent), to help close the attainment gap. All Peep Training courses will increase practitioners’ confidence, knowledge and skills in working with parents (as well as children) to support the home learning environment and improve children's outcomes.
In England, some funding is via the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP). This is additional Department for Education (DfE) funding for early years settings in England, to improve the education they provide for 3- and 4-year-olds who are eligible for free school meals (or equivalent). Local guidance is provided on each county council's website. It is up to each setting how you spend the money - it can benefit all children in the setting but has to have a main focus on the needs of the EYPP children.
DfE research indicates the main ways in which Early Years providers have been using the funding: to support communication and language, personal social and emotional development (PSED), literacy and numeracy, and/or physical development and outdoor play. They are doing this through additional staff time for EYPP children, buying resources, staff training, and engaging parents to support home learning.
In Wales, the equivalent funding is via the Early Years Pupil Development Grant (EYPDG). The guidance explains that the main purpose of the funding is to improve the quality of settings/ classrooms and teaching, and that ways of doing this include: training and supporting staff on the importance and role of family engagement; making home links to encourage activities to support early language and numeracy skills, or developing children’s independence skills, self-regulation, healthy eating etc; and developing partnerships with parents/carers, families and communities.
The government is also funding the Family Hubs and Start for Life programme in 75 local authorities in England - you can read more about how Peep can support the work of Family Hubs and the home learning environment.
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The Peep Learning Together Programme is a strong fit to the priorities and intentions of the Pupil Equity Fund. The headings and highlighted terms below are taken from the National Occupational Guidance for the Pupil Equity Fund and Education Scotland’s Interventions for Equity.
According to Scotland's Education Secretary: “Closing the attainment gap remains our key long-term ambition. We are increasing our investment to £1 billion over this parliamentary term to support education recovery and improve outcomes for children and young people impacted by poverty", which includes the Pupil Equity Fund. Head teachers "can decide how best to invest this to support disadvantaged pupils in their schools."
For further information about the Pupil Equity Fund and Peep, or to arrange an informal chat, please email info@peeple.org.uk or call the Scotland office on 07767 169539
The Peep Learning Together Programme (LTP) has been delivered in Derby since the introduction of Sure Start Children’s Centres in 2001. The council took the decision to train all of their Children’s Centre workers as Peep practitioners, and have successfully embedded the approach in their Children’s Centre early years provision.
The LTP and the Peep Progression Pathway (parent accreditation) support parents to develop skills and competencies which contribute to their employability and long-term career goals. Through their Peep group, Derby parents can create and submit a portfolio of work which enables them to attain an Entry Level 3, Level 1 or Level 2 NOCN Certificate in ‘Supporting Early Learning at Home’, as part of the Pathway.
The Learning and Work Institute (L&W) is an independent policy and research organisation dedicated to promoting lifelong learning, full employment and inclusion. In 2015/16 they worked with three Family Learning providers, including Peeple and Derby Peep, to develop, pilot and evaluate wider Family Learning models which would:
Their report was funded by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, and we've included extracts from the Peep elements of the evaluation below the video clip.
> Follow the link to download the L&W report: ‘Increasing the Employability of Parents/Carers’, which presents the findings of the pilot evaluation (including a Derby Peep case study) with key recommendations for policy and practice.
> You can watch a 3 minute video featuring parents and practitioners talking about Peep and family learning who were involved in the project.
‘Peep has given me a new light into how my daughter learns and also how much fun it is to join in with your child’s play.’
Joint Peep delivery happens around the country (and beyond) with various combinations of: education, childcare, health, family support, community learning and development, social work, voluntary sector, leisure, prison, etc. Several local authorities use Peep as part of their strategic plan to work with parents to support children's learning and school readiness.
Follow the links for examples of how Peep is being used in this multi-agency way:
> Early Help, Nottingham - Early help, Children's Centre and Nursery practitioners offering targeted Peep groups for families with babies, children getting ready for Nursery, and Chatter matters
> Intergenerational Peep, Aberdeen - babies and children, parents, and older participants in a local day centre
> Early Years-led Peep in Benalla, Australia - practitioners from the voluntary sector, education and health, and links with family services, specialist health services, and micro-finance services.
> Education-led Peep in Dundee - practitioners from education/nursery settings, bilingual support service, social work, adult learning, leisure and culture, and the voluntary sector.
> Health and community learning-led Peep in Edinburgh - midwives, health visitors, community learning and development workers and voluntary sector workers.
> Family support-led Peep in Galway - working with families including those from traveller and EAL communities, and professionals from childcare, parent and toddler groups, family support, Home-Start, vocational education committee, home school liaisons and school completion projects.
> Educational psychology-led Peep in Stirling - family support workers in Health and Education, Early Years’ Educators from nurseries, practitioners from Homestart and the Learning & Employability team.
> Peep in high schools in Moray - health and home school link workers, families and pupils (developing the young workforce)
> Family Learning & employability in Derby - stepping stones into learning and work with the Peep Progression Pathway: NOCN certificate in 'Supporting early learning at home'
> Children's social work and family & community support in Aberdeen - a multi-agency, city-wide approach, led by Social Care.
> Using Peep in a museum in Oxford - Learning officers for families in the Ashmolean Museum extended their existing 'Little Ashmoles' sessions for toddlers and parents, and included elements of the Peep Learning Together programme with exploring aspects of the musuem, to deliver 'Baby Ashmoles' sessions within the Ashmolean.
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Government funding is available across the UK to provide focused support for young children, particularly those who are eligible for free school meals (or equivalent), to help close the attainment gap.
In England, some funding is via the Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP). This is additional Department for Education (DfE) funding for early years settings in England, to improve the education they provide for 3- and 4-year-olds who are eligible for free school meals (or equivalent). Early years providers are any organisation offering education for children aged under 5, including nurseries and childminders. Local guidance is provided on each county council's website. It is up to each EY provider how you spend the money - it can benefit all children in the setting but has to have a main focus on the needs of the EYPP children.
DfE research indicates the main ways in which Early Years providers have been using the funding: to support communication and language, personal social and emotional development (PSED), literacy and numeracy, and/or physical development and outdoor play. They are doing this through additional staff time for EYPP children, buying resources, staff training, and engaging parents to support home learning.
In Wales, the funding is via the Early Years Pupil Development Grant (EYPDG). The guidance explains that the main purpose of the funding is to improve the quality of settings/ classrooms and teaching, and that ways of doing this include: training and supporting staff on the importance and role of family engagement; making home links to encourage activities to support early language and numeracy skills, or developing children’s independence skills, self-regulation, healthy eating etc; and developing partnerships with parents/carers, families and communities.
All Peep Training will increase practitioners’ confidence, knowledge and skills in working with parents (as well as children) to support the home learning environment. Peep Learning Together Programme Training is a 2-day course. It includes online access to the Learning Together Programme, which focuses on 5 developmental strands: Communication and Language, PSED, Health & Physical Development, Early Maths and Early Literacy. Trained practitioners can focus on topics from any of these strands.
These can be used with or by families, and can be ordered from our website shop:
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You can download Peeple Early Education and Childcare policies below by clicking on the links, or see signed copies in Little Peeple Nursery. These explain what we do in each of these situations. Some general Peeple policies also apply to Little Peeple Nursery, such as the Safeguarding policy - you can find them on the Peeple policies page.
The polices are reviewed every year, and updated as necessary. If you would like to discuss anything, in confidence, then please contact Lindsey Hart, Peeple Early Education and Childcare Manager, on 01865 397972 or email lindsey.hart@peeple.org.uk.
Update from Soozin Rogers, Community learning and development worker, Edinburgh
We wanted to increase our parental engagement within our Primary School, so we began Peep sessions for parents and children together. Peep provision in our school is a partnership between Community Learning and Development (CLD) and the school, specifically the early years practitioner based in the nursery. Parents say that their engagement with Peep has not only strengthened their relationships, it has increased their knowledge of the impact they have on their children’s education and development.
We started off in a community hall close to the school, but once the group was running, the parents were happy to move sessions into the school building itself. School teachers and support staff popped into groups and established relationships with parents, carers and their children. This helped to support the transition into the school – important for parents as well as children! Parents felt less wary of the school environment, and more confident in approaching staff, as relationships had already been formed.
As a transition group focussing on 4-5 year olds, we link to the early literacy and numeracy programme of the nursery and school. This not only reinforces early literacy and maths with the children, it also supports the parents to build on this learning at home – we can all do the actions now! The parents are also more confident with their engagement in the school and the wider community. Many have progressed on to other groups within the school, and some have developed the school's parent council, the first in almost twenty years!! They say they feel more able to speak with the school and are more confident in engaging in school activities. Some have also got more involved in our local Community Centre, again joining activities and the management committee.
(see left for feedback from the group's parents)
read about how 4-5 year olds and their parents in Edinburgh are using peep to help get ready for school
'The Peep group gives me lots of ideas about how to better support my daughter out with the school/nursery setting'
'It really helps to have the one to one interaction and time with my child as I don’t get to do this very often'
'I’ve learned not to be afraid to sign and join in and this has had a huge impact on my child’s confidence to do the same (modelling!)'
'It’s really helpful to have something to take away (information sheet) about what we’ve covered in the session so I can try things to do at home, otherwise I might forget'
'It’s made me think more about how I recognise and praise my child’s efforts to try doing different things at home'
'I feel more confident to support my child at home with what they are learning in nursery - if I didn’t come to Peep I might not know as much about what they learn in the nursery. For example, how the pupils are taught letters and why they are taught in that way.'
'The Peep group leader make you feel OK to ask any questions you want to'