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Oh no zigzag, sorry to hear you have had a tricky week I recognise everything you say in your post, oh my actual goodness the manners thing is getting to me have to remind all the time but especially at snack "yes please" don't just nod or point, you know how to say "milk please" or whatever...... Pleased to report that our week has been much better - worried about tempting fate now! Hope everyone has a restful weekend x

There is an advantage to my position of not visiting any shops...... I just have shares in Amazon 🤦‍♀️🤣

You rebel you 🤣

I would never leave you on the naughty alone (even if I did grass you up)

Not guilty miss - that young Froglet started it 🤣

Oh have just followed your link - how lovely!

Young Froglet - I have been looking at yarn and sock knitting patterns - very tempted to give it a go - figure I have a 'mentor' if I went wrong!

Off to google 'festive sock yarn'

Hi Gemma and a very warm welcome from me

I think so +++ we are all under extra stress and strain ourselves Although I absolutely do not want anybody to be struggling it is kind of comforting to find I am not the only one Heard today that a pre-school very close to here consider that and I quote "we have got the cleaning sussed, we are using a steamer" - note not a fogging machine, just a hand held steamer, no disinfectant added - again I quote "just the hot steam will kill the virus"🤦‍♀️

Wish we could fm - some real challenges there for you - but you are the woman for the job - I have every faith in you

Remind me why we do our jobs?

Oh no, no, no!

Oh my life - have we got a screaming emoji?

Thank you zigzag <whispers> this week has started very well - I put my foot down very firmly on Monday morning! Result - my little girl who was worried about the toilet is no longer worried at all and in fact we can't keep her out of there now (!), my screamers mum was asked to stay and settle her properly, as opposed to a drop and run situation, I explained that she has been frightening the other children and that is not on when it is all just a display of temper - mum duly stayed until 10:20 (we were mainly outside during that time) - this little girl hasn't attended today, message to say that mum wasn't well - hmmm......

I know it's not Friday! Just wanted to share some great news - Mr S has a date for his procedure (endobronchial valves) at Royal Brompton - it is Wednesday 23rd September - woohoo!!! He has to strictly isolate now, will receive a Covid test kit in the post, needs to take the test at 7am Saturday, it will be collected by a courier and if all is well, number one son will drive him up on Tuesday (masks in car) ready for procedure on Wednesday - I can't go at all, which is sad, but completely understandable

In other news - I invoiced a 'new parent' this morning via email and have a message back saying 'all paid' - yay!

Oh my actual goodness fm that is awful, would be awful at anytime but impossible in our current circumstances 🤦‍♀️ Wish that I had some 'words of wisdom' to help Hope that you plan for Monday works, I honestly think that otherwise I wouldn't be able to keep him

Thanks Louby - what 'nervous child' - do you mean my little girl that is worried about the toilet? She is not the 'screamer'! The 'screamer' is a returner who, really, is just displaying her temper (not helped by mum being a bit hopeless!) - I am going to ask her how she intends to take this forward - I have more new children starting this week and she will frighten them. She goes on to have really good sessions so that tells me she is not unhappy The one who is worried about the toilet - I have asked her mum to take her in there at the start of each session - it is the only solution - she is otherwise very well settled I have done pack away before (in a previous life), it is just hard to go back to - I have been thoroughly spoilt for the past 26 years! I am hopeful that my staff member with broken arm will be in tomorrow - have spoken to her and she is doing very well under the circumstances Onwards and upwards (hopefully!)

Thank you so much my lovely 'Friday friends' x I am my own worst enemy I am a 'perfectionist', I have been completely thrown by this 'disastrous' start, but I need to concentrate more on what went well and a whole lot less on what went wrong! One of the 'criers' is a returner - yesterday she was screaming "mummy, mummy" at the fire door, I soon became aware of an audience in the car park, horrible, there is absolutely nothing wrong with her she has had super mornings, it is just this parting, it really is a 'temper' thing and I know this will now develop into a 'this is what I do when mummy leaves' situation.....the other two are just 'gentle protesters' and I completely understand how alien this situation is to them Then we have 'little miss worried' - she has got it into her head that there is an air hand dryer in the loo - there isn't and I have had mummy take her in to show her - long story, short she had two 'poo accidents' yesterday - all very difficult to deal with especially as I was a staff member down - called mum back to deal with the first accident, second we had more success with - really hope that she now knows the toilet is not a place to be scared of, again I am worried that this will just become a habit, a 'I can't go into the toilet, I am too scared' situation - hopefully I am just catastrophising here! Anyway, I have been greatly reassured by your kind comments, have had a good nights sleep didn't wake until 8am which is unheard of for me! Will now, as you have suggested try and 'step away' from this and enjoy the weekend - the sun is shining here which always helps Forgot to say - I have spoken with my staff member with the broken arm - she is doing as well as can be expected, she reports "not too painful and that she is resting" Oh my actual goodness 😀 also forgot to say - reason for different room/pack-away - our lovely room is on the first floor of our building - can't really ventilate properly - have moved to the huge sports hall, very high ceilings + can open doors and windows, having to lug everything up and down the stairs (I'm far too old for that)

I can't let a Friday pass without comment - but don't want to be too negative on this lovely thread.... It has been really difficult - I did comment on another thread and explain that we are not in our usual room within our building, so we are now effectively 'pack-away', I am not enjoying that at all I know that we haven't provided the best experience for our children and I find that hard to take as I am so proud of our lovely group We have had 'tears on entry' from three children - we just don't have this usually, i think because we have such a good settling in procedure, which has been impossible To add insult to injury - quite literally - we are a very small staff team of three and one of my colleagues has broken her arm in two places today (not at pre-school) so we are now down to just two, she is saying "I will be in on Monday", I have told her to see how she feels over the weekend I am beginning to think that I have made a dreadful mistake in re-opening at all Feeling miserable and despondent today Will have to give myself a good talking to Happy weekend all

I promise I am not being purposely obtuse, I am not clear why and when you need a parent to wear a mask - is he wanting to enter your setting?

I certainly would expect the parent to take a test and child would not be able to attend - it is all there in the guidance I fear we are all going to face these situations with great regularity In my humble, there is no way in this world that we can take a "oh no it's not Covid" as a basis for decisions

What circumstances?

Yay! I am so pleased to read that