Practice and Provision: General issues
A general area for discussion, queries or suggestions
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Activity Plans
by Guest MaryEMac- 8 replies
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Please has anyone got a copy of what they use for their activity plans, that I could look at. We are looking to see if there is a better way than the one we use now. Thanks, Mary
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Workforce Strategy - Consultation
by Guest- 8 replies
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Dear All, If you have got a couple of spare minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!! - if any of you haven't already sat down and read it - check out the Workforce Strategy launched April 2005 and you can also make comments as they are consulting to July 2005. This lengthy document tells you how they think they are going to achieve all our workforce problems - takes i think over 90 pages to do it but there are some interesting areas about making new gradings from 1 thru to 8. Like Rea I am a bit lacking in the uploading attachment area and my excuse of not being able to work it out is that it is probably too long and would send some of your computers crashing down round its ears and its…
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Rewards
by Guest- 0 replies
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Hi, We have used a star chart in our nursery room for the past few months (5 stars = a sticker and 10 stars =a certificate). The children don't seem that enthused by it anymore and was wondering whether anyone can suggest any tried and tested reward systems. Thanks for your time.
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Mother & Toddlers
by Guest- 10 replies
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Hi All Was wondering if anyone has any advice at all regarding starting up a mother & toddler group.... I am going to be starting up with my supervisor the new mother & toddler group within our new pre-school and not sure where to start what to expect and what I need to get really! We have been awarded a large ammount of money to spend on this and want to be sure of getting the right start to it all! Any advice, ideas or general tips on this would be greatly appreciated from those who run one or anyone. All I know is that I want to ensure that I support the toddlers and the parents as such times of their life. Thank you
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Had to share this with you guys! had a frantic phone call at 8.15 this morning, one of my early staff had just got into work and the large sky light in the kitchen had completly blown off! leaving us free to the elements, it was swimming in there. b****y council , we ve had problems with it before but would nt do anything. they wait till its a disaster!! Ive calmed down now, ohh i was livid. luckly we could still open, as children dont go in there any way. the children just had biscuits & juice, so they thought it was fab!! Hope the weather changes soon
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Hi All, I attended a conference yesterday in Colchester all about transition and was wondering if anyone else from the forum attended it, and if so what are your thoughts about it?. I enjoyed the day, felt a little lonely at times, as nearly everyone had come with someone, where as my setting only booked me a place on the conference, but apart from that i did enjoy it. There was a guest speaker, Liz Brooker, a university lecturer and researcher who i got the opportunity to have a one to one chat with. She researches early years and does interviews with pre school and reception aged children. I found it all very interesting. I was also very interested in the thoughts and …
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Hi just wondering if anyone has a rising fives group for the children preparing to go off to school and what you do in them?
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Fs After School Club
by Guest- 3 replies
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Hi all , I am new to the forum and am very excited about joing in discussions and sharing ideas. I would like to set up a Foundation Stage after school club. This will allow the children to experience extra activities in this deprived area of Birmingham. Is anyone else running such a club and can you suggest some exciting activities we may be able to do?
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Letters And Sounds
by Guest- 13 replies
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i have been using letters and sounds and following the activities for phase 1 but also introducing initial sounds through jolly phonics as the children really like them but i was told that there not really compatible so that i should use one or the other is that true. ger
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War/weapon/super Hero Play 1 2
by Guest- 46 replies
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Hi there, I am doing my foudnation degree and am doing research into gun play. Is anyone willing to share what happens in there settings? For example: we allow children to construct guns and then direct there play to try to ensure that they are using them creatively. A recent success was one boy who turned me into water and then with a second devise turned me back into peoples. He then told me of his superpower and turned his "gun" into a broomstick as his power was Harry Potter. Does anyone else support this type of play? Do you have a zero tolerance approach? If so do you know why?
