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Happy Birthday to the birthday girls!

Did you manage to access it okay before?

The only other thing I might add is that many parents still don't see playgroups as anything but informal groups which are run by volunteers (mums generally once upon a time). They don't see these groups as being run by qualified, well informed professionals. Might this mum listen to someone she does regard as a professional? I'm just wondering if you have any contact with a health visitor who might come in and talk to parents about the positive benefits to your approach?

Hi Liz4,

There have already been many ways to communicate mentioned above - to get you started with your bullet points just collect those together.

Additional to what has been mentioned I would also add setting policies and induction procedures for staff and regular helpers.

Good luck with your assignment.

Hi Shirel! Sorry to hear that you're not happy with your new job - its such a tricky one isn't it! I haven't set foot in an early years setting in 2 years now. I really miss the children but definitely not the whole committee/paperwork side. When my girls are both a bit older I'm thinking I may volunteer somewhere though.

You should be able to view all your emails online - no need to download them onto your computer. If you visit the 'home' page of your internet provider there should be a link to see your emails.

Or if you get your emails from a different source (eg hotmail) you can view them at their online site.

As well meaning as the teachers many be, no doubt there were also mums with younger children waiting outside! Its certainly more weather for ducks.

Perhaps there is guidance given out by your LA on this that you can refer to? Here is the one for West Sussex County Council.

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/learning/west_sussex_grid_for_learning/policies_and_guidance/health_and_safety/a-z_of_health_and_safety_topic/f-g-h/first_aid_provision_policy.aspx#kits

What a great list! I shall be getting my children to take a look at this when they get home from school to see how many they haven't completed. Only one of my children is still under 12 so its a bit late for the others but I'm fairly confident that there won't be many things they've 'missed out' on.

And at the grand old age of........well, age doesn't matter..........I can tick off 'Get behind a waterfall'.

Where did you ask it to search? I think if you're viewing a topic then the search default is just to search that particular topic. It shows on the right of the search box where exactly you're searching. If you want to search the whole forum then you can select that by clicking on it to bring up the options. Probably if you are on the forum index page it will search all forums as a default.

I think there is a very fine line here and you need to be careful not to overstep it, otherwise a good relationship with a chair could go sour. People use social networking all the time and as a setting all you can ask is that confidential matters are not shared and that anything written about the group is truthful and fair.

This child fell over and had an accident, she sustained an injury, the mother put that on Facebook. She has not said anything bad about the group, nor made a fuss about the way it was handled so I'm not sure you have any right to ask that it not be put up.

I'm with the others - I wouldn't do anything at all.These days social networking is part and parcel of normal life. I would just think that this is a mum documenting their life in their 'usual' way. Certainly not looking to cause trouble for the group at all.

And new parents will always be anxious to find out whether there is anything to worry about. I'm sure you'll be able to reassure them that children always have accidents and that is part of growing up, but that you make every effort to minimise hazards. A good opportunity to bring up your policies in a meaningful way.

We produced a leaflet wih guidance on what to include in lunch boxes and portions sizes. It's somewhere on the forum - I'll try to remember later to come back and search for it.

I'm a bit late but a belated happy birthday. Pleased to hear you've been enjoying yourself.

Hi LoubyLouLou,

I've removed your email address from your post - we prefer that people don't post them on the open forum. Normally I would suggest that you send the member a private message instead. However, this is an old topic and Androyd is no longer a paid up member of the forum so I'm afraid there is no way to contact them nor for them to reply to this thread.

Happy Birthday - may it be filled with all your favourite music and fine food!

I constantly warn my family never to plan any 'surprise parties' for me - I would hate it! I like to know in advance what I'm doing and plan what I'm wearing.

When my daughter got married one of their friends wanted to arrange a few nights in a hotel as a surprise as they knew they couldn't afford a honeymoon. It turned out that Adams parents also had the same plan but they're rubbish at keeping quiet so let something slip. That could've been a very embarrassing and expensive experience!

P.s. if i wanted to change this link to say 'here' rather than the actual http address how do i do that??

If you use the 'Insert link' button on the top of your reply box you can put in the http bit and then it asks for a 'title' for the item. You can type 'here' in there or a description of the website.

Is it something for the kitchen - perhaps some sort of electrical gadget?

Goodness, 9 years already! What a scary thought.

Thank you to everyone who has joined in with and shared all those wonderful discussions over the years. Long may it continue.

A lovely present!

Perhaps someone else will come along in the morning with a new one for us to guess.

Would I be getting warmer if I said rabbit?

Is it something personalised?

A bracelet?