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Oh Cait, so sad to read this. I’m so sorry for you. We are so blessed to have dogs in our lives but the time is just too short. How amazing that she stayed with you for exactly a year after losing your husband. I’m sending you the biggest virtual hug. Xxx

Oh Cait, I'm so sorry to hear that - she looks an absolute sweetie. You have given her the best life for 6.5 years xxx

So sorry to hear that Cait, sending lots of love to you.

Oh Cait, I am so, so sorry - sending the hugest of hugs to you xxx

I’m starting my Friday after saying goodbye to my little girlie who’d just had enough. She stayed by by side for this last 12 months to the day since I lost my husband and I’m so grateful for that. She had renal failure and had been slowly going downhill and for the last couple of weeks I felt that she was hanging on to complete the year for me. We had her 6.5 years after rescuing her from a breeding box when she was 8 years old. Thought we would give her a couple of years of happiness, so it’s been incredible. A more perfect little dog you couldn’t hope to meet, no barking and just gentle, friendly and so grateful. My heart is freshly broken tonight.

Hi all, hope everyone is making the most of the late sunshine ☀️ I hope your terms have started well, now we have the the new ‘inspection tool kit’ to tackle on top of all the other expectations to have in place….slightly annoyed that after years of fine tuning the “learning walk’ it’s being scrapped and no idea if we’re all going back in the pot for inspections, maybe with so many settings closing they have inspectors hanging around with nothing to do 🤷‍♀️ zigzag - huge congratulations on the arrival of your gorgeous little Grandson 💙

I am currently studying my CACHE level 3 diploma for the early years workforce and as part of my final unit, I must join in on an online forum to discuss the importance of reflection in relation to professional development. I am also required to undertake my own research and use the forum to share theoretical perspectives on reflection. Reflective practice is where an individual is always re-thinking and going over their actions in order to improve practice. It is a vital part of one's professional development in any field. There are several theorist's each with their own thoughts on reflective practice. The theorist that influenced my view on professional development is Jack Mezirow's transformative learning theory that was created in the 1970's. He clearly defined that that adults learn best when they critically reflect on their perspectives and assumptions as this leads to change in their practice in a meaningful way. In my role for example I could reflect on how I interact with children during play or how I manage challenging behaviours. I attended a workshop on child-centred learning and this highlighted the importance that we allow the children to also play freely and be active participants in their learning rather than always guiding and leading the play being authorities. It showed how important it is to focus on the child's needs and interests. This then led me to reflect on this and change by adjusting my approach with the children, learning to step back a little more for them to take their own lead. I able to provide a more engaging environment that was supported to their needs and interests. It reminded just much children want to be independent and want to make their own choices as well as being supported. Mezirow's theory always reminds me that developing professionally is not always about learning new skills, strategies or qualifications it is about changing how I think, feel and act as a nursery practitioner, changing this allows me to meet the needs of the children better and create a better practice. He also felt that discussing experiences and your perspectives with others to gain insight and alternative viewpoints is important for personal growth and moral clarity which in turn allows us to adopt new ways of thinking and acting and leads to long-lasting changes in professional practice. This reminded me that it is okay to ask for personal feedback from your manager or colleagues to gain an outside view of how I work with the children, how I interact and engage in play. This gives them the opportunity to discuss with me any parts of my professional development that I can improve or change to create a better practice and better approach with the children. It also may give me positive feedback which will give me a sense of pride in my work, to encourage and remind me to continue developing my skills for the children and for myself. I believe there is always room for improvement in every work place and every colleague. Does anyone how any responses to this that can help towards me learning about reflecting on professional development and my learning? Kim

Aren’t you meant to put them in a brown paper bag with a banana?

I see green tomato chutney in your future!

I have loads of green tomatoes- I'm leaving them out until tomorrow evening, then bring them all in to (hopefully) ripen!

Shhhhhhh ☹️

Winter arrives for us Sunday... 26 today😎 - 14 Sunday! ☔ 😮😮😮

Good afternoon, the weather is not glorious but it’s actually DRY! So will take that any day over the miserable rain that we have had. I’m so glad that I was organised this year and did quite an early allotment and garden clean up! Good job as we seem to have gone straight into winter! Hope everyone has a lovely weekend. Xx

Afternoon all. Like Sunnyday -now off to spend the afternoon tidying up the garden! Have a good weekend everyone x

Oops - I missed saying Good morning - so Good Afternoon - 'tis Friday! Hope all is well with everyone? Weather is just glorious here today - making the most of that with some garden tidying Have a good weekend all x

What a lovely, happy picture - one to treasure for always. Thank you for sharing!

Hi @Alison from The Nursery, Funding is applied by adding the hours of funding to each relevant session within a child's regular schedule. So if you haven't added the funded hours in this section, but instead have calculated and created your sessions to reflect them after funding, then this wouldn't specify the hours on their invoice. You'll need to create your sessions for reflect their cost before funding, and then amend the charge through allocating the hours into the 'Funded' section. Our tutorial on creating regular schedules will run through this in more detail: Booking: Setting a regular schedule for a child. I hope this helps! But if you need any further support with getting this set up on your account please pop us an email to customer.service@eyfs.info and we'll be happy to further advise. 🙂 Best wishes, Alexandra

Hello, I'm afraid we don't have a time frame on when this feature will be released. However we will be sure to update you on this post as soon as it is! Best wishes, Vanna

Hi, I'm afraid we don't have a specific area for this at the moment on Tapestry, but it is on our list of things to add to Tapestry so we will keep you updated with any progress we make. :) Thanks, Emily Tapestry Support Team

Hi, I have setup invoices on Tapestry and created these for my families. When looking at the generated digital and PDF invoice there are two columns on it funded hours none funded hours. On the funded hours column it's states zero. My sessions have funding applied and appears on the invoice as £0.00. How do I get the funded hours to appear in the funded hours column? I want it to be clear to parents that they have received X amount of funding for each session. Thanks Alison

Congratulations Zigzag - he's lovely! Love the smile on your face too - you brought one to mine!

Will this be able to be implemented soon?

Hi, Is there now a way to add emergency contacts to a child's profile and a way to access them based on what children are signed in? Thank you.

Zigzag, he is so beautiful ! Congratulations to you all 😁

Oh zigzag - he is just beautiful - huge congratulations to all xxx