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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

As ever we are the 'poor relation'

Wouldn't it be a good plan to supply some tests to all schools and EY establishments? Too much like common sense I suppose

Keep us updated please fm

Our first day was not quite so successful - one returner not at all happy, she settled in the end, one newbie came in so happily but had a complete meltdown when it was time to visit the loo and wash hands for snack - turns out that she is terrified of air hand dryers (we don't have any!) had to call mum back, she managed after a lot of screaming (child not mum!)to take her in and show her that it was all safe (bit frustrated that we didn't have this important bit of info relayed to us beforehand) We have had to re-locate within our building - so we are now 'pack-away' - this is not cool, we have been so spoilt for the past 26 years! 'Things can only get better'!

I honestly think 'runny nose' acceptable - but nothing else!

Fingers crossed that all is okay - please keep us updated x

That is worrying - mind you, everything is worrying right now!

Oh no!

As ever, you have made me feel much better! Someone used the phrase 'post covid' this morning - I couldn't let that go - we are not post anything we are still in the middle 🤦‍♀️

I feel the same way louby, after months of sharing ideas via email we have been together over the last two mornings, so much better

Well it's Friday again! Hope everybody is well and that if you have been at work this week it has gone swimmingly - my first day back on Monday! Have a lovely weekend y'all

If anyone has any top tips for how to get parents to actually read the 'bumph' that we send - do please share with me..... If I get one more email asking me questions that I have covered a million times I really won't be responsible for my reaction! 🤦‍♀️ Have just sent a final 'update/recap' - it is very short, they don't even have to open an attachment - don't want to hear from them again now! 🤣

It certainly is not allowed 😡 what a poor example to set

Oh you poor thing - it's horrible isn't - sending a virtual hug x I haven't had anymore since the ones that I shared on the Friday thread <touch wood> so hopefully you won't either We (staff team) have been in this and will do again tomorrow morning - this was the first time that I have seen my deputy in six months - crazy business!

👎 that's crazy

Goodness surely not? I would have to wear full hazmat to visit homes - perhaps that's just me.....

That's all I've had louby - hope there isn't anything else!