Early Years Setting Management
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Has anyone been in the situation where the only person to come forward as interested in the position of chair is someone they really feel they cannot work with? What did you do? My current (wonderful) chair is planning on giving up later this year, but someone has expressed interest in becoming chair who has caused real problems for us recently - she made a big fuss over a trivial matter and reaqlly got the staff's back up. There really isn't anyone else who is an obvious choice, and I'm really worried. I know if she's elected I have no say, but this is causing me sleepless nights already! I have heard of a group running with a committee but no chair - does anyone els…
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can a member of staff be contracted to work a minimum of 16 hours - for a fixed price, and when the hourly rate is worked out it comes out below minimum wage ? this cant be right can it ?
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Eyfs Guide
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I am looking for a very simple guide for new untrained staff (new to UK too) and dont want to buy something as all change soon! Have you seen one?
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I have searched the forum but can't find the post and I am sure I asked on here last time for this. I am after the poem that is about a parent with a child with disabilities describing how it likes booking a hol to go to one place and ending up somewhere else. While intially they were disappointed it ended by describing what a wondeful holiday they ended up having. I am hoping someone knows what I am going on about lol
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Hi, I am hoping someone can help me. I opened my playgroup in september and we are only open 3 hours a day during school term time. My question is do you still pay your staff for all the school holidays or how do you do it. It just seems a lot to pay out in the summer holidays when there is nothing coming in from the children. Advice please!
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i am reviewing how we currently share info with other settings. in the past a letter has been sent offering further information on the child if required -and thats it ! i would like to send out a brief overview of the childs interests, progress, needs etc - im trying to create a pro forma for this -as we tend to have lots of children attending lots of different settings, but im lacking inspriation !! ive had a search on the resources section -but cant find anything ? any help gratefully recieved !
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Just wondering......................receieved a letter from our LEA this morning, advising that, following consultation with settings in our county, ALL settings will receive the same amount of funding from April this year.( I voted for everyone to receive the same) Ours is currently set at £3.86 per hour, and schools at £4.10, childminders get £8.96.............so I'm trying to figure out what the new rate will be? Do other counties do this? I'll obviously be pleased if our rates go up ( for the Spring terms, I think mine is going to drop to £3.59 as we have quite a few more children accessing the FE)..........interesting!
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I have a child who started at Preschool in September. On her booking form it says she has occasional night-time asthma and when I queried it with Mum I was assured that it was very rare and only was a cough at night sometimes. Now, in late October Mum came in and spoke to our youngest member of staff and said that the child is hypoglycaemic and here's a tube of stuff to squirt into her mouth if she needs it. Mum then left quite quickly and my member of staff brought the tube of 'stuff' over to me asking what she should do with it. I explained that Mum should have brought it to me really, as I'd need to complete a medication form and get a signature before we admini…
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Staff Ratio
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we are starting afternoon sessions this year and at the momment we will be running them at a loss, i was wondering how many staff we need to have in as we only have 8 children one day and 12 another. without looking it up i am sure it says in the EYfS standards that a minimum of 2 members of staff? but if a member of staff had an emergancy during the session and had to leave it would just leave 1? any help much appreciated thanks
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I know this seems random and my partner was laughing when he asked was i going to ask this but hey i'm sure someone will come up with a solution- i have spent 2 days reorganising cupboards and resources , the jigsaws and puzzles need to be contained, at my previous setting the supervisor made envelope type wallets from a plastic type fabric. I have visited staples today and purchased some document wallets and the plastic zip folders were wrong size and very expensive so any ideas please
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