laura Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hello everyone, I haven't posted on here for ages. Ella is now 7 months old, how time flies! She is not a good sleeper so I barely have any time at night. She suffers from trapped wind and was waking 9 or 10 times a night!!! Now it's around 5 which is a big improvement but I'm so tired. Ryan has just turned 3 and is so sweet but definitely has his moments. I am on maternity leave until Easter when I will hopefully return to my school covering PPA for a day and a half. I am also going to do some hours at my mum's pre-school and we are going to apply for the graduate leader fund. I am now in the process of applying for EYPS that I am hoping to start in January. My theory is it will be easier to start it now while I'm not in school as it won't be so easy to have time off when it's nothing to do with them. Anyway I went to a mangers meeting and we were told we were going to get lots of exciting things - a laptop for us, a PC and printer with a trolley for the children, software, 2 cameras one for us and one for the children, and one beebot or possibly more! We are also getting a box of musical instuments and as part of the transition stuff with schools we'll be getting a goody bag with lots of things including a puppet. Wow! The only thing is we did feel it penalised those settings that have spent money on these already. We could have done with the money for other things as we have all of this and more. But I mustn't complain!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shiny Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Wow what a 'gift'!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 (edited) I've been trying to upload some photos but they don't appear in the upload box when they've finished uploading. I've put a couple in a word doc so hopefully that will work! photos_in_word.doc seems to have worked! Edited December 11, 2008 by laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellerkaren Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 wow what a great gift and the photos are lovely you all look so happy x x x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hali Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 wow lucky you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Hi Laura, welcome back I remember the "no sleep for six years" era Just as Jamie started to sleep through the night, at 3 years old, Annie was born and the whole nightmare started again! Which pathway are you hoping to take for the EYPS? I think this will determine whether or not it's best to start earlier rather than later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laura Posted December 12, 2008 Author Share Posted December 12, 2008 Hi Helen I'm hoping to do the short route. I don't have any working experience with 0 -24 months so I know i'll have to do a placement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I did the validation route, and it was pretty manageable apart from the week I used to do the written tasks I didn't speak to my children, my nursery staff took care of the nursery, and Steve did all the cooking. I literally wrote, ate and slept for the week I've spoken to other EYPs who took the short pathway, and many of them said it wasn't long enough and they had to fit in lots of training/placements, etc. into a very short space of time. I'm hoping other EYPs here will be able to give you more information so you can make an informed judgement Good luck; I'm sure you'll enjoy the leadership stuff; I certainly did! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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