Resources

The benefits to Early Years, Childcare and Playwork Settings of being registered with Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW).

The benefits of Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW) registration for a Childcare Setting on School Sites

Parent-led Welsh Language story book to support Welsh language learning in the home. Further resources can be found here: https://www.earlyyears.wales/en/welsh-language-support

Create a wintery scene – creu golygfa gaeafol by making snow cloud dough / Toes cwmwl eira. This fun activity not only gives the opportunity for children to learn new Welsh words / geiriau Cymraeg, it allows them to be messy! Something most children enjoy.

Do you have a Cheeky Elf that visits your setting?

United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child - UNCRC Articles

This factsheet outlines best practice regarding temporary or emergency closure for all childcare and play providers, including group settings or childminders.

Developing a Business Continuity Plan (BCP) may help you think about, and plan for the actions required, during or immediately following an emergency or incident
that threatens your normal business and bring all the information together in one place.

Having a BCP in place for both temporary and emergency closures ensures that everyone can work together efficiently. This helps to ensure the safety of children,
their families, staff, volunteers and visitors, as well as support re-opening and the ongoing sustainability of the setting and well-being of all those involved.

The Cwlwm partnership have produced the following downloadable flow chart for childcare settings. This should form part of a full written procedure for protecting staff and children in the setting.

This special edition of Y Bont has been developed to support you, as a playworker to think about your ‘playworkers toolbelt’ that, going forward, you are going to need in order to ensure that you and your setting can offer a variety of enriching and flexible play opportunities for children and young people, that engages them in a variety of play types and supports their development and wellbeing.

Since the outbreak of Covid 19 and the subsequent lockdown, many childcare providers have closed or operated a much reduced service. Many providers had to make decisions quickly and may not have had time to put in place procedures to ensure the safety of their water supply while they were closed. This guidance has been prepared by CWLWM to support childcare providers as they prepare to reopen and move out of lockdown.