Early Years Setting Management
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Hi everyone I am very keen to allow the children to explore all the elements as long as it nots too extreme. Now some of my children don't come with coats on so I am going to put a notice out to remind all parents to try and ensure that their childre are equipped for all weather for outside play but I struggling how to word it Any help would be appreciated!!! Would like to link it into EYFS as I have a few parents who will not take too lightly to the idea of going out in the rain so really need to sell it
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I just started this week - was not looking forward to it - but wrote my first assignment this afternoon (last one i wrote was 18mths ago) - and loved every minutre of it...... how sad am I
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Hi - could anyone with a packaway setting help me please ? We want to buy some wet weather clothing but are worried about the drying arrangements for them .We are packaway and wonder what similar settings do to dry them off once they are wet ???? Many thanks Dizzzz
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Minibeasts
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Hello there everyone, Ive got an area in my class that really needs changing now as it has ran its course...Currently te chn are into minbeasts, finding spiders in the classroom, snails and wood lice crawling about outside, digging for worms and some are very well looked after, other unfortunaetly have come to a frightful end by being placed in the water tray outside, and much to the chn's excitement watch them wiggle in the water like snakes. Very sad i know. I'm wanting to develop a rsather large asrea into a minibeast haven and would love someideas thrown my way o develop it. I was thinking of collecting pet snails in a large container and doing an experiment to…
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Should We Get Our Awning Out?
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Hi all It is absolutely torrential rain here this morning and I'm after a straw poll for next time this happens (I told staff to 'use their professional judgement' this morning, not sure what they'll do!) We have a new professional quality marquee/awning thing, which we bought with capital funding money. The idea was that it would allow us to play outside, whatever the weather. But ... if we pack it away damp repeatedly, it is going to get damaged. There is something on in the hall this weekend, so we have to do a proper pack away and there is nowhere inside to leave it out to dry. Now, we could leave it kind of half up in our big shed, or we could make …
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It looks like we are having a new Chair of the Parent's Committee at the first meeting next week. We'll be getting back a Chair that we had a few years ago and last years Chair will be deputy. So, what's the paperwork we need to do - it's been a couple of years since we changed Chair and I'd like to do it right!
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morning all, can anyone tell me what the role of the h+s officer in their setting is please, what would they do on a daily /weekly / termly basis etc and what their responsibility is? also if the h+s officer has noted and informed the committe of a concern and nothing is being done to address is -what happens next ? if a h+s problem is recurring or is not being address who's ultimatly responsible? if the h+s officer (who has been trained and has been appointed by the commitee) is not being listened to with regards to a concern -what happens next, as the h+s issue is not being resolved and is posing a risk to others? phew !! bit too early in the morning…
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Minimum Wage Increase
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From www.direct.gov.uk re- minimum wage: National Minimum Wage rates are to rise from October 2010, with the minimum rate for workers aged 21 and over rising to £5.93 an hour. And for the first time a minimum wage rate for apprentices has been set. Apprentice pay For the first time, an apprentice minimum wage rate has been set at £2.50 an hour From October 2010, National Minimum Wage rates will increase from: £5.80 to £5.93 an hour for workers aged 21 and over £4.83 to £4.92 an hour for workers aged 18 to 20 £3.57 to £3.64 an hour for workers aged 16 to 17 The rise is around the two per cent mark in each category. As promised, the government …
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Quick question - Our Chair has resigned and the Committee aren't electing a new one for a fortnight. Is this normal? I was told it is, but sounds strange to me
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I am the manager of preschool which is a registered charity the trustees of whom are all standing down at the end of this term. They have been told numerous times that it is their obligation to find new trustees to form a committee but they haven't done anything and are refusing to so!! This leaves us with a few choices-find a new committee from willing parents, close (which I no way want to do) or take over the preschool by starting a Community Interest Company or a Ltd company. My question is this- has anyone here taken over a preschool by the CIC route and if so was this easy to do? Or would you advise starting a Ltd company and going down that route. I am not sure w…