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We have a really big outdoor sandpit and I intend to use it. I am buying a pressure sprayer and going to spray the sand with diluted Milton at the end of session. It helps we are only having three children back. I seem to remember when I worked in the day Nursery (all those years ago) that we used to pop a detox mixture in the sand to clean it.

No you are not being petty at all. It really drives me insane.

Dear member, You will be aware that the government has announced that it is asking childcare settings in England to welcome back children below statutory school age as of 1 June, subject to scientific advice at the time. A number of our members have contacted us to ask if they will continued to be covered by their insurance policy if they open as of this date. We can confirm that if you hold an insurance policy with RSA via the Early Years Alliance underwriting scheme at Cover Levels 1, 2, 4a, 4, 5, 6b, 8, 9, 10a or 10b, your policy will be active in relation to the provision of childcare. The usual policy terms and conditions will apply. Important considerations for re-opening on 1 June 2020 You must assess whether it is safe to open your setting. If so, you should comply with all Ofsted registration requirements, have risk assessments in place and adhere to all government guidelines, including those recently issued on effective infection protection and control and shielding. You should keep checking that the children and staff members are not demonstrating any symptoms of Covid-19 and continue to review the situation in light of any additional information released by the Government, whilst updating risk assessments. RSA is not in a position to advise you as to whether you should re-open your specific setting premises. More information on the implementation of protective measures for providers considering re-opening from June is available in the new Department for Education guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19): implementing protective measures in education and childcare settings. Other important information can be found here: • Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus outbreak • Actions for educational and childcare settings to prepare for wider opening from 1 June 2020 • Opening schools for more children and young people: initial planning framework for schools in England Children and staff with medical conditions There are two categories of medical conditions where people with those conditions are at higher risk of becoming serious ill with Covid-19: these categories are clinically extremely vulnerable (i.e. high risk) and clinically vulnerable (i.e. moderate risk). Information on who is classed as clinically extremely vulnerable and who is classed as clinically vulnerable is available here. All Alliance member policyholders providing childcare should follow Government and NHS guidelines with regard to assessing underlying health conditions of a) the children in their care and b) staff working in their setting environment. The new government guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): implementing protective measures in education and childcare settings states that staff and children with who are clinically extremely vulnerable should not be working in or attending your setting. If the children attending or staff working within your setting premises have medical conditions that are not included on the clinically extremely vulnerable list (including children and staff who are clinically vulnerable (i.e. moderate risk), then reasonable precautions should be taken to decide whether the child can attend the setting whilst receiving adequate care or the staff member can continue to work in the setting environment, without compromising their underlying health conditions. Please note that, in light of the new government guidance, the above also applies to policyholders who are currently open to key worker and vulnerable children (and in the case of childminders who are open to children from a single household). We hope that this additional information is helpful. Please rest assured we are here to support you through these difficult times. If you would like to discuss your insurance policy more specifically with us, please call the Alliance insurance on 020 7697 2585. Our phone lines continue to be exceptionally busy at this challenging time so please do continue to bear with us. Thanks again for your ongoing support and understanding. With kind regards, The Alliance Insurance Team Read our privacy policy here. Early Years Alliance National Centre 50 Featherstone Street London EC1Y 8RT You are receiving this email because you have signed up as a member of the Early Years Alliance. Preferences | Unsubscribe

Hi there and welcome to the forum. Have you looked at the other posts in the Covid 19 thread? There are lots of helpful discussions going on, risk assessments and ideas and advice. Well worth looking and catching up on each thread. The photo of the diary sheet uploaded to Tapestry sounds like a good idea as long as it is not a really long task for you to complete. Not sure how many children you would be doing it for. With regards to cleaning toys. I will restrict the amount of toys available at any one time and have a rotation system in place. At the end of a session the toys will be soaked in Milton for 30 minutes, then air dried and returned back to the box. Toys that need cleaning in session will be anti-backed and wiped. Our outdoor toys such as bikes and slides will be cleaned (by children) with warm soapy water and then at the end of session with a diluted bleach solution then left to air dry. 😀😀

Dear member, You will be aware that the government has announced that it is asking childcare settings in England to welcome back children below statutory school age as of 1 June, subject to scientific advice at the time. A number of our members have contacted us to ask if they will continued to be covered by their insurance policy if they open as of this date. We can confirm that if you hold an insurance policy with RSA via the Early Years Alliance underwriting scheme at Cover Levels 1, 2, 4a, 4, 5, 6b, 8, 9, 10a or 10b, your policy will be active in relation to the provision of childcare. The usual policy terms and conditions will apply. Important considerations for re-opening on 1 June 2020 You must assess whether it is safe to open your setting. If so, you should comply with all Ofsted registration requirements, have risk assessments in place and adhere to all government guidelines, including those recently issued on effective infection protection and control and shielding. You should keep checking that the children and staff members are not demonstrating any symptoms of Covid-19 and continue to review the situation in light of any additional information released by the Government, whilst updating risk assessments. RSA is not in a position to advise you as to whether you should re-open your specific setting premises. More information on the implementation of protective measures for providers considering re-opening from June is available in the new Department for Education guidance: Coronavirus (COVID-19): implementing protective measures in education and childcare settings. Other important information can be found here: • Actions for early years and childcare providers during the coronavirus outbreak • Actions for educational and childcare settings to prepare for wider opening from 1 June 2020 • Opening schools for more children and young people: initial planning framework for schools in England Children and staff with medical conditions There are two categories of medical conditions where people with those conditions are at higher risk of becoming serious ill with Covid-19: these categories are clinically extremely vulnerable (i.e. high risk) and clinically vulnerable (i.e. moderate risk). Information on who is classed as clinically extremely vulnerable and who is classed as clinically vulnerable is available here. All Alliance member policyholders providing childcare should follow Government and NHS guidelines with regard to assessing underlying health conditions of a) the children in their care and b) staff working in their setting environment. The new government guidance Coronavirus (COVID-19): implementing protective measures in education and childcare settings states that staff and children with who are clinically extremely vulnerable should not be working in or attending your setting. If the children attending or staff working within your setting premises have medical conditions that are not included on the clinically extremely vulnerable list (including children and staff who are clinically vulnerable (i.e. moderate risk), then reasonable precautions should be taken to decide whether the child can attend the setting whilst receiving adequate care or the staff member can continue to work in the setting environment, without compromising their underlying health conditions. Please note that, in light of the new government guidance, the above also applies to policyholders who are currently open to key worker and vulnerable children (and in the case of childminders who are open to children from a single household). We hope that this additional information is helpful. Please rest assured we are here to support you through these difficult times. If you would like to discuss your insurance policy more specifically with us, please call the Alliance insurance on 020 7697 2585. Our phone lines continue to be exceptionally busy at this challenging time so please do continue to bear with us. Thanks again for your ongoing support and understanding. With kind regards, The Alliance Insurance Team Read our privacy policy here. Early Years Alliance National Centre 50 Featherstone Street London EC1Y 8RT You are receiving this email because you have signed up as a member of the Early Years Alliance. Preferences | Unsubscribe

Received email from EYA confirming insurance coverage is appropriate for re-opening.

Sunnyday, you and Mr S make me laugh. Xx

I am literally just going to put this in the beginning of my policy folder. None of my committee have considered any of the additional paperwork and risk assessments and yet they are the ones forcing me to open and yet could be the ones that are liable. 😡I am currently doing a written risk assessment and will then put a letter out to parents (all 2 of them) asking them to read the risk assessments and sign to say that they understand the risks although minimal will still remain and that pre-school will be a different experience from what is normal. I will also get them to sign that they will not bring their children if anyone in the household has symptoms. This is the PSLA summary of policy amendments. Covid 19 updates.docx

COVID-19_Updates.docx

I think it’s probably half the population at the moment Sunnyday!

I think if I am to have any kind of future with the pre-school we need to move away from being a parent led committee. This has really angered me that I am good enough to make all the decisions, run the place etc etc with little support until it comes to the fundraising side and now they are not listening to me and doing what they want.

I only know Monday as it’s click and collect day and Wednesday as it’s bin day!

Click on the insurance link on the homepage and it’s on there!

I wish they would flaming hurry up!

COVID 19 notice re: implications of the latest government guidance about childcare providers re-opening on 1 June: The Alliance's Scheme's Insurers, RSA, are examining the government announcement and more information will be available soon. This is really not good enough when we are all desperately trying to make plans.

After a long ‘discussion’ with the committee, we are opening on the 8th for two mornings a week for 3 children. I am completely demoralised about this, knowing these children like I do, I know that it is going to be a very weird experience for them. Obviously we will do all we can to make it the best we can. In a way I am now hoping that a few more might jump back on board when we return! This was a compromise in the end, as the discussion started with me being told we will open all sessions! Last night I was so frustrated about not being listened to and was in tears. I was thanked for all my hard work, which was nice but felt empty after not being listened to.

I am trying to get across how awful it would be for the three children. The 4 year old would have none of his peers there, his brother is two and still plays mostly in isolation and the three year old is in neither friendship group. Just trying to make them understand that I cannot see any benefit to them being in school. Especially as it won’t be the school they recognise.

How do I respond to the “government say we HAVE to” statement?

Ok have contacted the committee and let them know we only have 3 children (2 families) that want to start in June. 1 four year old his two year old brother and a three year old. I have a committee member who is a school secretary and has said we HAVE to open because the government say we do. I don’t think it’s realistic or beneficial to the children in that tiny group and in a stripped down pre-school that they attend. Help, my head is spinning, what do I do....

3 definite, 1 maybe, 1 not responding.

I thought the guidance was already out, I am so confused.

Gosh you are lucky to have a plan in place. I am still waiting for further info before I approach the committee. With only 3 children it seems daft (not working Mums) and two of them are siblings. Hoping I may get some answers in this webinar in a minute!

All I have done is collected our click and collect order and sorted and delivered relevant shopping and worked out bills to my parents and my neighbour. This seems to take quite a chunk of my morning. I have made a bread pudding (with bread that was substituted on my order), pasta salad, coleslaw, marinaded and cooked chicken breasts and gammon ham. Just looked at the time in horror to see that it’s 3:30! Joining a webinar run by LA at 4 aimed at early years returning. Will let you know if anything helpful occurs. 😀. Quite honestly I don’t know where the day goes, how did I ever have time to go to work!🤣

Have you seen that Ofsted are sending out a survey to parents to see if they should start inspecting again! It’s thought that it might make parents feel it’s safer to send their children back! I’m speechless!

I was intending to have our outside sandpit available and lots of water play. I will try and track down this guidance instead of taking someone else’s word!