Early Years Setting Management
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Hi, This is my first post on here, but I have been reading all of your wonderful advice and am hoping you can help me! I am in the process of opening a playgroup and am looking at staffing options. I will have a maximum of 16 children at any one time (10 3-4yr olds and 6 2yr olds). I was just wondering if I would be in within the ratio's if I had myself as the manager (level 5, foundation degree), a level 3, a teaching assistant working towards nvq level 3 and unqualified member of staff working towards an nvq level 2 qualification? Looking forward to your answers!
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Teaching Capital Letters
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Hi I have just been on a course all about writing without tears - an american company that focus on using capital letters first before moving onto lower case. I have always known that teaching capitals hinders a child later on as they need to learn lower case. Do you have ideas on this please
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hi every1 havent been on for ages could i be cheeky and ask any1 for inspiration i work for a big company and at the moment they have put on a competition for 'the best treasure basket' and i would like to give a go to win!!!!! but struggling for GOOD ideas!!! just didnt want to do the normal 'natural objects' and the regular treasure baskets so could any1 give me inspiration thank you louisa
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Hello all you knowledgeable ones!!!! Here's the problem.... We are going on a trip on Monday and found out TODAY! that even though we were told that the coach would have 3point seatbelts - they haven't they have only got lapbelts. Therefore some child seats won't be useable with these belts. We have told parents that if they want to use a booster seat/cushion then the child must weight 33lb or more (as this is the minimum weight for these seats) although there is no legal requirement for a car seat on a coach. Now one of the parents has asked us "are you saying it is better for them to travel without a car seat them?" I want to say that yes, it is …
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Right now I feel like I am on a uphill battle and just going around in circles!!!! And not sure what to do next!!! There was nothing at all EYFS related when I started but still feel like nearly 2 years in I am no further forward!!! Ok since I have started I have.... Completed risk assessments - review yearly or as and when Rewrote policies and procedures -again change as and when Started a Operational Folder but have three different lists as to what to include and confused which is right!! Planning - ongoing battles but got sure start teacher in tomorrow so hoping she can help Learning Journals - divided out to key workers to update Rota - never chan…
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I have just had a call from staff (I'm not in Tuesday afternoons) to say there is a honey bee nest in our giant umbrella. They went to uncover it this afternoon and saw honey bees crawling up inside the folds! We are based in a school and they are trying to find out when pest control can come in, so question is do we open tomorrow!? Obviously as staff have gone to remove cover this has agitated bees somewhat, and as the weather has been great all the children are using the garden and access to and from the pre-school is through the garden. What concerns me is that if a child is stung and we knew the nest is right where the children play it wouldn't look very professiona…
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How Would You Deal With This?
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we have a little boy in our setting who shows some signs of behaviour difficulties he has been seen by the area senco who has advised his mum that she puts him in a differant setting becuase the little boys mum is a member of staff at our setting. the boys mum (my deputy) didnt want to take him aware else and left him still coming to us. the chair if fully aware of this and has a little boy the same age. the two children are best friends but the chair's little boy sometimes comes off worse because of his friends difficulties. after session today the chair rang me saying her son had a mark on his cheek and he said that the deputy son had done it. the child didnt inform a m…
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Hi, I have got my suitable person interview on monday! I am the suitable person and the playgroup manager and I was just wondering what they might ask me? I have already done risk assessments, policies and procedures as well as registration forms and staff application forms. Also, do you find out there and then if you have passed or are a suitable person? Thanks
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National Insurance
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At my setting we are paid monthly for the hours worked, so in months where there has been holiday it can sometimes be a bit thin. The recent rise in the NI threshold will mean that one member does not always pay any NI. My understanding is that if she is on sick leave during a month when no NI was paid the month before there is no entitlement to sick pay (we only get statutory SP). Is this correct or is the entitlment spread over a longer period than just the previous month. Can any one point me to a website to clarify. thanks
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Too Many Cooks!
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Hi All, I am pondering a problem that I have to discuss with my parent committee this week. I am the Leader of a small pre-school , one room, 2.5-5 year olds, 4 staff. I am level 6 (teacher), my deputy is level 3 (NNEB), we have 2 assistants one who is level 6 (experienced teacher) and one who is NVQ2 but about to, hopefully, qualify as EYP. I am being asked to carve out some areas of responsibility for the EYP. Trouble is she is 15 years less experienced than the level 6 teacher but has more 'EYFS' and policy knowledge than the Deputy. My deputy is a lovely people person but not a manager. She doesn't really embrace the role, has no computer skills and does not li…
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