Early Years Setting Management
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I have two members of staff who are a bit lacklustre at present. I have been trying to pull them out of 'the job' and to spark a bit of passion or ownership but it just isn't happening. This has come to the fore lately when a colleague who was visiting commented that they 'lacked buzz'. One is not keeping up to date with observations, which she is getting paid an hour overtime for each week. This happened last year and then the quality dropped significantly because she was just trotting them out for the sake of it. The other does not maximise interaction at all and tends to draw others into chat instead of focusing on the children. I think she's lost her spa…
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Hello We will shortly be appointing a new Deputy Manager at our setting. Do we need to inform Ofsted of this and that the previous deputy has left? (I think not but another committee member said we may need to) Thanks C
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Does anyone use fingerprint technology for access? Please could you give me an idea of cost of installation and do you pay an ongoing charge? How does the system work for you? Many thanks
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So we've had a little love join us that is a real firecracker. He's two years nine months, has English as an additional language and in my humble opinion a sensory processing issue. He's like a pinball bouncing off the walls and other children. Pushing, screaming and constantly falling over although he rarely cries or appears hurt. We also have a very quiet little boy who was premature and appears to have a global delay. He was a precious baby and we have worked hard to gain Mum's trust and get the child settled. Anyway child A has taken to harassing child B and after I gave Mum another accident form today she lost the plot completely and is withdrawing him. I understan…
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Hello All Was having a chat with our manager today (I am the chair) and she said she had met with a friend who also works at a pre school and she got the 'ofsted call'. Her friend said that recently Ofsted have taken inspections back under their control and are back in our area inspecting (previously the out sourced inspectors and have now trained their own) Our last Ofsted was a good in early 2015. I'm not sure what the friend meant but my manager thinks we could get reinspected sometime soon and what sort of timelines do Ofsted go by? Thanks
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Thinking of ways to increase numbers for September what would I need to do if I wanted to change age range from 2 down to 18 months. We are a packaway setting.
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Hi all, I manage a mixed age pre-school, so 2 years & 5 months up and wondering how I can improve our nappy changing facility, as we seem to have more and more children attending in nappies. i have no concerns about this, but just wondering what you all do in limited spaces, we currently change on the floor on a changing mat in a semi-secluded/open area, but this is not ideal and something i would like to improve. How many of you have changing units? and how does this work from a manual handling perspective? thank you How do you all manage this -
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We have recently changed from handwritten fees recording to a computer based system,but i am not very happy with it...what system do you all do to calculate fees etc ? Thanks
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Hi We are investigating taking on an apprentice. Have heard mixed reviews from employers in other sectors. Does any one have experience good or bad that could help us with the decision. Thanks Ann and Jo at Putnoe Woods Preschool
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can anyone share with me what they do with inset days in relation to the free entitlement
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