Early Years Setting Management
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Policies - Bullying
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Can anyone help with a policy about bullying. I know that this may not be a usual request but at my setting we have to have an appropriate policy on Bullying. Thanks for any help
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Found this link which will help you Calculate holiday entitlement It has an online facility which will do it for you when you put in details. Allows you to choose how to calculate entitlement on hours or days worked each week. Hope it is helpful to those trying to work out the 4.8 weeks Inge
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Staffing In Small Settings
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I manage a small nursery ,which is registered for 35 children from 0 to5 yrs.At quiet times ,particulary after we lose our pre school group to school ,there are occasions when members of staff work in a room alone . We always maintain our ratios but a new member of staff has been raised issues about working alone.I feel that in our profession there are always incidences when we may be alone with children but she has began to worry some of the staff with her comments.Does anyone else have these issues.I have spoken to our local advisors and they are fine they just stated that staff must have access to an internal phone which they have.
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Lunch Time Cover
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I need some advise Our lunches start at 11.45 and don't usually finish until 2.45pm. We are a 35 place nursery. All the other settings I hear about manage to do their lunches in around two hours rather than the three hours it takes us. I feel the children loose out during this extra hour we take to do lunch. A lot of it is because the Manager is ensuring that we are having correct ratios in the rooms, even during lunch and when the children are asleep. I see the importance of this, but how do we do this and still ensure staff have lunch. How do you manage?
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Incident Book
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Does anyone have an example of a format I could use for my Incident Book? We have been using blank pages but I am keen to have a format and produce a ringbound book so that all our logs follow a similar style....... Thanks in advance!
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HI things at our nursery have been really hectic since the new ownership, and i will be the first to admit that i have not been as hands on in the nursery really, and recently i have noticed standards slip. I have called a staff meeting for tommorow and have put out a broad agenda of issues, only today as i went around rooms i observed: : children not strapped into high chairs : Children going to the bathroom on their own when they really need help (and the staff know it) : staff changing nappies without apron : staff leaving cleaning chemicals outside of their room rather than returning to COSHH cupboard to be locked away :staff serving food…
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In our nursery school we have a child who is in danger of her life if she eats a peanut. Her mother has instructed us to take her by car to hospital and not to wait for an ambulance should such an incident occur (having administered the epipen). The school is in central London and not more than two or three miles from the hospital, although traffic is unpredictable and can be congested. However, I am unable to find any health professional who thinks that this is a better option than calling, and waiting for, an ambulance. Does anyone have any knowledge about the legal implications involved? Is one on shaky legal ground by acquiescing to the mother's instructions rather th…
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Direct Debit/standing Order
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Hi does anyone take payment by direct debit or standing order, do you offer discount for this and lastly how does it work term time only/ thanks
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I asked... I have 2 questions regarding CRB's and playgroups 1. Do staff and volunteers who have been regular members of a setting need to have a re-check after 3 years? 2. Does a volunteer who helps out once every 6 weeks need a CRB? They have no unsupervised access to the children. Thank you The reply... Dear Ms Green Thank you for your e-mail. The changes in regulation put the responsibility for determining the suitability of day-care staff with registered persons. They must have proper checking and vetting processes in place to ensure the safety and wellbeing of children in their care. During inspections CCIs will assess whether these recr…
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Can any one help me understand the new crb checks.Am I right to take it manager/supervisor still goes thru ofsted but any other staff/committee go via any of the 3 companies stated.And we ring one of these companies first to register?Dont feel its verywell explained.and who will pay for these checks?
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