Policies and Procedures
For discussion of methods and policies employed in Early Years settings.
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Hi All, We have been lucky enough to have time within the working day for staff to complete their key children's notes/observations/planning etc. With staff shortages and our numbers increasing we are finding it increasingly difficult to do so this term and are looking at allowing staff to take the learning journeys etc home. We have been advised to risk assess this before they do. Does anyone have any risk assessments regarding records leaving the setting they would be willing to share? We do have a confidentiality agreement that we get staff to sign annually, would this be sufficient or do you get staff to sign something else? Thanking you in anticipatio…
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https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/522054/Early_years_compliance_handbook.pdf
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If a child was last sick at 7am on a Tuesday morning and parent says they will be returning at 8am on Thursday as 48 hours clear. Would you say yes or return the following day?
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I've put a brief article up on the home page which links to all the key discussion points. I'd like to assume that we have some agreement on the key points: providing additional funded childcare hours for parents is a good thing providers are worried that the currently proposed levels of funding fall short of the actual cost of providing the hours Currently most providers ‘cross subsidise’ (i.e. they put prices up for hours outside the funded hours) the existing funding shortfall by increasing costs elsewhere in their provision With the increase in hours the opportunities for ‘cross subsidising’ funding are limited I thought it would be useful to hear what providers …
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I have always adopted the practice that a practitioner holding a level 3 can only administer medication. However I cannot find any supporting guidance for this practice? What practice does everyone else adopt within their policies? Thanks
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I have heard a few of my staff saying to children that they won't be able to have any dessert if they don't eat more of their first course. I am not comfortable with this at all so thought I would review our Food and Drink policy at our staff meeting tonight, only to find no mention of it! I know we have discussed this as a team ages ago, but there have been lots of changes of staff since then, so I need to bring it up again (and add it to our policy!). I'm beginning to doubt myself now! Do you agree that this isn't an appropriate way of helping children to eat? I don't like the fact that we're giving them the message that a main course is something to be endured …
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Is there a list of which policies and procedures Ofsted want to see?
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Risk assessment
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We have had a little boy (3 1/2) start our nursery last week and we need to put a risk assessment in place for him. He has unilateral deafness, which is not really the issue. There are obviously other needs, so we'll put him straight on the SEND register and do an IEP etc. He is putting EVERYTHING in his mouth and climbing onto chairs to reach things on the side. He will get down when asked, but hard to watch him all the time with 38 children. Any advice/risk assessments welcome please
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Hi I think I know what to do just want to check! We had a child trip over their own feet yesterday in the classroom and land on their wrist. A member of staff asked them if they where ok (child has selective mutism so reliant on body language), child nodded but rubbed wrist. A cold compress was applied but no bruising, child played all day had lunch etc and seemed fine. Mum informed when she picked up, mum rung this morning to say that child had seemed fine yesterday using wrist etc but this morning it appeared swollen so she was taking them to A & E. She has rung this afternoon to say it's broken and child has a soft cast!! Obviously we are all shocked as it was …
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The Prevent Duty is in full force if this latest article is to be believed: http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/647539/Ukip-UK-Independence-Party-school-police-called-website We all know the express is very pro-ukip - so there will be some biased reporting here, i wanted to make this clear before i start to ramble. So the outline of the story is this: A pupil looked at a UKIP website as part of his research during a school class activity. A teacher then caught pupil on UKIP website and reported him to the police. The Prevent Duty "specialist" team got involved and are treating this as extremism. So is this extremism, and his this pupil being radicalized? He appa…
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