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I’ll be your friend Louby loo!🤣 Now relax and enjoy your break. I’m not looking forward to next week! Not only are the children hyped up on end of term vibes but the weather is making them incredibly fractious, Monday is going to be very trying I feel! Anyway we held interviews on Tuesday and my replacement is lovely. She is one of those lovely, friendly bubbly people that you just like instantly. She has lots of experience and I feel very happy handing my treasured pre-school over to her. I am on countdown now! Just been to see the most beautiful seaside cottage that I am going to be cleaning, the view is to die for! I will post some photos for you all to drool over when I start. That is if I can stay on the forum😢 Have a love,y weekend and stay safe in the heat. I’m just off to do one of my changeovers now so I don’t have three to do tomorrow when it’s very hot!🥵🥵
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You are all such kind and very thoughtful people and your thoughts and wishes are very much appreciated. Thank you. Today went very well. The service that the celebrant put together was brilliant. She took all our words, thoughts and stories and wound them into a wonderful tribute. My brother read a poem and I wrote a tribute called my Dad my hero. It really was low key and simple, just as my Dad would have wanted. Mum and I were determined to not cry and make it a celebration of his wonderful life and I’m proud to say we both managed it. I went and saw Dad in the chapel of rest on Tuesday and I am so very glad that I did. To see him at rest made me feel very peaceful and I was able to take this back and share it with Mum. Now to remember the happier times and memories rather than the more recent years.
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Been a very busy week. Sorting everything that needs to be sorted. We met with the celebrant today and the funeral is on Thursday. I’ve also been trying to keep my head above water with all the usual end of term madness, thinking about the handover and getting sorted for interviews next week. Also have had to do my three cleaning jobs. So actually haven’t had a minute to sit and take stock. Good in one way but maybe not in the fact that my head is spinning with it all and it doesn’t seem real. It’s so hot down here as well, not great for the hot flushes! Hope everyone has a lovely weekend, stay safe in the heat and thank you all for your kind words, it means a lot. Xx
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Well my darling Dad passed away on Thursday evening with myself and Mum by his side holding his hands. For him it is such a happy release and that is what I am holding onto at the moment, It’s been a long two years for him living a half life that he could never fully accept. My Dad has always been my hero but watching how he has handled the last two years with such dignity and humour made me fully realise just what a hero he was.
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Looking for some interview questions for the managers position. Any suggestions would be most appreciated.
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Some of my school leavers have reached a stage that I have not encountered before. The girls are using their words and being bitchy to the boys when they don’t want to play and the boys are getting upset and on occasions feisty with their hands! Then we have the constant moans from both sides. I feel like banging their heads together! (I promise I won’t if Ofsted are reading this!) We have a school visit next week but I cannot foresee any problems as they are so VERY ready for the next stage. My husband and son have had Covid this week, luckily I have escaped it, so they have been feeling very sorry for themselves (typical man flu behaviour) so I have tried very hard to be patient and sympathetic! It actually got me a day off yesterday as the two people I clean for on a Thursday didn’t want to run the risk of having me in. Im on the countdown now to finishing! We are holding interviews for my position very soon. Two people I would be very happy to hand over to (it feels like I’m abandoning my baby). I keep having people tell me how sad they are that I’m leaving and I keep saying that whoever takes over will be as good at the job and they will soon get used to it! But it’s beginning to feel very strange and real now! I actually just need it to be over so that I can fall apart and then get on with whatever comes next! Have a lovely weekend all.
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And so you should be proud Cait.
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We had a BBQ for my sons birthday yesterday, when it was hot but overcast. Today, despite the east wind it’s been boiling. Dread to think what it would have been like without the wind 🥵 Hope everyone has a lovey weekend.
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Louby that actually makes perfect sense! I was very stressed and anxious on Thursday with my anxiety going into overdrive. So that might make sense or it may just be reaching a certain age! Glad you are feeling better now as well.
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Hope you feel better soon Louby Loo. I had my first ever migraine yesterday, just about managed to get through work, luckily after showing a family around I could escape to tidy and organise the storage room so didn’t have to be on it with the children! Walked the dog on a super short walk as by this time I was feeling so sick and dizzy! Then all I could do was collapse into bed for the rest of the afternoon and evening! Makes me so mad, such a waste of a day! Felt fragile today but so much better! Was very weird showing prospective people around yesterday, knowing that I am not going to be there in September to work with them! Six weeks and counting….
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I’m now staying until the end of the summer term which is 7 weeks! Countdown starts tomorrow!
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Totally confused by what day it is as well! But feeling sad that there is only one more day until we go back! Really hoping the weather is good for this last part of term.
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Two cleaning jobs for me today and then helping my husband hang our new doors. Not easy in an old house where nothing is the standard size and no straight edges! Popping out into our garden to watch the lighting up of the beacon in the field right by us. There is a display in our church which I need to go and look at with photos from the 1930s onwards of the carnival queens from our village, might be in it somewhere as I was an attendant once many moons ago! Also the rather large crown we made at pre-school is on display as well! Cleaning again on Saturday and then not sure what we will be doing. Put a few strings of bunting up but nothing major. Enjoy the celebrations everyone.
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Sorry about the house sale, hope you can find a new house soon! Huge congratulations on the Ofsted report you must be so proud.
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Love that you are looking on the bright side! So glad that I didn’t lose my taste or smell it must be really horrid. Hope it soon returns.
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Veg garden half planted. Dwarf sunflowers and giant sunflowers gone in today and tomato plants popped into grow bags. Loads of petunias to prick out and pot on tomorrow. I only got five cosmos from my packet but to be fair it was a very old packet! At this current moment in time everything in the front, back and veg garden is up to date and looking fab! If only I could confidently say it was going to stay like that! I have now asked to stay on until the end of July! The person who was going to be interim manager has proved over the last week that they are in no way ok to be in that position and it I just can’t leave the children and other staff in that situation. We have someone interested in the position who would be great and I would feel confident in handing my precious group to them in September. Keep telling myself I am doing the right thing and this way will wrap it all up properly. So need to keep,being polite and holding my temper with a certain couple of parents for just a bit longer!🤐
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The paper forms are ridiculous, I don’t let them go home either. What annoys me is when they have changed a session and you have to complete a whole new form, it’s really wasteful. Have had a truly lovely day, it’s been the hottest most beautiful day of the year down here so far. We had a lovely lunch then came home and sat outside chatting all afternoon. Very relaxed and lovely. Hope the weather has been kind to all today.
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Jolly glad Friday is upon us again. Really need to crack on and get my veg garden planted up this weekend. Off out to lunch with my son and his girlfriend tomorrow which will be lovely. No TDL this weekend (apart from learning journeys) Worked hard yesterday to make a real good start on the handover book so my head space is starting to free up! I am a bit concerned that when it’s free of pre-school stuff it’s just going to be an empty vacuum!🥴 Have a job offer on the table already, and another I have turned down as already do changeovers on that day and three more offers! It’s absolutely amazing what is out there if you are prepared to work. Just want to make the decision so not rushing in to fast. Have a great weekend all. Xx
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Two out of three of my staff work in a few other jobs to make ends meet, they have to. Don’t worry the chairperson is absolutely against the idea and we literally cannot believe that it was a serious suggestion by a supposedly sensible person! I have to admit my filter has come off a little as I have no need to be polite or fight anymore. At least it’s all justifying my decision.
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Thank goodness our closets one is about 150 miles away!
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I have had to swap a session at the end of term from Friday to Thursday due to a staffing issue. This has caused uproar and a committee member is going berserk about lack of cover staff. We have one (who can’t work) and the other person is no longer interested. This parent has told the chairperson that we need to get all staff to sign a contract 9-3 everyday regardless if the work 3 hours or 15 which then stops them working anywhere else so they can be available at all times just in case! 🤯🤯 That is the only way any of the assistants can survive by having other work as well when hours drop in Autumn. I cannot believe the selfishness of some people, the child goes to another setting which can offer 30 hours which we can’t so why does she just not take him there!
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I was asked if I would stay on until July but I just can’t. Now I have made the decision, the sooner the better. And that shows just how low it has got me because I would never normally do anything that may affect the smooth running of the group. I have started to fill a book with the TDL and how to do everything and my goodness no wonder my head has felt ready to explode most of the time! The parent who was the final straw in all this had a go at me yesterday because I didn’t answer her email on bank holiday evening. The email did not need a response unlike her other ones. And when questioned why I didn’t answer I said because it’s a bank holiday weekend and didn’t need to be responded to she got really 💩 with me. Which actually just confirmed that the decision to leave is the right one.
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4 working weeks.
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When a new manager is appointed, what process do they need to go through with Ofsted checks etc?
