Staff Lounge
Let off steam, discuss a great/bad day, or whatever takes your fancy! Conversations here are only visible to other subscribing FSF members.
5,928 topics in this forum
-
- 4 replies
- 300 views
going to put out a comment box for parents so looking for a form for parents to complete when they have comment , complaint or praise to give us - has anyone got one i can look at please? nothing too complicated - just something they can perhaps tick and add comment to. thanks
Last reply by AnonyMouse_19762, -
- 1 follower
- 174 replies
- 3.6k views
So........ Dear little boy started last term - mum convinced he couldn't possibly 'manage' the two sessions that she had asked me to save for her (oh fine that spare session could have been earning us some much needed income! ) - never mind, "That's fine" I said trying to give her my bestest smile and not say it through gritted teeth! Then......oh he couldn't possibly 'manage' a whole three hours - never mind "That's fine" as above - so he attended for one hour, building to two hours - all good - an absolute sweetie - he just throws himself into anything and everything........ So have just spoken to her: Me: So we are going for the full three hours this term? Her: …
Last reply by AnonyMouse_26037, -
- 3 replies
- 311 views
I have a little boy who I am struggling to know how to help - or whether he needs it. There are lots of things going on: very able, parents splitting up, behaviour has always been an issue but at the moment there are two specific things. 1. He doesn't appear to have any imagination. I have never seen him voluntarily make anything or involve himself in role play. Any ideas of different approaches I could take to try and bring this out of him. He often destroys things others have made or likes to take them and walk around holding them which leads on to... 2. He seems to fixate on things and want to possess them to the exclusion of all else. It's not always the sam…
Last reply by AnonyMouse_3139, -
Do you believe in fate?
by Guest- 7 replies
- 237 views
I am sat here musing about the impending closure of my nursery after 22 years, not sad or upset just a little melancholy, thinking about all the children who have passed through my door. When I started trading all those years ago I had no idea that this job would become such a big part of who I am and the decision to close has happened really quickly so I have not had much time to sit and think. The point of my question in the title is because when I opened my doors in 1992, I said to my co worker at the time 'I'm not doing this forever, the minute a child comes back through that door with a child of her own I'm giving up!' As I sit here writing a very difficult letter t…
Last reply by AnonyMouse_3735, -
- 25 replies
- 611 views
apologise in advance ............................................... my daughter has just got into uni for midwifery - want to tell the world how hard a process it was - thousands of applicants she got 4 straight 'no's from unis - then the 5th - her one and only interview did it. Am so so so so proud (and never want to go through the stress of uni applications again) ::1a ::1a ::1a ::1a ::1a ::1a ::1a ::1a ::1a .................sorry had to tell someone
-
NW 2 year old conference July 9th
by Guest- 2 replies
- 187 views
Hi everyone. Is anyone going to this conference? It's fairly pricey but my manager is paying for it and I just wondered if anyone else was going I could say hello to.
-
- 32 replies
- 693 views
.......it would be considered unprofessional to shake some of my parents until their teeth rattle Oh would it, that's a real shame :rolleyes: If I make a short list - perhaps you will know where I'm coming from...... Crocs Strappy tops Strappy Dresses Long dresses No sunscreen applied No sunhat supplied Failure to read any newsletters (please don't even bother suggesting that they may not be able to read - they all can!!!) I could go on.....and on......and on - but will only wind myself up....... Silly season has well and truly arrived
Last reply by AnonyMouse_39602, -
- 5 replies
- 228 views
Today was one of those wonderful, spontaneous days where you thank heaven for children's desire to simply play and experience......well, 'stuff'. It started of simply enough. One of the children was playing in the mud kitchen and spilled some water. This created a pool at her feet, so she started splashing in it. By degrees, this puddle became a bit of a small mud bath. Another child joined in the play, then another, attracted by the squeals of delight, then another..........you get the picture? So: dilemma ( well it wasn't really (!) )........do we tell them to stop.........or............do we get them to take off their shoes and experience the soft, squishy mud between …
-
- 7 replies
- 343 views
A lady I know 'B' has asked for advice and I thought I'd come here. Bs partners ex has said she doesn't want their 11 yr old daughter and will take her to social services if B and partner won't have her. B already has a 3 yr old girl and 6 yr old boy sharing a bedroom, they have nowhere for the 11 yr old to sleep but they don't want her to go into care. I don't have any other details but B wants to know what will happen when/if the mom goes to SS. Does anyone have any idea? I've told her SS won't just say ok hand her over, they'd work with the mom, but would they? Would they see a child living in a family hat doesn't want her and think she'd be better off out of it?
Last reply by AnonyMouse_3139, -
- 1 follower
- 20 replies
- 362 views
Happy Birthday lovely lady hope you have a day filled with all the things you most enjoy xxx
Last reply by AnonyMouse_3139,
