finleysmaid

as we all know of course it isn't the children we are worried about (!) its their parents/ grandparents/ delivery drivers/ public transport / Childminders/maintenance etc etc etc that we worry about. we do not just have children in and around !! all these categories have been deemed an issue!

yes we have completely closed to children (we are working from home!!) we can currently pay our staff as we have some childrens funding still coming to us...unless the borough change their mind! we have lost all of our private income of course and no furlough etc !!

under any circumstances? i am in the situation at present where i have no staff who are able to work ....my feeling is that as an employee i would be sued if they became unwell . Schools are 'closed' (!) and still getting funding...and at a higher rate than ours! such a short term view ...we supply a service the boroughs cant afford to supply for themselves I wonder if councils are also stopping funding for other service suppliers who are not able to operate at this time?

i think this may be the purpose of saying maintained settings because they can't furlough these staff so they have to continue to be employed and of course you not going to do that without them working! BUT for the most part we are also not allowed to furlough our staff so therefore we should be getting the funding...and perhaps then the expectation is that we should also be working from home?

from our borough it says maintained settings only but we have organised some online content. I do not want to put parents under ANY pressure however and if they have a sibling i do not want them to be using the home laptop when others may need it.

it would be good to get a redefined list of 'critical' workers.....

well i wonder if my MP would listen...never has before! (sorry been a lonnnnngggg week!)

Each LEa seems to be dealing with this in a different way. In reality i think we all need to be bombarding the LEA with questions (don't get me wrong its not their fault....but they are their rules)

If the Lea is retaining funding but you are open are they prepared to pay your litigation costs when a member of staff or a member of one of your families contract covid on the premises and passes away? may be this is a question that you could ask them?!?!

We have taken the decision to close. My staff are not happy and are feeling compromised...they would do it for me but i don't want them to do that. Things are worse now than in March. I cannot ask them to risk their lives for the sake of a low paid job!😪

our chair came in today to make sure we were alright...we were just talking about health and safety when her 3 year old licked the coat stand ! 😂

could we send a section 44 to our LEA's as they pay us to provide a service?

OOH get you...had to look that one up.... All employees have a term implied into their contract of employment that they can refuse to attend their workplace if it unsafe for them to do so. Under Section 44 of the Employment Rights Act 1996, an individual is protected from suffering a detriment (i.e. disciplinary action or a deduction from pay) if they exercise their legal right to refuse to attend a workplace that is not safe. This is individual right that all members should invoke using our model letter. so therefore doesn't appear to be union related!

its only because we aren't unionised !

just read this.. As part of their contingency planning, nurseries, childminders, schools and FE providers should consider how they would operate in the event that these restrictions become necessary in their local area, including how they would ensure that every child, pupil or student receives the quantity and quality of education and care to which they are normally entitled, whether onsite or remotely. so how do we all plan on toilet training children remotely😂

we had been told only one....but don't know where i got this information from.

I have had lots of #im a keyworker ' messages today....so looks like im bu**ered! 🙄

does anyone know what the childminders have been told either? we have several children who attend us and childminders. (who have older children in the house)

this just published makes it clear(ish!) Subject to any local tiers of restriction, out-of-school settings and wraparound childcare should continue to operate for face-to-face provision between 4 and 18 January 2021 for children who eligible to attend school for full-time on-site provision. This includes children who are:3 in early years settings in primary school (however, if the primary school is one of the small number that has been asked to restrict access to children of critical workers and vulnerable children at the start of this term, then only those cohorts should attend out-of-school settings and wraparound childcare) in the secondary school-age cohorts eligible for full-time on-site provision - vulnerable children, and children of critical workers in exam year groups (primarily pupils in year 11 and 13) (from week commencing 11 January) Children who are home educated can also continue to attend wraparound childcare and out-of-school settings. Pupils who are not eligible for on-site education provision in January 2021 should not attend: out-of-school settings (such as extracurricular clubs or supplementary schools) wraparound childcare (before and after-school clubs) Providers of out-of-school activities that continue to operate for face-to-face provision during this period should ensure that they make parents aware that their setting should only be accessed if their child is in one of the eligible groups outlined.

Hi Guys...sorry needed a break over Christmas! I would definitely close if i were you. If the school is closed. All our schools are open but we are in a really high rate area, i don't get it. If it wasn't safe in March why is it safe now! ??? On another c-19 note does anyone know what we are doing about after school clubs? the guidance is not really clear and the EYA are saying no but the guidance appears to say yes. I'm confused! we take EY and school aged children for it up to the age of 9 and they are in a mixed age group. Any help gratefully received

we had this a couple of years ago and the answer then was no...she needed another email account for tapestry. Not difficult to do of course especially if you are only using it for that

Good luck ..of course this upside of this is that you need less children to fill your days and your keyworkers therefore have less paperwork ! Your administrator will however hate chasing up the codes!🙄

😘 thanks Emily XXXX

Sorry quick question....is there a tutorial i can send to a parent to get her on to set up the system on her phone.? really don't have the time to go through it and if there is something visual that i can send to her tham would be amazing 🤪

yes grandparents can be on the relatives list. I would suggest you check with his Mum and Dad and then ask the setting. They will probably have an agreement for you to sign. (if we find out unauthorised people have access we remove access to the whole account!) I've had grandparents and childminders on the system before