finleysmaid
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Also have the 2 year old checks (reports) been removed ...or are they somewhere else??
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Is anyone else having issues with tapestry? We used to be able to cut and paste on an observation but the app won't now let us do this....also i'm having issues with the flags, if i put on an area flag it won't let me add some of the other flags. So for example i added an ob about PSE and then i tried to add an EAD one and it wouldn't let me add the area title. I'm struggling a bit with this new app. Beginning to wonder if i need to update the hardware but even on my phone it's not working perfectly.
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maybe we should start a humpday thread too ! We were out on a schoolnight last night to celebrate my eldests 30th birthday ! how did that happen?????!!! She should have moved in to her own house weeks ago but its taken 6 months to do the paperwork (there isn't even a chain!) we have fingers crossed it might happen next week ...She's been a bit of a yoyo so im hoping this finds a place where she can settle. Lots' of germs going round Louby, hope you feel better soon. we have an epidemic of hand foot and mouth!
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The search for Room Leaders
finleysmaid replied to Tinytowners's topic in Early Years Setting Management
i recently did an advert on indeed and had 19 replies in a 3 week period....many were ok-good candidates. However i would really like to employ an apprentice and this appears to be much harder! -
Hop to it froggie and have a great day ! xxx
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Oh so sorry .am a little late to the park ! sending lots of hugs your way and a nice victoria sandwich with cream and lemon curd?!!?? 🎂 Hope you had a very Happy Birthday
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I guess you need to look at your cohort. Do they all eat well? are they getting breakfast? if you are not doing snacks how do you teach about healthy food options? I would suspect most children may need to have a small snack about every 2 hours (this may help to regulate blood sugars and avoid some behaviour issues too) . Schools do offer a morning snack of fruit or veg . You are correct in that i don't think there is anything written about ensuring there are snacks in the regulations, but it does talk about health and welfare ...would food come in to this? Maybe try to consider snack time as a learning opportunity and reinvent it to support oral hygiene and health? If of course you decide to go without a snack time i would suggest writing down your decision and why just in case!! 😁
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so we have a pretty international group this year with two Italian children one of which is tricky at lunch time ! it has become a bit of a joke that we say "mangiare" in a terrible Italian accent! We have a little polish girl who was telling her Mum about all the English words she was learning ....she announced proudly in polish that she knew the word for eating in English was Mangiare!😜😅
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you can get anything from amazon!😂
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Have you tried an alarm? something like this? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Security-Wireless-Waterproof-Vibration-Exceptionally/dp/B096GR9KNQ/ref=sr_1_10?dchild=1&keywords=gate+open+alarm+for+garden+gates+outdoor+with+noise+alert&qid=1633013945&qsid=259-5837106-9431316&sr=8-10&sres=B07XDJLSSC%2CB06XS14HG1%2CB081J94NBZ%2CB07TQLQ38D%2CB07WMNKGCP%2CB01MPWCCXI%2CB019CNLT2S%2CB07G7WVWZ1%2CB06XRYTKB8%2CB096GR9KNQ%2CB06WLNNSYL%2CB073CGJ1ZH%2CB00YULJL32%2CB08F22YFL1%2CB08LKCN15Q%2CB07F6HDHD9%2CB0722ZSMQP%2CB0781ZTCS8%2CB076ZL1G88%2CB084ZHD1XS Although this one a bit loud at 113db!!
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Early excellence do some bags to purchase already filled. https://earlyexcellence.com/go-shopping/woodland-animals-collection/ I used to think these things were quite pricey but actually i found i couldn't do it for much less!. You could try some grant fundraising for these as they fit lots of criteria !
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😍 Thank you! xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Ooh i am happy to take anyones!!!! really can't find mine and i can't be doing with typing up a new one,,,,,have pity on me dear forumites😜
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on a completely different note...has the resources section disappeared? I need a health declaration/annual declaration and i can't find mine😱
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Thank you, although how on earth do HMRC know that? I can't see how this can be monitored really?
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Thanks for the helpful reply 😂😅
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Random! I have a set of parents who are separated , i didn't have dad on any documents but have recently added him. Dad has a 30 hour code for the child, but she does not live with him. Mum does not have a 30 hour code child does live with her. Can Mum use the 30 hour code allocated to Dad for his daughter?
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have you asked for the additional 20% relief. We put a case together and now get 100 % ... worth trying if you haven't tried already!
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Gosh that's really tight isn't it...hope your rents not too bad?
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Thats £3.30 per hour GFCCCC ....how do you afford to run on that??? we don't make much money on anything less than about £5.10!
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I am coming to the rapid conclusion that the government have decided that the only way to 'protect' us is for us to all get covid....therefore they have decided that education is a great way to super spread the virus. We have children walking around our local settings who's parents are positive and really poorly. Surely they should all have a negative test before returning ! It seems to me that the government forget that these children are taught by adults who can be really poorly from this 😪
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Cleaning
finleysmaid replied to Emma Bailey_902595195's topic in Using the Forum – tips, news and future ideas
we put the ones we can through the dishwasher! others are washed in soapy water....cant stand the smell of milton!😂 -
Snacks in Pre School
finleysmaid replied to Emma Bailey_902595195's topic in Using the Forum – tips, news and future ideas
since covid we have not done any prepared snacks...so now it is piece of fruit (their choice) milk or water . Sometimes we have toast or garlic bread or small pack of breadsticks. is this the sort of thing you are thinking or are you talking about 'high tea' kind of snack! -
we started last week with the 'old' ones then one new starter every session for about the next 2 weeks! interesting lot so far feel that they may be quite a stubborn group...perhaps because they have not had anyone else apart from parents telling them what to do??!! 😂 slowly slowly catchy monkey!
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Progress Check at Two
finleysmaid replied to Stargrower's topic in Practice and Provision: General issues
we just have to find whats right for our settings don't we? i find myself constantly tweeking stuff....mine may not work ! 😂 quite liked the idea that we would do it by keyworker group though as that strengthens that bond which seems a big things in the framework,
