Early Years Setting Management
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Thought someone may be interested in this Ofsted Safeguarding Policy It looks like they still call it 'safeguarding'
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Graduate Leader Role
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I am sure/hopeful that we are not the only setting struggling with this so I thougth I would try and pick all your wonderful brains!! We have a nominated EYPS who is working towards her degree and will go on to do the EYPS and is our Graduate Leader. As I understand it, her role is to develop practice across all areas of the EYFS. I am struggling what to "give" her to do as I feel she should be able to go into the setting and see what needs doing. How is everyone else finding working with a Graduate Leader? What kind of things are they doing? What specific responsibilities do they have? Thanks in advance!
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Staff Hours
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just taken over new preschool to find that apart from me, the staff'f hours include 15 unpaid tidy up time. is this normal, i'm not sure it is even legal. What it means is that if the staff feel like it, they don't have to back our preschool back into the cupboards and could just leave when session finishes, leaving me to pack up! Can't be roght
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Hi, this is my first post on here so apologies if I have posted this in the wrong place!! I run a full time day care nursery and have been advised that it will be a good idea to implement peer observations!!! Not sure how staff are going to react to this but feel that it could be really beneficial! I was hoping for some advice or guidance from anyone who has peer observations at their setting! Thanks in advance
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Hi all, I am the Playleader of a small pack-away preschool. i started in May and am coping fine, but Ofsted have been so pushy!! They wanted to come out on Friday to my home!! but I said its not convienient as last day of holidays for my kids and had noone to watch them! Then they tried to say coming Monday..but its the 1st day back, got new starters with parents in tow...and my 1 permanent staff member (my deputy) is not in as got christening!! So just me and volunteer! Anyway they are coming Tuesday!! And they want to see my operational plan!!??? I don't have one!! I am an EYP, I'm fully aware of the EYFS, but my predecessor had 'given up' months beof…
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New Committee
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Hi, just a quick question. do we still fill in the EY2 for committee leaving and joining or have they bought in yet another new form............................. They keep changing everything !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks
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Behaviour Management
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Hi everyone! I once came across a wonderful idea of behaviour management in this forum. It involved a display of a tree and children names or something like that. Unfortunately, I can't find it here now. Could anyone remind me of it, please? Thank you.
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Hi help please. We are a packaway setting and have large heavy boards that we presently display artwork on and push to the side of the stage at the end of a session as the hall is multi-used. Following a wonderful idea on here of a art gallery we would like to separate the boards with each child's individual space for them to choose and display their art when the children would like to. My dilemma is how can i do this to identify to the children their spot and to parents but enable us to protect names etc when we are not there. We currently have 50 children on roll rising to 60 in January 2011. So the thought of taking name cards down each session is really a no no,…
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First Aid Kit
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i have just taken over a preschool, which seems to have been stuck in the 70's. There are so many things to do, I don't know where to start. Even the First aid kit is out of the dark ages! I have left all my stuff from my first aid course at last place, so need to find a list of what i need. i have searched net, but cant find it. Anyone help please
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Recruitment And Health Questions
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Has anyone heard anything about legal changes that mean you are unable to ask health questions on job application forms from October? I think it's something to do with new equality legislation that's coming in, but I can't remember/find where I saw this. I'm sure it said you would have to send a health questionnaire out when/once the job offer is made.
