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   Foundation Stage Forum Competition!

   September 15, 2003 by Steve

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   Hi all - (This is a repeat of the recent email I sent out - just for those of you who've barred me from sending you emails! ) Just to get back into the swing of things after a great summer break (for all of the practitioners amongst you who get the full six weeks at least), I thought we could kick off with a bit of fun. In the next few days a new visitor will register who is to become our 1000th member! To celebrate this, I will write a nice crisp cheque to the value of £10 and send it to the first person who emails me to let me know we have 1000 members, and includes the username of that new member. The rules are very simple: 1) Organisers and relati…

   

   Last reply by Steve, September 15, 2003
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   Where Did The Holidays Go...

   September 7, 2003 by Guest Jan

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   Hi everyone - so back to work for all us part-timers - sorry to Day Nursery workers who open all year. But where have those 6/7 weeks gon - apart from two lovely relaxing weeks in Lanzarote I had such plans to get everything finally sorted and here I am a few days away from starting back with loads of stuff still to do.... One day I will be organised. Still looking forward to seeing all the children again and welcoming new ones Take care Jan

   

   Last reply by Steve, September 11, 2003
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   Fantastic Day!

   June 19, 2003 by Guest

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   Hi all thought I would share my wonderful day with you As a co-ordinator for a Children come first Childminding network I usually spend my time visiting monitoring and assessing childminding practice or sitting in the office writing up reports and developing training etc but today I went to a farm!! had a fantastic day with all the childminders and children and Amelia Bearheart our network travelling bear can you guess who I named her after?! we had a session meeting some baby geese, chicks, rabbits - one little girl was holding the baby rabbit when suddenly a horrified look came over her face and then said 'I can't find its legs' we also had a…

   

   Last reply by Guest, August 25, 2003
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   Holidays At Last!

   July 25, 2003 by Guest

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   Hurrah! Hurrah! Holidays at last!!! We have finished for the holidays today at long last!! Just to say to everbody else-have a wonderful summer, no matter what the weather. Will keep in touch over the break. Linda

   

   Last reply by Guest, August 3, 2003
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   Making The Site Better.

   June 25, 2003 by Steve

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   Hi - In the near future, time and other things permitting, we plan to re-design the site and forums to help it work better. I'd be grateful for any suggestions you all might have. Anything along the lines for example of the following: Things that don't work properly or at all. Extra forums you'd like to see. A different arrangement of the forums and categories. Better integration with the content on the main website. More content. Different type of content. Less smileys! More smileys! etc. We would like to make it easier for members to post their own articles, links etc. Would this be helpful? Are there parts of the site/forum you would like to see given…

   

   Last reply by Guest, July 27, 2003
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   St Paul's Pre-school's 30th Party

   July 19, 2003 by Guest

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   Just to let you know-our party went off extremely well yesterday , despite all my worries!!! The children, staff, parents and all others who came had a wonderful time. The bouncy castle was a great hit and we managed not to have any broken bones or bashed heads!!! We had the morning children in first at 9.00 with the afternoon children arriving at 11.30 so that we could feed them altogether-63 children having chicken nuggets or pizza and chips!!!!!! It was hectic as you can imagine but went really well-with the help of a lot of parents! The day finished at 3.00 with the staff just about ready to pass out!! But we managed to get ourselves ready to go out for a meal …

   

   Last reply by Steve, July 21, 2003
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   Reception Teachers

   June 17, 2003 by Guest

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   After having just spent an afternoon in a reception class may I say to all you teachers,what a wonderful job you are doing ,with one assisant with a group of 30 I dont know how you do it!(Coming from a preschool with 24 children and 5-6 staff)

   

   Last reply by Guest, July 20, 2003
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   We've Got Frogs!

   June 9, 2003 by Steve

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   Hi - For anyone who was following the recent conversation about tadpoles - boiled lettuce and spinach definitely worked for me! I've got about a hundred in the process of converting at the moment; some have already hopped off. Here's a little picture of one of them for your pleasure! I'm a mother... Regards, Steve.

   

   Last reply by Steve, June 24, 2003