Case study - Noreen and Mohammed Yousef

Case Study Noreen and Mohammed Yousef Worker: Sophia Date: May 2017

“A community who live and learn together�

Context of study Noreen lives with her husband Waqas and their three children.

Mohammed Yousef is eighteen months old and is the youngest.

He has two older sisters; Malikah who is nine and Haleema who is seven.

Noreen and Waqas have been coming to St Edmund’s since Malikah was little, Malikah and Haleema both came to nursery here and Noreen would like Mohammed Yousef to start here in January when he is two.

I met Noreen for the first time in November when she came to register Mohammed Yousef for a two year old place and asked her to start coming to Stay and Play. Noreen explained that she used to come to Stay and Play but stopped coming a while ago.

Since then Noreen has attended the HENRY course and regularly comes to Stay and Play.

Stay and Play and HENRY course Noreen and Mohammed Yousef have attended Stay and Play almost every week since November. Sometime Mohammed Yousef is a bit unsettled but he mostly enjoys coming to Stay and Play. Noreen really enjoys having the opportunity to spend time with other parents.

Noreen started the HENRY course in January and Mohammed Yousef started attending the crèche. It took Mohammed Yousef a really long time to settle in the crèche so we decided that it would be beneficial for him to have some extra intervention at home. We decided to do the Bookstart programme with Mohammed Yousef because we wanted him to get used to being around me.

Bookstart Mohammed Yousef wasn’t very confident playing with other adults, we chose to do the Bookstart programme to get him used to interacting to other adults to try and increase his readiness for nursery.

Noreen and Mohammed Yousef love singing together and sing actions songs together a lot. Yousef likes to join in with the actions and is able to associate words with the songs, e.g “star� for Twinkle, Twinkle.

Mohammed Yousef has become a lot more confident, he loves holding the book himself and turning the pages. When I arrive at the house he likes to look inside the bag and take the book out.

First he likes to take the book and look at it by himself, turning the pages and pointing to the pictures. He then likes to look at the book with myself or Noreen.

Noreen says that her and Mohammed Yousef are reading and singing together a lot.

Bookstart

Our journey, the family...

“I used to come to St Edmund’s a lot with Malikah and everyone helped me a lot. The staff were really encouraging and supportive.

With Yousef, I used to take him out a lot to Crossley Hall and St Edmund’s but then I stopped because I didn’t have so much time. We started to come to St Edmund’s again. I prefer it there.

Yousef needs to run around a lot and he can do that because there is lots of space and lots of activities. Yousef is lots better now at talking with other kids and he is lots more social.

I really like the things we have done at home, I think it’s really good. He has changed a lot and now he will play with Sophia which he wouldn’t do before. Yousef talks a lot more and he knows a lot more words than he did before. His language is a lot better.

The other day I went round to my sisters and she had lots of books that she was going to get rid of, there were lots of lift the flap books. He really likes reading and I’ve made a space upstairs where we keep all the books, like a library.

I want Yousef to have a 2 year old place at St Edmund’s next year”.

Our journey, the staff member...

I met Noreen for the first time in November when she came to register Mohammed Yousef for a two year old place and asked her to start coming to Stay and Play. Noreen explained that she used to come to Stay and Play but stopped coming a while ago.

Noreen came to Stay and Play and asked about courses at the centre, I told her about the HENRY course and put her name on the waiting list.

When Noreen started the HENRY course Mohammed Yousef really struggled to settle into the crèche. Caroline (the Early Years Practitioner) and myself worked with Mohammed Yousef and Noreen to help settle Yousef. Caroline suggested visiting Mohammed Yousef at home to get him used to seeing the staff from the centre. We decided to do the Bookstart programme. At first Mohammed Yousef was reluctant when I went to the home, however now he is much more settled both at home and when he comes to the centre.

What next?

What is the plan?

Noreen wants to access more courses at the children’s centre now that Mohammed Yousef is more settled in the crèche. She has put her name down for the Family Budgeting course which starts in June.

Mohammed Yousef and Noreen will continue to attend Stay and Play until Mohammed Yousef is eligible for a 2 year old offer place next January.

The West Bradford Children’s Centre Cluster Established in 2015, the West Bradford Cluster is led by St Edmund’s Nursery School and Children’s Centre Services, an outstanding nursery school and the lead school for the Bradford Birth to 19 Teaching School Alliance.

The cluster has seven sites in West Bradford, at: 

Allerton (Ley Top Primary School)

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Crossley Hall Primary School

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Farnham Road Primary School

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Lidget Green Primary School

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Princeville Primary School

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St Edmund’s Nursery School

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Thornton Primary School

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