All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues
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Hi all Have been talking today about preparing 'fruit and veg' at our village hall setting and have always understood that a Food and Hygiene Certificate is not required but would show good practise. However, a suggestion was made that we ask parents to provide addtional foods for snack such as ham, cheese, bread sticks, pitta bread etc. Does anyone know if members of staff would need a food and hygiene certificate to handle such foods?
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Vat
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Hello - just wanted to know if someone could answer this query . We are nearly at the end of our first year as a private limited company (a pre-school) should we be registered for paying VAT or is there an exemption because the turnover we have is generated from fees /NEG and has no VAT ? Diz
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Transition
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i have had a great day off today, i visited 2 schools to meet the teachers and take a few photos so i can make up books for the children going to them in september. we have a local school that 23 of our children are going to that we have formed a good relationship with over the years and do lots together through the year, especially this time of year! but i wanted to extend this relationship to other schools that we feed to, well the schools today were really lovely and very welcoming, one of the schools had even taken photos of the classroom etc before i had got there and handed me a pack, the only thing she hadn't taken one of was the toilet(after talking to children th…
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Risk Assessment For New Building
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I have asked a village hall if i can rent it for a week to run a new holiday club this summer. They seemed to dislike the idea of their lovely village hall having children in it (I may be being paranoid) but the reason they said no was they didn't think it was safe enough for children !? At the end of the day, Ofsted and I should be making that decision, not them. But I do feel this was just an excuse so i wouldn't fill it with children. So I phoned them and said, If i get an inspection and it is deemed safe may I use it. they couldn't really say no.. so I now need to get someone in.. maybe my development worker or my LA advisor? Can't get ofsted as not registered fo…
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Hello every one, I hope you can help me, I have just got a capital grant to develope the outside area, Let me tell you about the setting, we are a pack away in a village hall, open every morning. We have a fenced in area for our garden (its a small part of the community play grounds) I have now come up against a brick wall of the village committee. I want to put down a patio surface on one quater of the garden so the children can use this area in the winter months. At the moments its all grass and get's very boggy in the winter the children dont want to go out. The pre-school committee are really up for developing the grassed area, but as i said the village com…
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Parental Survey
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We sent out a survey and have had some helpful replies, which is great even though it gives us more to do! Then this morning we got one back from a parent that only brings her child to one session. It was really snitty and basically a bit rude. She said it was a shame she never gets any feedback except when there is an accident! Which is a lie because I nearly always say something to her. Didn't last week because we had a very upset new child that took a bit of coping with. Then she said that the place was a bit muddy!!! Which is only on the way to the building and because we are in the middle of a field which she must have noticed when she came for the first visit. Thi…
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A Trip Out On Public Transport!
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Hey do other settings take their children on public buses for a trip???? A member of staff at my setting was very against this and I wondered what other settings do?
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Hi Im sure this has prob been discussed somewhere before, but I have searched and can't find anything. I am moving from Reception to Nursery in September and have several new children starting in September. Our Head wont allow home visits so I want to send our children a welcome pack that they can complete before they come to nursery. Has anyone got any good ideas?? thanks kat xx
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Biting... Help
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he has bitten three children this afternoon and attempted to bite two staff members has anyone got any ideas?
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