Childminder specific issues
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Poisonous Plants List
by Guest- 6 replies
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Hu Does anyone have an official list of the above - better still is there a list that childminders can use with pictures of the plants to accompany those ever long official names. Many thans
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Letters And Sounds Training
by Guest- 12 replies
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I turned out for this course tonight (in the dark, wind and rain, after a 10 hour day! - are you getting the picture?) Despite waiting 5mins in the lobby with 6 others to be let in, I was quite looking forward to some phonics training. Lots of lovely resources, books, games & instruments on show. I thought (wrongly!) that we'd get to practice the sounds, learn the order they're taught etc - basically, expand on the information I get from the Jolly Phonics introduction meeting at school. But - no! They "teach" us to use a sheet of newspaper to play "peepo" with babies, to wave , scrunch and kick it to make noises. They sung nursery rhymes to us (ob…
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Small Decked Area
by Guest- 4 replies
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hi for quite some time i have had scaffolding up around my house the front garden still has no gates and the brick wall is low sooo i want to use a part of my back garden for "outdoor provision" but because i have dogs i am only using a small area at the patio doors... the decking is hard for small children and i used a "Grass like " mat looked good but not sure what else to do with the area would like waterproof materials and a plastic table, sand water table set etc i looked in at tesco and not found anything that fits the bill any ideas PLEASE WHAT do you do? Argos had good stuff but its now the winter book and not much outdoor (small) toys was thinking of …
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My Ofsted Inspection
by Guest- 26 replies
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Just wanted to share my good news. I had my ofsted inspection today having only found out thurs i was having one and thinking i still had another year yet as its only been 2 years since my last one. I got Good which i am very happy with also due to the fact i am one of the 1st to be graded against the eyfs too. She was very impressed which is fab after all the stress and confusion over the past few months changing over to the eyfs. Good luck to anyone else about to be inspected
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Please Help With Planning!
by Guest- 5 replies
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Hello all. I am after picking your brains please! On Monday evenings I lecture an NVQ level 3 group doing child care learning and development. They are a bunch of very lovely ladies! (They will be reading this so I have to say that!!!!! Just kidding) They are nearing the end of their course and we are now going to revisit any areas where they still have worries/ problems! Planning is one of those areas! As there is not one "proper" way to plan I have tried to show them a variety of types of planning and may have actually added to their confusion rather than widening their horizons!! There is much confusion over long, medium and short term plans…
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Daily Routine Chart
by Guest- 11 replies
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my clip art is rubbish can any1 help im looking to make a routine chart to help younger children and thoes with SED to understand what is happening next, simple things like coat and shoes on/off breakfast lunch and evening meal /snacks etc story time circle time home time etc etc also not quite sure how im going to make it lol (rubbish at this stuff) told i could use stick on velcro and a decorated sheet of card? all ideas are very welcome thank you andrea xx
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Ofsted
by Guest- 7 replies
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Have just checked Ofsteds website and there are lots of new style reports online .They might be useful for anyone expecting a visit Though from first glance(have not had time to read them yet) they appear to be very brief-Probably because we ve done all the work in the SEF !!! and I have to say they dont appear to do much for selling yourself to prospective parents !! They do though have a list of the grading for each area Will check them out later
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Network Or Not?
by Guest- 8 replies
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This will be a mega-post...... My annual appraisal is due which involves a visit from the co-ordinator but also 3 pages of questions for me to complete I just feel that on top of getting EYFS up & running, completing my SEF and starting my FD this involves paperwork for the sake of paperwork I have 4 scheduled visits + 1 unannounced visit every year. At each of these we discuss how things are going, any good or bad things that have happened & any questions I may have. All recorded and signed for by both parties. All in addition to planning, observing, recording for Ofsted. The 3 page appraisal asks me to list how many Network meetings I…
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Expences
by Guest- 1 follower
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hi every1, ok my question is this,,, a childminded child broke my laptop a few years ago and i claimed on my house insurance, but its happened again and i dont want to go through my insurance so i got a realy good deal at my local PC Shop £400 inc printer and desk anyway ,,, can i put the £400 through my books as an expence as i use it to chat on ere and do my work lol thank you Andrea x
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Child Care Costs To Be Paid Direct?
by Guest- 8 replies
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hi, just got back from a meeting and part of it was about Tax Credits, SHOULD CHILD CARE BE PAID DIRECT TO THE PROVIDERS? FULL DOC IS VERY LONG but if you scrol down past point 7 ,,,,,,,, oh it says the last date for consultation ...5th Sept 08 mmmm bit late then lol but it could be interesting to see what the Gov. decide about costs and who to pay www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/D/3/tax_credits_no12.pdf but it is VERY LONG if any one else has info or from the NDNA ? also not sure when the Gov. is going to make the changes? Andrea
