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I have just posted a memo with a link to a video of me going through our settling in procedure lol Id love to know which parents bother to read the memo and watch it, I am trying to encourage our existing parents to interact more with Tapestry after such a long gap since March and also encourage our new parents to get into the habit too.

oh wow lol I was 50 last Thursday and 4 out 10 practitioners at my setting are over 50.......lets hope that does not happen x

no sports day for our school leavers and no presentation........no party for the younger ones..........It has been hard for all our staff, we have been open all along for our keyworkers and then from June for our school leavers who out of 38, 34 returned. Staff have been in two bubbles, I have not seen some of my key children since we initially closed and have really missed the last term of preparing them for school even though I have full confidence that my co workers have worked really hard to to this. We have planned a " drive by" as our setting has a large car park. Parents ( walking or driving) have been given time slots to arrive, come into the car park were staff will be lined up to say our goodbyes. We will be decorating the back of the preschool with bunting and banners, we have all created placards to hold and will be having fun with water pistols and the like......its just going to be a very strange send off. We are hoping that perhaps we will be able to invite the leavers back at Christmas to have a proper party then. We are open for a holiday club, still with restrictions in place so it will be nice to see some of the younger children who are attending. Settling in might be an issue, its a case of wait and see. As for September, I am trying not to think about it. Some of our existing parents are going to struggle if they are not allowed in the setting let alone new starters parents. We are holding a walk through morning ( adults only no children) with social distancing and time slots, masks to be worn, for new parents on the days we are not open. Cleaning has been intense and resources limited but outside has been so valuable! I wonder if we will be back to " Normal" by Christmas.... or if we will get a second wave! Down here in West Sussex we are unlikely to get a local lockdown but it is anyone's guess!

I stopped at foundation and did not do the 2 extra years for BA, since starting my course, my husband had sadly become disabled and my daughter had also become in need of more support and I could not commit to any more study. It was definitely the right decision for me. I did my foundation degree over 4 years. I enjoyed studying very much and am very pleased I did it later in life. It seems daunting but you will soon get into the flow of it all. I was very disciplined and timetabled my study to fit around my work.

when I was studying I would use highlighters to pick out key phrases and key quotes, statements and references. I studied with the OU and they have lots of fantastic study hints and tips, I also used you tube to help me with my note taking, there are lots of tutorials on there. I also invested in a couple of helpful guides to studying from amazon. You will find that once your course has started you will be guided in what to read, generally with a focus so that you can narrow down what you are reading into specific topics which helps. I also brought a couple of essay writing books to help, I had not really ever written a proper academic essay so that was daunting so the books were very helpful. Good luck and enjoy being a student again x I did my foundation degree with OU and it took me 4 years.

My setting has a volunteer starting in September, she has asked if employers in our sector prefer NVQ level 3 or VRQ level 3. She has a couple of options for college and has asked, I have no idea! any advice please? thank you