Policies and Procedures
For discussion of methods and policies employed in Early Years settings.
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Squash At Drink Time 1 2 3
by Guest- 62 replies
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Following on from my hand washing question (we are going to fall into line on that one and do the washing thing), I now have a question about drinks. In the hot weather last summer I persuaded the staff to start offering squash, as my daughter doesn't drink either milk or water (yes I know I'm a bad mum!) and she was at serious risk of getting dehydrated. Today we had our EYA in and she picked up on this, and said that no other preschools are giving this as an option for children. Obviously we're aware of the whole healthy eating propaganda, sorry advice, that the government wants us to push, but we (I guess I mean I) feel quite strongly that it is more import…
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I wonder if any of you level headed peeps out there can offer an opinion on this.... My son (4yrs not starting school til september but is in a reception class (independent nursery / school), went on an outing today. We were informed of outing and permission slip was signed and returned. The outing was to a venue about a mile away. On the permission slip there was no mention of transport so i assumed they'd walk (it's an easy walk). My son now tells me that his class all walked except for him (because, as he says: "I didn't want to"). My son went, on his own, in the car with the Nursery Nurse. I'm a bit shocked - on his own? without my knowledge? wha…
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Off Site Ratios
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Hi, I teach in a nursery with children from 3 to 4. Does anyone off the top of their head know what the ratio is to take these chidlren off site? And where I could read up further information on this topic? Thankyou Horlix
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Hello, Basically, I work as a teacher in the Nursery attached to a primary school, and we do not have any separate policies. Is this correct? As well as not having any of our own policies, none of the policies even mention the nursery and my children are just encompassed with everyone else. How do other school nurseries do this? I am going to write a policy on nappy changing and procedures as we are just about to accept the first child in a nappy in the school's history! However should I be thinking about writing others such as safeguarding, curriculum, health and safety etc? If so where should i start?? Thanks in advance! Mucky Duck
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Settling In Procedures
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Hi everyone, i work in a children's day nursery and am looking into changing our settling procedures for children. I would be interested to hear how others do this to help with my new procedures. Thank You x
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hi i wonder if anyone can help me - i am loking for some sort of form for all staff to complete with regard to their health etc., - disclosing any conditions that we should be awre of etc - can anybody help me with this? many thanks x
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Staff Shortage Policy?
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A few months ago we got hit with a heavy snow storm, this meant that not many staff could make it into nursery but a lot of the children who live close wanted to come in. Our owner was determined not to shut for a few days but we were unsure how we dealt with which children stayed ect so that we could stay in ratio!! Does any setting have a staff shortage policy as i am keen to know what to do if this happens again? Any help would be fantastic!
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Hi Everyone, I have a copy of the 2005 publication, does anyone know if there is a more up to date publication or is the one I need. I am writing a health plan for a child and need to ensure I am referring to the correct document, I have googled and the 2005 document is the only one that comes up. Thanks in advance Claire x
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Registration/enrollment Forms
by Guest- 1 follower
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Hi - I want to look at updating our registration and warm welcome forms - does anyone know where I could get hold of some examples reflecting current EYFS Have spent a lot of wasted time today. Many thanks
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we have 6 children with chicken pox at mo (maybe more) which is quite high proportion at any one time do you think i would need to inform ofsted? Or am i just becoming paranoid cos they are due any time now!! Andrea
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