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Video: Quality Development Service
(30th July 2018)
Want to know more about Better Start Quality Development Service? Take a look at our information video below to find out what it's all about.
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Video: AIM Inclusive Play Packs
(28th May 2018)
AIM Inclusive Play Packs have lots of excellent props and resources to help support all children’s transitions from early years services to primary school, here are some ideas and suggestions to think about…
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Video: Aggie Goes To School
(24th May 2018)
Bringing puppets/dolls to life can support children with the transition to school. Meet Aggie and see how she got on when she went to visit her new school.
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Video: The Space Station
(11th April 2018)
The children in Little Harvard Crèche and Montessori, Beech Park took a trip to the space station! Follow their creative journey here and see how they made their thoughts and ideas come to life!
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Video: Priorities of a 3 Year Old…
(20th November 2017)
Have a look at this story video created by Better Start Early Years Specialist. In this video the story explores the “Priorities of a 3 year old” and a make us think about strategies we can implement to support inclusion of all children.
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Video: Feedback from Linda’s Crèche, Donabate
(Thursday, 2nd November 2017)
Anthony from Linda’s Crèche, Donabate talks us through his experience of engaging with Better Start, the Quality Development Process. Take a look at his video testimonial to see what the team of early years practitioners in Linda’s crèche worked on, and the changes which took place as a result of working in partnership with Laura Smullen, one of our early years specialists.
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NEWS: Better Start Quality Development Customer Service Survey 2017 (Tuesday, 19th September 2017)
Thanks to all who took part in the Better Start Quality Development Customer Service Survey 2017. The positive feedback from our survey identified that 98% of respondents would recommend Better Start Quality Development Service to a friend. Your feedback and suggestions on how we can improve have been noted and is being used to refine and enhance how we work with services to implement quality development. Links to a summary of findings and a full analysis are below…
Click here to read the full report on the findings
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NEWS: A Better Start for AIM Better Start Specialists (Wednesday, 10th May 2017)
Better Start today (Wednesday 10 May 2017) announced that all of its AIM (Access & Inclusion Model) Early Year Specialists are to undertake the Leadership in Inclusion in the Early Years (LINC) Programme.
Better Start Quality Development Service is a national initiative established by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs (DCYA) to bring an integrated national approach to developing...
Click here to read the full news article.
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Tipsheet Tuesday: Heuristic Play Approach
(Tuesday, 9th May 2017)Tuesday, 9th May 2017)
Heuristic play is an approach which describes the activity of babies and young children as they explore objects from the real world. This useful tip sheet tells us how practitioners can introduce heuristic play sessions to their toddler groups, describes the role of the adult in facilitating heuristic play and offers some ideas of materials that could be collected to support children’s interests, such as posting, threading and collecting.
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Video Thursday: Heuristic Play with 1-2 Year Olds
(Thursday, 4th May 2017)
Heuristic play is an approach which describes the activity of babies and young children as they explore objects from the real world. The practitioner sets out an environment with a rich range of resources, and supports and enables young children to discover, explore and experiment.
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