finleysmaid
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There are lots of grants available but you need to do the research in your area. Ask your council they will probably have some funding arms they can point you too. The co-op had a community fund There will be a list of trusts in your area (google) There will be voluntary groups like Lions and Rotary who can help with actual labour (volunteers) You could try learning through landscapes as a connection too. How much do you need to raise? and what sort of things? Do you have any parents who work for banks/airlines/ large companies?? they may help too. We raised £1000 from a raffle at xmas and have just put in a bid for over £1000 for waterproofs my motto is if you don't ask you don't get!!
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Advice for supporting emotional development
finleysmaid replied to Jo jo's topic in Practice and Provision: General issues
I think understanding that anyone, what ever their age can be anxious is important. Children cannot and will not always be happy. The "i can see you are worried" phrase works well. Appreciate that you understand his stress. maybe ask if you can help? is there anything i can do to make you less sad? etc. Can you offer a hug? These children have been watching some really inappropriate messages on the TV about death and loss. Parents think they are not listening but they are and they are too young to understand fully. It may be time to have the talk between his friends about the virus and what has happened, but this is a call you need to make as I don't know if this will help or make things worse with this little one. I had a young lad many years ago who's mum was expecting triplets....everyone went on about it for months but didn't explain it to him. He very definitely had depression. He would burst in to tears for no reason as soon as the babies were born and he knew what was happening he 'recovered' Such a tricky time for all...... -
we have lots of children who have issues with food . Have you tried finding a quieter area for him to eat? sometimes children are put off by the noise or the bad eating habits of others. He may need adult support or a visual timetable to explain he eats and then he plays? Have you called it lunch when its dinner or vice versa? Sounds like he may have some sensory processing needs perhaps?
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How to lead TEAM around meeting?
finleysmaid replied to Rosebud123's topic in Learning differences – SEND
make sure someone takes minutes get everyone to introduce themselves (and what they want to be called) Call the Parents by their names (not mummy and daddy) I always ask the parents to tell us about their child first.(positives and difficulties) Then i go around the circle in an appropriate order (depending on what needs to be discussed) Have a list of things you need to cover (or write an agenda) so this might be what is working now/what are we doing next? has everyone got therapy/meetings sessions organised ? how do you all keep in touch/what needs to be done first/next etc. don't be afraid to ask tricky questions (i have had a few difficult sessions with housing officers!!!) remember to keep the parents at the centre of what you are doing and that you are talking about their most precious child ...then you won't go wrong! xx (i have to say this is how i do it.....but i'm not normal! 😄) -
well we've been back for 4 days and we are closed ! Child tested positive on wednesday they had been in for the previous 2 days.....so now all 5 staff and 22 children are in isolation for 10 days ! 🙄
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ive added an extra tot of rum to yours....it's now floating in the ether to you😂
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or you can come to mine for some Rum cake !
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Don't reply!! phone ofsted direct on Monday or email them . We have had many scams over the years i would be super careful. It is very easy to get all of our details from the internet.!!!!
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coming from a family of dyslexics we have par carks, basghetti (spaghetti ) lemons (melons) and some interesting versions of more complex words...my MIL swears she does not have dyslexia but is for ever using malapropisms 😂
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HAHA🤪 so having been closed for half a term except a couple of EHCP children we reopen properly on monday.....all but 2 children returning! So about 30 !!!
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🐟 carp park ! where fish go to bait?
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here we go louby loo here we go louby light here we go Louby loo all on her Birthday night ! woohoo happy Birthday.! xx
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I have thought about this in the past too...you can of course delete the comment but sometimes that's a bit time consuming🙄
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Encouraging reluctant readers, especially boys, to become enthusiastic readers
finleysmaid commented on Jules's article in Primary
This is a great account of older children and reading but maybe if these children hadn't been forced to read the most appalling and boring reading schemes as youngsters they wouldn't have been turned off reading in the first place! (i am not suggesting this teacher did this ...i am just moaning about the system!) My boys at Pre-School are the first on the sofa 'reading'. I often have a dozen of them giggling at what they have found enjoying their time together. I rarely have boys who won't engage in story telling or storytimes. If they are so engaged at this age something must be going wrong when they get to early years in school? As a parent of a child with dyslexia i have witnessed a child who loved stories to screaming when the school reading books came out of the school bag. Maybe we need to change the system at an earlier stage to stop this hatred and reluctance emerging. -
EYA sent a load of stuff about this yesterday....seems it appears to be a mistake that we were included !😬
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Live Streaming with Nursery and Reception
finleysmaid replied to SparklyBarclay's topic in Foundation Stage Forum News
Or if you want to go really bonkers a pet assembly ! 😅 scavenger hunts seem to work quite well or as cait says a story then learning ideas associated with that to cover the things they need to do. (the great pet sale is a particularly useful one ) Maybe think about what you need to teach them and what they need to learn and then the ideas might come from there? -
careful..you might be opening a can of worms ....you know what the lot on here are like about knitted items ! (balaclava's!)
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Amazing...could do with some of these when walking Finley! (cold here today) perhaps when retired you could start a froglet sock shop!
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pictures please we all need some motivation to get on with our own projects ...Sunnyday needs to practice her FOMO ! I agree about the supporting each other...some people seem to be giving us virtual cuddles and the other virtual stabs!😂 more cuddles but the grumpy ones seem to shout louder!
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I would agree we are EYA members but never really sure why now!
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well that makes me feel like i am useless !!! perhaps i can put up with stupid parents, seems minor in comparison !
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AMAZING ...woohoooooooooo!
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Mornings update...we have doubled our numbers !😂 It's low because we closed due to vulnerable staff (to which one of my parents asked if we had employed some new ones then!! she was being serious!) I suspect you are right about the union thing..not enough of us, maybe because you have to pay and we already work in a low paid industry?
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Im glad for you that they are not coming in. But i agree this isn't really helpful in terms of numbers and reporting, sadly i feel many parents will not force their children to have a test for fear that the children may not like it !😔
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well after our start with 2 we are now down to one for next week. I have invited the three from the next group in and they are not keen yet....so i have one little one with two staff for 2 and a half days next week!😱🤪 ....thinking long walks and cookery !!!! I'm finding everything strange ...i seem to be really busy but i don't know what with! and lots of angst all around me On another note has anyone found themselves thinking about joining a union ? I'm not a union sort of gal. but i really don't feel well represented at the moment
