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I have been busy deleting photos from my lap-top - these of the children that are moving on to primary school in September - made me come over all unnecessary........as I reflected on what a good year we have had with lots and lots of fun! :1b (This was item 106 on the old 'to do' list - I will of course use whatever I can to avoid the important items like item 1 - accounts, item 2 - visit accountant re tax return :blink: )
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Apparently one of my newbies for September loves this singer - anyone recommend anything. Very old person here, never heard of him before. Please don't tell me he is that well known I should be ashamed of myself!!!
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Today I dropped off our learning journies to a local primary school - as I put them down the reception teacher said "oh we don't really need to look at those, as long as you have the ecat" I replied "a lot of hard work has gone into those" and walked off before I said anything else!!!!! How dare she belittle the hard work our setting has done with these books and children !!! Has anyone else had that sort of reply?
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Well yesterday was our last day of term. We have enjoyed a wonderful week of fun including our end of term concert, and a party style session each day. In all the rubbish that we are dealt in Early Years pales into insignificance when you hear the beautiful comments from the parent/ carers and grandparents of the children in our care. This is truly why I love my job. Those that are now on a break I do hope you get to relax and for those working through the summer I hope it is enjoyable for you all. Fx
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Ok, so, September is going to be horribly quiet for us..and for other groups, it seems. One setting a couple of villages away from us has hit on an idea that I am considering implementing, but I'd appreciate your thoughts They are offering up to 7 hours totally free of charge, so long as the family matches it with paid for hours. It's for the first term only, so 6 weeks. Obviously, the hope is that the family will keep the paid for hours going once the offer is finished. I am up for trying this, but I'd appreciate your thoughts............
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I am trying to get ahead of the game and have started my holiday 'to do' list this evening....... I have prepared my 'Existing Injury record', my 'Fire drill record' and my 'Accident record' :1b I wondered if anyone had an all singing, all dancing form for 'Incidents' that they would be willing to share please :1b
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Billy Bonkers
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Has anyone read the Billy Bonkers books to their reception class or do you think they are more suited to Key Stage 1? I have never read these book so am not familiar with them. I am looking for suitable stories that would be good to read 1 chapter per day. Is anyone old enough to remember Enid Blyton's 'Mr Twiddle'?!
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What will you be paying your staff? We always put our wages up in September in line with whatever minimum wage goes up by eg 3% this year But I've been thinking about the living wage & how we will have to put wages up again in April. Just wondered what others are planning?
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone had some advise they could give me. I have a job interview next week for a trainers role and have been asked to do a 15 minutes presentation Miro teach on the following topic: 'describe the developmental differences of children in different age groups' I just wanted to make sure I have the topic clear in my head and have interpreted it correctly. Would you have I do the presentation talk about children in two different ages bands but explain that each child is unique/ differences in development etc. So for example Jack could be walking at 11 months but might not till 14 months and then talk about some of the reason's why. …
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Was anyone else watching Heather Watson vs Serena Williams? Much excitement (and a very late dinner!) in this house - I really thought she had it at one point......
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