All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues
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Contact Books
by Guest- 4 replies
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Thinking of introducing a 'contact book' for all the children & parents. Basically, a small book which will sit in a plastic wallet with the child's name on and any general comments from staff or parents can be added. Obviously, if there was a real problem then parents would still be aware that we offer an 'open door policy' and they can talk to any member of staff at any time. I feel that particularly at the beginning and end of each session it can get pretty busy and often it's difficult to talk to parents properly, especially about any minor things. Does any other setting already have a system like this in place???If yes, does it work? if no, would consid…
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Resource Catalogues
by Guest- 6 replies
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hi all can you recommend any resource catalogues and there websites thanks
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Access To Books...
by Guest- 1 reply
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How do you store/display your books for babies, so that they can have access to them?
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Teddy Bears Picnic
by Guest- 2 replies
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hi everyone, I am going to be changing our role play area into to the teddy bears picnic, i need to make sure this will cover every area of development. Does any one have an idea's which we can use or photo as examples of what they did? thank you adele
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Term Dates
by Guest- 3 replies
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Hi do you do your medium term and planning over a month or over the half terms as the schools do. I have the Autumn 1 and Autumn 2 etc but wondered how long these ran over is it 6 weeks? many thanks
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Help!! I have a nursery class of 3 and 4 year olds and am once again stuck for an idea for an assembly. I always get to this time of year and forget that its our turn creeping up on us. We usually act out a favourite story and sing a song, but just wondered if anyone else had any brilliant new ideas. Most of the children speak English as a second language so it has to be fairly simple!! Thanks!
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Your Ideal 0 To 1 Room
by Guest- 6 replies
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What would your ideal 0 to 1 year old room have in it? I am looking for ideas on resources (not too expensive, but the odd 'wish list' item is fine), things hanging from the ceiling, things on the walls, etc. Look forward to your ideas.
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Non Payment Of Fees
by Guest- 14 replies
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I have 3 parents who have not paid their fees, they now owe over £150 each. We have sent letters to them etc..... to no avail. I would like to put in place some poilcy to deal with these situations, has anybody else put this sort of policy in place?
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Literacy
by Guest- 9 replies
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Hi all, Please can someone advise me. Can you recommend some books on bears as my next term's theme is bears. I need fiction as well as non-fiction please for Reception. Thanks in advance Flowerxxx
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Group Size
by Guest- 6 replies
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The Ofsted standard states that the size of a group must not exceed 26. Therefore, how come I have come across 3 nurseries recently where the size of one or more of the groups is above 30? I am confused
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