Guest Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Does anyone have a food policy that they would be willing to share, please? It must, apparently, include procedures to talk to parents about healthy food choices. x Quote
Guest Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 It has been included in the Welfare Review ... ... To develop a food policy - to include procedures to talk to parents about healthy food choices. Please refer to the Welfare Review guidance and the Children’s Food Trust - Eat Better Start Better document Quote
eyfs1966 Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Sorry to slightly hijack the post but I have seen several references recently to these welfare reviews. What are they? We've never had one. Should I be worried? 2 Quote
louby loo Posted January 21, 2015 Posted January 21, 2015 Sorry to slightly hijack the post but I have seen several references recently to these welfare reviews. What are they? We've never had one. Should I be worried? You and me both. To be honest I'm starting to get really fed up with this now :-( Quote
thumperrabbit Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Are we turning in to dietary advisors & GP's now as well?! who are we, what qualifications do we have to advise this?! Who carries out the review? 1 Quote
Inge Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) is this in schools rather than a PVI or nursery... they have just had new food guidelines set from 1st Jan so could have something to do with this.. http://www.schoolfoodplan.com/standards/ Devonmaid also refers to this being the source of the information on food standards http://www.childrensfoodtrust.org.uk/pre-school/resources/guidelines not sure adding a new policy to all the millions already needed but maybe include a bit in the one already in place for food and drink.. and produce a leaflet on suggestions - which we had anyway for lunches. Like others I would not have felt comfortable giving advice I was not qualified to give. Edited January 22, 2015 by Inge Quote
bubblejack Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 eyfs 1966 when our early years completes our RAG we have a welfare officer who comes to the setting to check all welfare issues. To do the other part of the RAG curriculum, planning etc we are expected to take all our paperwork to a central office to be seen. Quote
louby loo Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 eyfs 1966 when our early years completes our RAG we have a welfare officer who comes to the setting to check all welfare issues. To do the other part of the RAG curriculum, planning etc we are expected to take all our paperwork to a central office to be seen. We haven never had a welfare officer visit, and have never had to take paperwork to be checked.... Quote
louby loo Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Me neither, when will it ever end. I think 'I' might end first..!! 2 Quote
louby loo Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 (edited) Do you have to do a RAG louby loo We do an online thingy - but come to think of it, I don't actually remember doing it recently :blink: ... but I do seem to have information overload at the moment :angry: editied to say - 'do' .....not 'don't'!!!!! Edited January 22, 2015 by louby loo Quote
bubblejack Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 You are very lucky not to have had 2 different early years advisors visiting you within a few weeks of each other. Their budget now only enables the welfare officer to visit. Regarding the educational side 2 staff members were expected to take everything to a central office. I e-mailed it across- too busy to go!!! Quote
SueJ Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 eyfs 1966 when our early years completes our RAG we have a welfare officer who comes to the setting to check all welfare issues. To do the other part of the RAG curriculum, planning etc we are expected to take all our paperwork to a central office to be seen. The RAG (Red Amber Green) ratings were a quality judgement system "suggested" in the early years quality improvement strategy - now that Ofsted are the sole arbiters of quality why are your early years still involved in assessing the quality of your setting? The guidance to local authorities in respect of early education funding makes it crystal clear that local authorities have nothing to do with passing judgement on any setting's quality: This is taken from the guidance A3.4 Not to undertake a local authority assessment of the quality of the provider, but rely solely on the Ofsted inspection judgement of the provider or the childminder agency as the benchmark of quality. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/351592/early_education_and_childcare_statutory_guidance_2014.pdf Perhaps it's time to tell your early years where they get off!! 1 Quote
louby loo Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Pheww Sue, thanks for clarifying that - I really did think I must have forgotten to redo the online thingy. I did wonder why it hadn't be chased up. Quote
bubblejack Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Yes thanks for that Sue I will point that out to them. I put up with their visits but I thought it a bit much to take all the paperwork out of the setting with 2 staff members to discuss them with other providers + early years team. It took me ages to e-mail everything across because I refused to go. Quote
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