What’s Happening? School starting age in Northern Ireland currently depends on when a child’s 4th birthday falls. Children who turn 4 on or before 1st July start school at the beginning of September that same year. Children turning 4 on or after 2nd July start school the following year when they are 5 years old. […]
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Family Fun in the sun for TinyLife! A Saturday afternoon in July saw lots of fun in the sun as TinyLife hosted their first live fundraising event in over a year. Meeting outside at V36 Playpark in Newtownabbey, families came dressed as unicorns to meet real life unicorns Tully and Chip and also Tiny, the […]
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Inflexible and unjustified – the description of Northern Ireland’s legislation on the school starting age by a High Court Judge. He said ‘the system doesn’t allow the authorities to act in the best interests of every child. To read the full article, click here We hope the ruling will put pressure on the Education Minister, […]
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Save the Date – Monday 11th October 2021 from 9 am – 1pm TinyLife’s CEO will be speaking at the Policy Forum for Northern Ireland Meeting – […]
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The Board of Trustees and staff of TinyLife are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of our esteemed President and founding member of TinyLife, Professor James Dornan, his inspirational and ground breaking work has impacted the lives of babies and families worldwide. Professor Dornan will be remembered fondly as a warm hearted, fun loving […]
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https://www.tinylife.org.uk/wp/wp-includes/images/media/default.pngTinyLife Welcomes Delayed School Starting Northern Ireland’s premature baby charity, TinyLife welcomes Education Minster, Peter Weir’s announcement that he intends to bring forward a draft bill to legislate for some children born prematurely, especially those who are ‘summer born’, to benefit from delayed school starting. Being born prematurely could mean that some children may actually […]
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https://www.tinylife.org.uk/wp/wp-includes/images/media/default.pngCarers NI invites you to their first online engagement event with Mervyn Storey MLA on his proposed Private Members Bill to enhance the Carers and Direct Payments Act (2002) : Wednesday 20th January 2021 at 10am – 11.30 am. To register your interest please contact geraldine.green@carersni.org
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