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Progress Check at Two
finleysmaid replied to Stargrower's topic in Practice and Provision: General issues
well i'm going to be no help here!! really haven't got my head round the tapestry part of my changes yet at all. I seem to be struggling a bit!! Have spent my morning reading all the statutory stuff to see if i can go back to basics and build from there! not really helping though😱 -
Progress Check at Two
finleysmaid replied to Stargrower's topic in Practice and Provision: General issues
it says in the video you can take them off the printing list...is this not correct?? -
says she ...the woman who will be putting her feet up !😬😂😅
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Progress Check at Two
finleysmaid replied to Stargrower's topic in Practice and Provision: General issues
ahh have just realised concerns are not visible to parents therefore guess it doesn't matter what they are called!!! -
you enjoy that well deserved retirement ...and think of me!!!! setting up tuesday, staff in wednesday children, after school club and new parents evening thursday!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I love those! well done. Do they need stiffening in them or are they just material? (i have loads of bits that need using up!)
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Progress Check at Two
finleysmaid replied to Stargrower's topic in Practice and Provision: General issues
I also do not like the word concerns....feel i have some competitive parents who will have an issue with this....why not just areas for development? or even things to work on?? -
Progress Check at Two
finleysmaid replied to Stargrower's topic in Practice and Provision: General issues
we just do a short written statement and preferably a discussion with the parents. The EYA produce one if you wanted a formula. We just have a discussion with the parents covering anything they want to (plus the 3 areas from us) then we have a chat about any concerns....usually all the HV stuff (toileting/eating/sleeping etc) and record.....follow ups are then done by my senco if needed -
no more of the homely muted variety. ! clever aren't they! They are very light when they come off the base
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sorry to be boring with a work related question but since the EYA have just told me i have to pay for a new set of updated policies, and bearing in mind they dont' seem to be that good does anyone have any recommendations? ?? (also along the rug front have bought ruggable rugs this year for pre-school....they go in the washing machine!)
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did you know Ikea now operates a buy back service to reduce landfill waste?? ...our whole pre-school is furnished with Ikea products !!!
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Loving the socks.💚 Have been Perry 'd here for a while...someone recommended on instagram...am now hooked. Havent seen the hungry caterpillar though 😍😍
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anything that is classed as invasive needs to be signed off by the insurance company before little ones start. We have paediatric specialist nurses who come in and train us and sign us off as having been trained. All paperwork etc then needs to be sent to the insurance company. Most specialist needs can be dealt with well in the setting and the willingness of the nursery fills me with hope. At the start of their sessions staff tend to be over cautious but it really doesn't take too long before every thing settles down. We havent had any children with feeding tubes (though i have experienced with my daughters friend) we have dealt with a little one with severe cleft, (through hard and soft palate), stoma care, diabetes, and pan-hypo-thyroism (needing specialist care) amongst other things....All of these children have done really well in the setting and become a really important member of the group. The other children see any difficulties as just part of them, once explained they ask a few questions and then just accept the situation....❤️ I would just make sure that a defined health care plan is in place to ensure everyone knows what to do if there is a problem.
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Sunnyday is this your last day???????
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It was Very hot but mixed inside and outside lots of water and lollies! Plus an extended water fight!! It was really quite lovely not having to deal with the parents!🙀 Sending get well vibes to everyone XX
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oh blimey...look at you lot i leave you for a couple of days and you are all falling apart 😱 Hope everyone is feeling better....sending lots of covid free kisses 😷Last day for the children tomorrow....bouncy castles going to be a bit hot !!!
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this is going to be one of those threads i look back on in a year and think what the flip were you talking about FM!
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maybe i should focus on what i believe is School readiness???? feels a bit wrong to just prepare them for school...JG appears to be taking a wider view of life ready not school ready!😱 the only constants we have in the group are high EAL/high send/low eypp so i guess my curriculum is going to have to be based on that(if indeed i need one!!)
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Firstly can i thank you for engaging in this conversation.....sometimes you just need to get stuff sorted in your head ! EYF statutory framework is statutory....thats fine DM is not....so will you use it? It feel like there should be a further written document of my making.... I do think this may be part of my problem....we don't split age groups, i know what i teach but i never set an end point...why would you? surely the end point is as far as the child is able to go??? (need to stop overthinking this!!!!!!@!@!@!@)
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so looking at this it does say 'should' consider using DM'S would you then suggest hat dm's are your curriculum? or do we need a level above this? JG's info would certainly suggest that his curriculum model is based on what they want the children to achieve by the end of their time with him.... and his is documented to share with parents . This would need to be revisited each year to ensure it was fit for the children coming in....but if your intake is constantly changing is that a possibility?????
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Exporting Reports in Word
finleysmaid replied to CLG's topic in Weavers Future Development Suggestions
is the antithesis of this though that if you have a child with SEND that they may be in this category for their whole time with you? would this also suggest they are not making progress? (TBH i have only just started even looking at this so this may be a stupid question!!) -
we are developing our system. At the moment we have these books out more regularly and revisit them as often as we can. Normally we just read it the first couple of times and then we start to 'mess around' with it! so we might wait for the children to finish the line....or whilst retelling it make deliberate mistakes (oh they SO love correcting me!) we might use spoons or puppets to retell it without a text, use story stones for children to get involved, act it out, change the endings, start to weave in other stories, put it in the environment with props to support independent 'reading' . The hungry caterpillar is a favourite for creating our own version (which we have written down at times) so changing what he eats ,,,,to what happens next and what he changes in to ! prediction of endings and imagination needed to stray from what they know! We have 2 story times a day and 1-1 stories too. we use small groups 2 a week to support those who are struggling or need extension ....sometimes inside, sometimes outside. So it isn't the same story in the same place with the same words. !! works really well for EAL and SEND students who need to learn vocab and also for those who can extend their ideas too. I thought it might be boring.....but really not if you mix it up a bit!
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BTW core books are mentioned in this document
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I might add Handa's surprise to the list but it's again a bit stereotypical... i struggle to find good quality stories from other cultures. I really like the new Once upon a world versions of some classic tales with illustrations of children from other cultures....i might add Rapunzel to my list ...but only this version
