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  1. Stargrower
    For me, it is about staff not so much children. It does seem that the younger children are, the less likely they are to catch or become ill with coronavirus. But we have a staff team of 18 ranging in age from early twenties to mid fifties. We are the ones who are at risk by dealing every day with the public. I know some of our parents are not keeping to lockdown rules. Our local authority are looking after their own, in terms of testing and vaccination. I know Children's Centre staff who are working from home but have been given priority vaccine appointments. Then PVI settings are just left to it. We were promised home tests delivered to us at nursery, but then it was decided this would only be for nurseries linked to primary schools. Not only are we super-immune in Early Years, if you work in a PVI setting, you have some special magical immunity.
  2. Stargrower
    Thank you, I thought that was probably the case.
  3. Stargrower
    Can anyone shed any light on the difficulty logging onto (or staying on) Tapestry? Since last week, we've been getting a screen with a picture and messages saying "We're experiencing technical difficulties" and error code 500. We can occasionally log on, but it quickly reverts to the error message. Anyone else or is it just us? Thank you.
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    Exactly! We are so important that we must take risks and stay open but we have been seriously underfunded for years! We are open and I don't want to close but I want it to be safe for my staff and for me. If we are so valued that we have been prioritised over schools (even though I know that isn't true in the slightest) then we should be offered asymptomatic testing, the vaccine and be properly funded. One of the reasons we have to stay open is that so far, our LA's line on funding is that it will be a normal term. We will only be able to claim for children attending and we won't be funded if we close unless it's to follow PHE advice.
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    Vicky Ford, Children and Families Minister has said that schools have been closed and other restrictions put in place in order to prioritise early years settings and keep them open. Apparently, we are so important to the learning, development and welfare of children, that we need to be kept open at any cost. So cancel those exams and close schools nationwide in order to keep early years open. Really Vicky? Sounds like you're talking your way out of a deep hole if you ask me!
  6. Stargrower
    We allow hot drinks in the room which go on a shelf out of the reach of children. Staff are very careful. They have to go to the drink not sit down with it or wander round. We carry hot drinks from the kitchen in a washing up bowl, so that if the person carrying them trips/spills, the drinks spill into the bowl not onto the floor or onto a child!
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    Definitely don't rely on Track and Trace. My sister was contacted by them and asked to self-isolate for 14 days from the 6th September. She received the text from Track and Trace on 16th September! In those 10 days she had been to work in a high school, had been to friends' houses and had family over to her house. Luckily she didn't develop symptoms so assumes she was clear.
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    We are due to have a staff meeting on Thursday and would have about 12 people there. We obviously all work together, but not all at the same time due to part timers and shift patterns. Are we allowed to have our meeting? It would be difficult for us to all be 2m apart. What are others doing about team meetings? Thank you
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