All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues
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Accidents Do You Review Or Monitor?
by Guest- 8 replies
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Hi all Does anyone monitor their accident book and existing injuries book? Do you use a form to say that you have and what would the results be following on from such a review. Anyone got a form I could use? I think for child protection we should be reviwing existing injuries and for risk assessments the accident book but I cant come up with a method of recording. Any ideas? Thanks all
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Keyperons
by Guest- 19 replies
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Hi Just been looking at recent OFSTED reports and one setting was marked down for not having keyperson info on the register? Not heard of this before? How do you keep the info. We currently heve a sheet on the info board>Anyone ese do it diffrently?
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Hand Washing - Sharing A Bowl
by Guest- 12 replies
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Hi everyone I think this has probably been covered before, but I admit am a little lazy to know where to search for it (sorry). I have heard that settings who share a bowl of water for hand washing after craft etc. are beig marked down in the Oftsed reports because of poor hygiene procedures. Has anyone come across this? Has anyone got a solution if you don't have a sink in the room because you are in a village hall? (please don't suggest to buy a portable sink - been there before - totally unworkable - no storage space and children couldn't reach without needing to climb on a stool - risky in itself especially near a splashed floor). Can anyone tell me what …
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Risk Assessments
by Guest- 5 replies
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Hi I'm really sorry if i have started this in the wrong place,but i feel as if i am going round in circles....what a way to spend a snow day! Brief background my manager left at the begining of the year and we are still trying to sort out all of the paper work. I was just wondering what risk assessments you make/write down as this area is still a bt of a mess to be honest and everone at my setting has conflicting ideas on this.However,we are due ofsted soon and i'd hate our good practise to be over shadowed by something we could have prevented! Thank you for all your help in advance x
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Valentines Day Cards
by Guest- 3 replies
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Does anyone have any ideas for simple valentines day cards etc please?
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Circle Time And Hall Time
by Guest colechin- 7 replies
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Hi everyone, hope all your nurseries are open. We have not had to close due to the snow. All parents and children disappointed, so we have been playing out in the 'little' snow we have during session time. I would like to run something past you all. I'm sure I will receive different views, but I would like to see what the majority of you have to say. We operate from a rented portacabin (one large room) on a school site. We have 18 children each session. We have been given permission from the headteacher to take our children in to the school hall for music and dance and also the use of the school library to hold our circle time. Circle time is offered 3 times …
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Where to get small milk cartons?
by Guest- 16 replies
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Hi all!! Can i ask where you get your milk from. Im thinking about those little cartons but where do i get them form?? What about delivery?? How does it stay cold ect. HELP PLEASE Regards KAT
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Hello there, I have to (which is very overdue over 2 years now) check the fire equipment in the nursery not sure who to contact, the fire department? Any help will be mostly appreciated. Toro
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Hi everyone, Due to the snow we have had to close for today and possibly tomorrow. Does anyone give the parents the money back for that day? Its outside factors beyond my control so not sure if i should or not?!
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Snack Portion Size Resources
by Guest- 13 replies
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A long, long time ago I had a wonderful display up in the pre-school all about the changes we were making to our snack time and the involvement of a wider range of food stuffs. Then I took it down, put it away "somewhere safe" and forgot all about it. Fast forward a few years and I decide it would be useful for a variety of reasons to put it up again, or at least the parts that cover portion size and give me inspiration about what we can offer. So I go to the safe place and it isn't there (the safe place isn't even there!). I go to my external hard drive, praying I have it on there as I recently broke every PC in my house except my streamlined and super fabby laptop.…
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