All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues
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Hi, does anyone have a role/job description for a Safeguarding Officer and/or Behaviour Management Coordinator? We are trying to come up with a list of responsibilities / duties and if anyone has already done this, we would be very grateful for any input you were willing to share. Thanks in anticipation.
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We are having problems with children bringing toys into preschool. This causes problems with sharing, toys getting broken or lost. I feel I need to make a policy for this once and for all but would like to here what others think and whether they have a policy or rules for this. Big sigh - I have been brave enough to post and reply all in one day .....
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Sleeping Outside
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just wondered what your views are on babies and toddlers sleeping outside in prams and buggies
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Circle Time - Do You Have This In Your Setting?
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We introduced Circle Time at the beginning of our session a week past on Friday purely to try and encourage our children to move into specific areas soon after arrival each day. We had 2 little boys who just wanted to mess about on arrival and ended up playing hide and seek around a couch, running into things and generally knocking things over or else (as we still do have) take part in wrestling each other on the couch. We brought in a Winnie the Pooh bear and we firstly go around the circle saying good morning and hugging Pooh. If the children want to talk a bit more then we listen but usually as they are waiting on others to arrive they have had the opportunity to…
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Hi! I work in a maintained nursery, and have just started EYPS. I am looking at what we do when children come for their 'taster visit', usuall towards the end of the term before they start. Some parents stay, but most have been more than glad to leave them! I am wondering, as part of my EYPS, if I copuld to introcduce some sort of 'This is Me!' type sheet for parents to complete and bring to the taster, perhaps adding a photo of their child. Does anyone use anything like this? Obviously we have all the official paperwork but often not 'til thy actually start, so it would help us to have the child's name, thr name they are called by, parent/carers contact number, and…
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Code Of Conduct - Do You Have One?
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I know it is not a magic formula looking after children every day but I am getting to the end of my tether. I just feel these days that nothing I do seems to be correct - either my voice is too raised, I step in too quickly, I react too slowly, I am not doing enough on a one to one basis to calm a child or am spending too long with one child who does not need my help ... Exasperated or what! I would really love something that would remain consistent throughout each day when there is a blow up as such. Here's a typical situation.... Child is asked a question about their play, they say no, you then ask it a different way, child turns their back on you and w…
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Boys Socialising
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Dear All At my setting we have noticed the following. Why is it that a group of boys (4) all coming up to transition in September appear to have limited interaction with fellow peers? Yet cognitively have extensive knowledge and strong skills with parents and adults within the workplace. Questionably their social skills are lacking. This in my opinion would affect their emotional well-being. Someone from another setting asked me why they have to socialise in groups?! If they are happy is it a problem? Personally unless it is their personal identity I think every encouragement should be given to providing situations for involvement and friendships. I very much think us…
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Hi everyone, Have just joined today, and thought i would have a go at a topic. Not sure if this is in the right place, but sure someone will put me in the right direction if not. I am a nursery assistant in a private day nursery, and spend most of my time in the under two's room. I am going to celebrate a landmark birthday soon, and have been working in nursery's since i was 18. I love my job and have embraced all the new frameworks. I am however a little perturbed about the prospect of parent evenings for my under two's room. The parents in this room are given a written slip about their child, for every day that their child attends nursery, detailing activities and o…
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Toileting Issue - Advice...
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Ok can you wise souls help? I am new to Nursery having been in FS2 and above previously. We are a maintained Nursery so all our children are rising 4 (start the term after third Birthday). we have a an afternoon session child who is (sorry here for tmi) pooing in her pants at least twice an afternoon! we have decided she saves them up? Perhaps she has been told off for this at home, or clearly not toilet trained properly... either way it is becoming a serious issue for staff. We have spoken to mum and pointed out this is not acceptable and she need to help her daughter to understand she needs to go to the toilet... Mum seems to think that we should be observ…
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Investigative Area - What Do You Have In It In Terms Of Resources?
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We have had magnifying glasses and torches available to our children on a continuous basis but it just hit me today that we actually don't have anything for them to "investigate" and end up with children running around the room with the glasses eyeball to eyeball and the torches lighting up everyone's eyes! Do you have such a thing available to children and if so what is included in the box so that they can investigate things - obviously concerned about the hygiene aspect so bear that in mind!
