Policies and Procedures
For discussion of methods and policies employed in Early Years settings.
1,360 topics in this forum
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Toiletting Again, Sorry
by Guest- 26 replies
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Hi I have done a quick search on the forum and know this has come up many times. We are wading our way through a PLA Accreditation and noted that it states that staff should NEVER be left alone with a child. Now this rang alarm bells with us, as one staff member (vetted obviously) toilets the children individually (as they ask) or in small groups of up to 3. Our toilet is down a corridor from our main hall and completely out of sight of the main hall where the remainder of the staff are. The door to the toilet room is always open and the children are then encouraged to push the actual toilet door shut, but not to lock it and we help as necessary. We p…
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Invoice Template
by Guest- 3 replies
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Does anybody have or know where i can download a template for the invoices, our administrator has left and i'm desperately trying to sort out invoices for term 1, i now have the figures just need a template. Just trying to save time, The administrator has left no paperwork or history so i'm trying to sort it out from payment receipts, its a nightmare!!!!!!
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Questions Questions
by Guest bobby- 8 replies
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Does anyone hold parent interviews when children are being admitted to nursery? I need to hold admission interviews to gain information which the head would like to use as a baseline!! I would be really grateful if anyone could help me out here. Thanks
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Egg Boxes
by Guest- 21 replies
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help!! is there anyone out there who is using egg boxes for junk modelling etc.. i am not sure if we are allowed, don't know who made this rule !!!!! i have heard if it has a lion stamp on the egg the boxes would be ok to use. i know it's quite a trivial topic but they make great crocodiles!!!!!
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As promised, have attached a job advert and specification for a support worker in case it should be of any use to anyone. Am grateful to forum members and other colleagues for their help. Have had it approved by various local professionals attached to the case. Spent ages on it. Now been told that our area senco often suggests that settings use staff already employed to cover this role and that settings employ someone a temporary assistant to work with the other children. How do others feel about that? Wouldn't we get into trouble with equal opportunities? Could we advertise for either a temporary support worker or a temporary assistant to cover all …
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Christmas Present For The Teacher
by Guest- 12 replies
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Hi everyone. could you give me your views on the topic of parents bring in presents for the pre-school staff. At the moment parents will bring in presents for their leaders and the staff that work with their child. if we get a present in that is to all they go into a "pick" that is shared among us all at the end of the term. The trouble is we are all on diets and end up with 20 boxes of chocolates that we don't want. we don't want to be rude and ask for different things but you can only eat so much chocolate. I thought of putting out a box or jar and labelling the Staffs Christmas fund saying that it would go towards the staffs christmas lunch. Does that sound too ch…
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Does anyone have a recruitment policy that I can have a look at or give us details of what it contains, thanks in advance Sharon
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Urgent Help
by Guest- 17 replies
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is the curriculum guidance for the foundation stage now regarded as a policy. I am doing the early childhood studies degree and need to choose a policy. one lecturer said it is the other said is not very confused! would be grateful for any guidance
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Daily Info For Parents Sheets
by Guest- 9 replies
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Hi Hoping some of you nursery professionals can help answer this question! My daughters nursery used to send home daily record sheets which detailed activities done that day, toileting, food eaten etc. We have been told this week that these will no longer be sent home to "cut down on staff admin time". Instead the policy is to now display weekly activities and menus on the notice board and all other issues will be delt with verbally at the end of the day. I am fine with the activities and menus being up on the board but the verbal info handover just isnt working. ... Staff cannot always remember if she has eaten her lunch (one will say yes another will say…
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Gifted And Talented Policy
by Guest- 9 replies
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Hi I know this question has been posed before about a Gifted and Talented Policy, but today we received some documentation from Osiris Educational. They state: "No school will have even a satisfactory rating from OfSTED without specific programmes for gifted and talented children" They are trying to sell rather pricey courses, but also state that these courses are for nursery teachers as well as reception. Has anyone got a gifted and talented policy? I have done a search of the forum for one, but although it has been spoken about a lot, I cant find an example. Surely, what the key-worker does with their children facilitates gifted and talented …
