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Westfield Nursery School
Westfield Road Dunstable Bedfordshire LU6 1DL Tel: 01582 608650 Email: [email protected] Head Teacher - Mrs Elizabeth Collins |
EARLY YEARS PUPIL PREMIUM (EYPP)
Early Years Pupil Premium Funding is extra funding received by settings to support pupils from disadvantaged areas.
EARLY YEARS PUPIL PREMIUM FUNDING
The government currently allocates additional funding to schools in the form an ‘Early Years Pupil Premium Fund’.
It is very important to claim this funding for your child as it gives settings extra funds to meet your child’s needs. In early Years this funding is allocated automatically when you complete the ‘Parent/ Carer Declaration/ Provider Agreement Form for Nursery Education Funding for 3 & 4 Year Olds.’
Nursery is told if your child is eligible and they will ensure your child is supported appropriately.
Is my child eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium Funding?
Children who are eligible for this funding include
-Children entitled to free school meals
-Children adopted from care
-Children under special guardianship
In order to claim Early Years Pupil Premium Funding a parent/ carer must be claiming one of the following benefits:
-Income support
-Income-based jobseekers’ allowance
-Income-related employment and support allowance
-Support under Part IV of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
-The guaranteed element of state pension credit
-Child tax credit, provided that you are not also entitled to working tax credit and have an annual gross income of £16,190 or less
-Working Tax credit run-on (paid for four weeks after you stop receiving Working Tax Credit)
Or
-if your child has been in Local Authority Care for 1 day or more in England or Wales
-They have been adopted from care in England or Wales
-They have left care under a Special Guardianship Order or Residence Order in England or Wales
It is very important to claim this funding for your child as it gives settings extra funds to meet your child’s needs. In early Years this funding is allocated automatically when you complete the ‘Parent/ Carer Declaration/ Provider Agreement Form for Nursery Education Funding for 3 & 4 Year Olds.’
Nursery is told if your child is eligible and they will ensure your child is supported appropriately.
Is my child eligible for Early Years Pupil Premium Funding?
Children who are eligible for this funding include
-Children entitled to free school meals
-Children adopted from care
-Children under special guardianship
In order to claim Early Years Pupil Premium Funding a parent/ carer must be claiming one of the following benefits:
-Income support
-Income-based jobseekers’ allowance
-Income-related employment and support allowance
-Support under Part IV of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
-The guaranteed element of state pension credit
-Child tax credit, provided that you are not also entitled to working tax credit and have an annual gross income of £16,190 or less
-Working Tax credit run-on (paid for four weeks after you stop receiving Working Tax Credit)
Or
-if your child has been in Local Authority Care for 1 day or more in England or Wales
-They have been adopted from care in England or Wales
-They have left care under a Special Guardianship Order or Residence Order in England or Wales
OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN WHO RECEIVE EARLY YEARS PUPIL PREMIUM FUNDING
Active 8 - Sports Session
This is a sports session from an outside agency children will attend weekly.
Lift Off to Language’. This promotes speech and language through small group activities, introducing children to a wide range of vocabulary and promoting their self-confidence when interacting with their peers.
‘My time’. Children have the opportunity to work in a small group to name and express a range of emotions, talk about life experiences and face challenges in a secure environment which builds resilience. This term the focus will be the emotions ‘angry’ and ‘scared.’
‘Games Group’. Games group encourages social interactions and communication between adults and children and children with their peers. Activities are specifically chosen to support sharing and turn taking. This term the focus is recognising and using numerical patterns.
‘Story time’. The focus of the small Reading group is for children to work towards retelling stories by discussing characters, settings and the structure of stories. Some books will be used to highlight rhyme and alliteration. Children will also get to act out stories with props and puppets.
‘Bucket Time’. This is completed in a quiet space with a small group of children with the support of other adults. There are four stages we use at bucket time. Stage one is the about attending to the bucket itself. The children listen/ sing a song and wait to see what is in the bucket. This is always something new and exciting to stimulate interest. Staff ensure children are focussed and introduce new vocabulary. Once the children show fixed attention at bucket time, we move onto stage two. Here the children watch and listen to this sensory activity which supports concentration and focus. The third stage involves children completing the activity from stage two, so children begin to take turns. Finally in stage four children complete an adult directed task at a ‘workstation’. This helps children to shift attention and refocus. It supports an element of our Nursery curriculum, for example using tweezers to put pom poms in a pot which supports a child’s physical development.
‘Tap Tap Box’. This small group supports attention and communication. It also promotes turn taking.
1:1 sessions
These are to work on targets set by outside agencies.
Other Learning Opportunities
At Nursery we also commit to providing:
-a musical concert
-an animal experience; Ark Farm
-a variety of visitors; such as the police officer or librarian
-food tasting opportunities; termly healthy food activities
This is a sports session from an outside agency children will attend weekly.
Lift Off to Language’. This promotes speech and language through small group activities, introducing children to a wide range of vocabulary and promoting their self-confidence when interacting with their peers.
‘My time’. Children have the opportunity to work in a small group to name and express a range of emotions, talk about life experiences and face challenges in a secure environment which builds resilience. This term the focus will be the emotions ‘angry’ and ‘scared.’
‘Games Group’. Games group encourages social interactions and communication between adults and children and children with their peers. Activities are specifically chosen to support sharing and turn taking. This term the focus is recognising and using numerical patterns.
‘Story time’. The focus of the small Reading group is for children to work towards retelling stories by discussing characters, settings and the structure of stories. Some books will be used to highlight rhyme and alliteration. Children will also get to act out stories with props and puppets.
‘Bucket Time’. This is completed in a quiet space with a small group of children with the support of other adults. There are four stages we use at bucket time. Stage one is the about attending to the bucket itself. The children listen/ sing a song and wait to see what is in the bucket. This is always something new and exciting to stimulate interest. Staff ensure children are focussed and introduce new vocabulary. Once the children show fixed attention at bucket time, we move onto stage two. Here the children watch and listen to this sensory activity which supports concentration and focus. The third stage involves children completing the activity from stage two, so children begin to take turns. Finally in stage four children complete an adult directed task at a ‘workstation’. This helps children to shift attention and refocus. It supports an element of our Nursery curriculum, for example using tweezers to put pom poms in a pot which supports a child’s physical development.
‘Tap Tap Box’. This small group supports attention and communication. It also promotes turn taking.
1:1 sessions
These are to work on targets set by outside agencies.
Other Learning Opportunities
At Nursery we also commit to providing:
-a musical concert
-an animal experience; Ark Farm
-a variety of visitors; such as the police officer or librarian
-food tasting opportunities; termly healthy food activities
| Act of Kindness Statement |
| EYPP Leaflet |
EARLY YEARS PUPIL PREMIUM STATEMENT.
| EYPP Statement 2024-2025 |
| EYPP Statement 2023-2024 |
| EYPP statement 2022-2023 |
| EYPP Statement 2021-2022 |
| EYPP Statement 2020-2021 |
