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Glad I am not the only one having bathroom issues!!!! The bathroom is so tight (and we had considered labelling 1 toilet/sink for each bubble) we are just going for it?! We had a couple of 'accidents' but generally working better than it was although my cleaning product bill is getting bigger and bigger. Someone just told me that from 23rd July you don't need bubbles???!
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Thanks all....I'm.still confused! I have opened by splitting the room into 2, having 2 groups (one each side) of upto 8 of the same children with 2 staff in each group, however this is proving tricky what with trying to use the same bathroom (can't tell you how many times we clean it!) the garden...space is tight. I was thinking of opening whole room.back up, 16 different children but maximum of 12 per day with 3 staff but wasn't sure if this is within the confusing guidelines? One thing I do know is.....is that I'm going through lots of cleaning products! Thanks again.x
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Afternoon All, I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine Unsure if all the bubbling talk, sun or cleaning has freezed my brain but wondered if anyone knew what this actually means? especially the bit in red: Keeping group sizes to a maximum of 8 children, while adhering to EYFS ratios, is preferable so groups are as small as possible. Providers are expected to ensure that there are no more than 16 children in a group in early years settings Does that mean you can have say 12 children and 3 staff in a bubble? (aged 3+) Thank you.x
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I've decided that if I have any confirmed case the whole nursery will close for 14 days. I have siblings in different rooms who can't be in the same bubble due to age as well as bubbles being formed outside the nursery!
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Afternoon All, I hope everyone is doing well. Just a quick question (well probably not quick!) has anyone changed their bubbles around? I noticed on the 'Family' website that they say that bubbles should.... Contain the same children for a minimum of one week (Monday to Friday) and ideally longer with at least a weekend between new bubbles So taking from that, that I could change my bubbles around next Monday??? This would only involve a few children moving from one bubble to another, after this week we have realised that some children need to be within another bubbles (due to staff, friends, environment!) Just wondering if anyone else has done this? Many thanks. x
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Thank you Mouseketeer - that is the option I have gone with, going to keep the same 12 children in my preschool room all week (meaning 8 children will initially miss out) with a max of 12 but min. of 8 (depending on days they attend) and see how I go after the 1st week....already had few parents of those who are missing out saying they are not happy.....but what can one do! xx
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Evening All, Can I just ask how nurseries are actually arranging there space/splitting staff/children into bubbles? I have 2 rooms (baby & toddler and preschool room) to start with I was think I will have 10 children in the baby/toddler room and maybe 10 - 12 in the preschool room. I was going to (somehow) half the room so that each side would have 5 or 6 children and 2 staff (maximum of 8 people each side) but this seems very over staffed (total of approx. 21 children with 8 staff - not very cost effective). I need 2 staff each side to cover staff going to the toilet/lunch etc (we are opening 8am - 4pm). Now wondering if I should leave the room open (and free flow with limited resources) with 10 - 12 children and 3 staff - staff keeping 2 meters apart from each other and following the guidance of staff sitting/standing behind children/keeping a distance etc These bubbles are really hurting my head! Good luck everyone - I'm not opening to 15th so have some time to think about it :)!