finleysmaid
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Can i suggest she questions the headteacher about this? This would be against all of the advice we have been given as you know. If she doesn't get a good answer maybe an email to the local LEA. It really isn't on when all of us are working so hard to get it right.
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Cardboard box house today. Small girl inside...two boys being the big bad wolf........"let us in, Let us in!" .....No she says......It's Locked!!!!!" 🤣
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hope all goes well for anyone opening today. We are thinking of you . FM xxx❤️
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The joy of tapestry is that you run it the way you want to! If you feel the child has achieved a certain point and can do it without help or assistance then i would class that as secure, You don't need to put refinements in if you don't want to...we do because i think it shows progression. I only do no refinement for group obs where there is a diference between child a and child b's involvement or achievement level. You'll find the way that works best for your setting Welcome!
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I think we will still be restricting people who come in to the setting and the need for cleaning and rotating toys will still be high on the agenda (i had set up a system for this when we started in our 'new' building, i think this will need to be reintroduced. ) Starting to think of new ways of keeping parents out....the opposite of what we do now! Hand washing will be the norm and we will spend lots of time teaching and reinforcing this and we will be much more careful when changing children and cleaning up after them.I will definitely keep a cashless system going....much easier! Fundraising will need to be done through grants or other methods rather than hands 'on' events and parties may be out for a while? (children only maybe) I do fear for the support organisations that are around like panto companies and theatre shows/school visit organisations. They may have a very quiet year. purely a guess of course!
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it was on twitter last night ...but thats absolutely NO guarantee it's correct! (to be fair i'd had 2 gins when i read it so could well be wrong!🤪)
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apparently greater manchesters r rate gone above one...schools have been told not to open on monday as planned
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Of course, even stick my finger out when drinking tea 😅
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do you need to offer the children what they had before? or could you make life a bit easier and see what the parents want/need and then plan for that scenario? similarly with staff offer them alternatives (take it or leave it!)
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I guess i would risk assess it for your cohort. If the modelling materials had been stored for a few days to ensure they aren't infected and the children aren't eating anything! Are you allowing paintings etc to go home? if so then i don't think waste craft technology (!!!) is any more dangerous. (probably wouldn't use loo rolls at the moment)
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How are we all doing?
finleysmaid replied to enuffsenuf's topic in All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues
I can completely concur with the tiredness.....and we're working 3 hours a day less!! I think its the stress and remembering the new ways of working thats done it. None of our have said anything about covid.....and several of them have NO idea how to wash their hands which i suppose means they haven't been anywhere and they haven't been spoken to about it,which actually i don't mind. In general its been really positive, the ones that have come back do seem to have needed us and the pre-school support and the parents seem grateful for a bit of respite, they have all been rather charming (long may it continue😅) the cleaning is driving me barmey but we are getting very slick at it . We have had to find new ways to do accident books and prior incidents etc. We are only taking bank transfers no cash and we asked for snack donations online too which has been really easy . The children in the most have not missed anything ...in fact one of ours said he thought the pre-school looked beautiful! 🤗 (it certainly looks empty!) they are also much better at tidying up and absolutely fine about it....lack of mess or more practice at home i wonder? We have had some who have definitely benefitted from having more time with parents and some who haven't . Certainly an interesting social experiment (one not to be repeated hopefully) -
so as an early years establishment why are you offering places? for my children I was clear that this was an opportunity to build on their social skills and ensure that my vunerable and keyworker children were also catered for. If these 3 are coming back just because they want to play together (and thats not a bad thing) will that make a difference to them, do they need it before they go to school, will they have the resilience to manage school if you don't provide it? Small groups are quite tricky as they need entertaining too . You would need two staff one of which would need first aid etc. There will be some costs and i would suspect that 3 might not meet the costs of energy bills etc that you may not have if they are not there?
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actually thats not really the issue..i'm getting paid by the LEA whether they return or not. Obviously we have other costs when the children are in but viablility in terms of them returning isn't really in my remit at the moment.
