Policies and Procedures
For discussion of methods and policies employed in Early Years settings.
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Foundation Degree
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Hello, I am studying my degree in Early Years, just completed first assignment and now onto the second. Policies!!!! Yuk!! I have to do a 5 minute presentation on a policy in my setting relating to national policy as well. I would be most grateful of any help/advice, tips. I am really nervous about the presentation, give me a room full of children any day over speaking to lots of adults and assessors!!! I am new to the forum and have found it most helpful, I have been in childcare for over 10 years running my local community playgroup, and I absolutley love it. Very lucky to have a job I adore.
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Risk Assessment
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Hi there, I'm looking for feedback from you regarding risk assessments. We have a daily visual risk assessment for which we have a checklist and we obviously make a note of any areas/toys which need attention. We also have a standard assessment for any walks/trips etc which we adapt for each situation. Our policies state that we ensure all resources/toys are age appropriate and are checked before use to ensure the children's safety. However, it has come from somewhere that we should do an individual risk assessment sheet for EVERY item in the pre-school. Surely this is not a requirement and as far as I am aware from my previous setting, which did not…
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Forest School ?
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I have decided to incorporate a Forest school approach into our daily sessions at my setting....I have informed parents and staff and we have had chats about training to get things done correctly.....however we started this week and like most approaches and great ideas we are tweaking the concept slightly to suit us until we get some training...we are still calling it Forest school and the children have, so far loved this....we have had three brilliant days splitting the groups and walking around the local woods to find a suitable plot. ..tonight I had a committee meeting and one (theirs always one) non-parent member was furious that I had started this and said that I…
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Hi all, There's been a lot of talk recently about not using baby wipes to clean hands before and after meals and snacks. I work in a baby room where we actively encourage our toddlers to wash their hands with liquid soap under running water. However, for babies who are unable to stand at the sink, we have been using home provided wipes to clean their hands. Is this acceptable? What would Ofsted say? What do you do in your baby rooms? What are the alternatives? I must admit that until all the fuss I hadn't seen this as a problem. Am I wrong? Please help!! (I'm coming from a hygiene perspective rather than an allergy one, by the way!)
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Hi Hope some of you out there can help!! I am currently carrying out some research on the single intake (children starting school the term after they are four) looking at the effect this may have not only on the children's well-being but also the impact this may have on teaching staff and their roles. I will be carrying out interviews in a maintained sector but have only presently managed to agreement for the interviews to take place in one school setting. I am looking for anyone who is interested in taking part in the 'interview' questions so that I can gather a wider audience of opinions. My research questions is:‘School Readiness: What are the perceptions of school…
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We have a little girl who has additional needs, we've applied for funding for a 1:1 but at the end of the day we don't feel she needs it but mum is adamant that she does, anyway today mum came in for the afternoon session and said she really enjoyed it and is happy to volunteer to bot little ones 1:1. How can I professionally say no? Mum is not a suitable person to be around all the children and I can imagine quite a few other parents wouldn't be happy about it either but obviously I can't give her that reason. She is involved in a caf and we have a meeting tomorrow and I just know she will bring it up, she also offered to pay for a crb if she came in as a volunte…
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Hey everybody, I would just like to put the feelers out there to all you experts for your thoughts and feelings on this subject... My setting has a member of staff who has a severe reaction to nuts. Parents have been alerted to this, and we have asked them to work with us in ensuring that any risk to our member of staff is minimised. Recently a particular child has attended a session, with peanut butter on his face and hands. This resulted in our staff member reacting with hives requiring medication. In very severe reactions, the staff member may suffer anaphylaxic shock requiring epi-pen and emergency treatment. The parent of the child was reminded of ou…
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Hi - just wanted to pick all you clever peoples brains! We will have a child starting soon who has severe dairy and soya allergies. (And may also have reduced tolerance to gluten) Obviously we will be consulting with mum to make sure his well-being is assured. Just wondered whether any of you had experience of this and how you managed it - for example, did you plan snack for the whole group based on what that child was allowed; did you buy separate snack which was as close as poss to what others having; did you ask parent to bring own snack ( parent will be supplying 'milk' substitute product which child is prescribed). We have had children with allergies before but t…
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We had to use different room today and I spread the chairs out that are sometimes stacked. After lunch I reminded a staff member that we shouldn't stack chairs when the children are in the room. She said that it was ok to stack them 4 high. I disagree and I'm sure that I've read about this recently but just can't remember where. The staff member was actually our H&S officer so I never pushed it. Answers asap please. As far as I'm concerned it's common sense but as my lovely husband often points out to me ' there's no such thing as common sense when it comes to H&S' Thanks
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Hi all hoping you can help me with this one. We are in a rented Parish Hall with double fire doors 3 in all around the space. Have just one child at the moment that likes to fiddle with the doors, normally the children don't go near them or remotely interested in them. So you see my concern as one is enough for me. What i need is some type of moveable alarm [as in put out during the session and take off when we finish] type of thing. Do any of you great people know of or can suggest a product that we could use please. Thanks
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