Transitions for Children Award 2021 2021 2021

Criteria

Marks

Partnership-focused:

• Is open to developing relationships with parents and regularly communicates with parents about their child’s transitions and records this information.
• Fosters relationships with other services that the child attends to ensure consistency for the child, e.g., childminders, healthcare professionals, schools.
• Recognises the child’s transition to primary school as a shared responsibility between themselves, parents, and primary schools.

25

Child-centred:

• Transition strategies are tailored to support individual children to transition and settle in their own way.
• Children are supported through their daily transitions and care routines in a child friendly, playful, unhurried manner.
• Discusses transitions with children and parents prior to the move and makes sure that children are happy.
• Ensures that from the start, children are asked their views demonstrating a dialogue between children and adults based on reciprocal respect.
• Demonstrate that children’s views were, listened to, considered, given due weight, and given feedback on what happened to their views.

25

Time:

• Is aware of the numerous transitions that occur every day and keeps them to a minimum for children.
  Respect that the time required by children to transition can differ greatly and ensure consultation with children takes place on whether they would like to change activity to enable a flow to their learning and engagement.

25

Continuity:

• Assigns each child a key person to foster reliable and stable relationships, continuity of care and a secure base.
• Minimises the movement of practitioners in and out of rooms and ensures there is always a familiar member of staff available.
• Shares information between team members to ensure continuity and progression for the child and their learning and development.

25

Total

100

Opening date

19 April 2021

Closing date

31 May 2021

Award Winners announced

8 October 2021