Early Years Setting Management
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Really could do with out this at this time of year, any help would be appreciated. So, we have a small water heater that heats hot water it packs up, still under warranty so have to get hold of the people that fitted it. This was on friday 30th, couldn't get through leave message. Staff aware it is broken and I am trying to sort it. Finally get to talk on Monday they can't get anyone out till following Monday so basically we will have 1 week no hot water. All our water is mains fed so all fresh. No staff mention it again, get home on friday to letter from ofsted staff member as gone to them and complained about no hot water, but as also said we have mice in kitchen, (…
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why oh why towrds the end of term am i having issues!! We have a parent who is driving me mad....and believe me i have the patience of a saint Child started with us in September....lots of issues.....very difficult child but her parents are driving us mad, i am nearly at the point of telling them to go and find somewhere else! They are causing all the staff stress and i had the child's keyworker in tears this afternoon saying that she does not want to work with them any longer as she is worried that someday the child will tell the parents something untrue and they will believe her. (we record as much as we can and have good safeguarding in place but!.........) L…
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Hi there, In the resource section there are some very useful plans which I have laminated in my setting. I took these down today and they are on my to do list before the end of term / prior to September. Is anyone planning to re- do these in the new 7 areas ? :rolleyes:
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Nursery Admissions
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Hi guys! Not sure if this is actually the right place to post this but im looking to find out what your admissions policies are like. So...I'm the teacher in a Nursery class that is part of a primary school. At the moment, we take on N1's and N2's. N1's attend the nursery part ime this year then nursery full time next year where they become N2's. N2's are previous N1's who now attend full time and will move to reception next year. My 31 N2's attend full time from september (after a 3 week staggered intake) then my 16 N1's that attend part time (8 monday tuesday and half of wednesday 8 half wednesday, thursday friday) however these children are taken in thr…
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Calculating annual leave
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Hi all, I am in a new job (since September) and salaried, working full time Mon-Thur 8-6, as requested by the setting at my interview. Suits me very well to have a three day weekend! The setting closes over Christmas until 3rd January and I have requested holiday until Monday 14th. They tell me that this will be 9 days from my 2013 leave allocation, but I am not sure how this has been calculated and it seems a lot to me. I know there are different ways to calculate part-time employees, but I am not part-time. Any ideas? Thanks
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Hi Just wondering how you share children's health info with all staff. I have been thinking of having a file so that if a child has health related issues, dietary issues etc. it is in one place for staff to see, rather than trawling through files. What do you do? Thanks
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Hi All, My friend has a nursery and one of her staff, who is also her partner, was accused by a a child under the age of 3 of hitting him and shouting at him. He was suspended immediately by my friend and LADO etc all informed. Parents then made an ofsted complaint. Ofsted came out and no actions founded for the setting. They then decided that they needed a professional meeting with Early Years (who was also the safeguarding officer), LADO, SS and Ofsted and my friend. She had no one to represent her or support her. They decided that he could return to work on office duties until Ofsted has interviewed him due to an unfounded allegation (which he was not even named in…
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Hi, i am just after a general feeling of how many adults you have to children, especially in school maintained nurseries? How do you find your numbers, do you feel it is right or do you feel you need more staff? Thanks for as many inputs as possible x
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I am doing some research on pre-school sessional fees in the Plymouth area. What do others charge per session or hourly? Many thanks!
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ECERS and ITERS
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Hi everyone, Has anyone had experience of using these self-assessment tools? I am very interested in finding out more. Thanks
