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Ready, set, go from the ground up, paving the way for vulnerable children starting school

Ready, set, go from the ground up, paving the way for vulnerable children starting school. Vivianne Verwey Child and Family Worker. Meredith Daniel Service Manager . Overview. Horizons Central Coast Family Services Background Ready, Set, Go! Key Findings.

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Ready, set, go from the ground up, paving the way for vulnerable children starting school

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  1. Ready, set, go from the ground up, paving the way for vulnerable children starting school Vivianne Verwey Child and Family Worker Meredith Daniel Service Manager

  2. Overview • Horizons Central Coast Family Services • Background • Ready, Set, Go! • Key Findings

  3. Horizons Central Coast Family Services • Funded by NSW Community Services (Community Services Grants Program) • Case Management/ Family Support • Home visiting and centre-based • Referral, group work and advocacy • Information and skill development • Practical support • Parenting strategies

  4. Background • Communities for Children • Healthy Young Families • Support for Families and Parents • Early Learning and Development • Child Friendly Communities • Family and Children’s Services work effectively as a system A Southern Lakes Communities for Children Project The Communities for Children Initiative is funded by the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

  5. Ready, Set, Go! • A free supported playgroup • Weekly for 2 hours • During school terms 3 & 4 • Younger siblings welcome • Delivered in school grounds

  6. Integration • Access to vulnerable and hard to reach families • Provision of transport • Support anxious parents • Referrals

  7. Collaboration • Schools • Child Care Centres • Other C4C projects • Other local services

  8. The Weekly Routine • Children and Families Arrive • Structured Activities • Morning Tea, Free Play and Gross Motor • Group Time • School Activities

  9. Children and Families Arrive • Maximum of 20 school starting children • Sign in • Welcome • Name badges • Introductions & Greetings • Break into small groups

  10. Structured Activities • Minimal resources required • Four programmed activities • Observations • School readiness assessment/s • Parent involvement • Children pack away

  11. Morning Tea, Free Play and Gross Motor • Toileting & Hygiene • Healthy Eating • Children’s independence • Simulate playground environment • Gross motor

  12. Group Time • Story, Songs and Movement • Parent networking • Principal visit • Other C4C activities • Gradual separation from parents

  13. School Activities • Story time in the library • Visit the canteen • Dancing with kindergarten classes • Computers • Increase length of separation from parents

  14. Orientation, Final Session and First Day of School • Align with school orientation • Graduation ceremony • Celebrate • Happy separation

  15. Key Findings • Word of mouth • Integration and collaboration • Get to know the children and families • Easy to achieve activities • Focus on social and emotional • Increase parent knowledge • Gradual separation • Easily duplicated

  16. “Enjoy the little things, • for one day you may look back and realise they were the • big things.” • Robert Brault

  17. Contact Details • VivianneVerwey • (02) 4333 5111 • 0418 830 054 • vverwey@horizons.ngo.org.au

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