Mouseketeer

Zigzag - That’s lovely news! Best wishes, my 1st grandson was 3 this week, just crazy and excited no 2 is due in a couple of months. sunnyday - CP has hit our setting too, must be the time of year What are my co-managers thinking of the DFE pushing the funding ‘must be free’ to parents …if all our parents decide not to pay the consumables fee it will cost us about 2.5k a term and on top the next pay increases just around the corner 😞 Have a good weekend all x

Hi, and welcome to the forum. we are term time too, I guess it would depend on your contracts really, but if we were sick in the holidays we wouldn’t get sick pay as we’re not contracted to work those closed weeks, if we’re on sick pay before a holiday it would stop during the holiday.

Thanks Louby, is this on the new EYA central site? I’ve never used them but thought I’d take a look as I need to update a couple of our policies.

Hi all, and 🙌 🙌 to half way through the school year sunnyday, I have never needed to see a year group move on to school as much as this years cohort for everyone’s sanity, I just hope we can break the cycle of the learnt behaviour in the staying children 🙏 Is anyone here an EYA member? If yes, can you tell me how to find their flippin policies please 🤷‍♀️

A little late but wishing everyone a happy & healthy 2025. Hope the new term starts well for those back tomorrow (☹️)

Well it’s here, so here’s wishing all my forum friends a lovely Christmas Day whatever you’re doing, just finished wrapping the last bits that I always tell myself I won’t leave this late (but always do 🙄)

Totally agree with you, I was very much at the bah humbug, ‘what is the point in all this’ stage until our grandchild arrived and it so worthwhile again, have the best time 🎅🏻 🎄 🎁

Hi Trekker, good to see you, sadly it is quieter, I think the FB Tap group and other manager groups took over 😞 hope you haven’t needed your torch, it seems rougher now than earlier 🤞

Hi all, hope everyone has had a good week, feels like we’re on the home run now 🙌 Lots of cancelled events here too, take care, batten down the hatches and stay safe all …… jumped out of my skin when the Gov alert red warning came through, though the beeb weather still showing yellow warning 💨

I think it must be zigzag, trying to get some out at any time is a struggle now, I wonder with some if it’s more about having to get kitted up to go out in the wet/cold weather, I was asking a few of our 4 yr olds struggling to just pull outdoor trousers on who dresses them and do they put their own pJ’s on, and all said ‘mummy does it’, I’m am always sending home asking parents to support children with their independence, lots of ideas including start with PJ’s as less rushed at that time of day, hair scrunchies to pull over feet if struggling with putting socks on but what can you do when they ignore everything 🤷‍♀️

Well I missed a whole week 🤷‍♀️ We had snow too, but honestly the staff were more excited about getting out in it than the children, and so many tears once outside they had to come back in, a few years ago we’d of had to drag them in kicking and screaming 😞 It’s seemed like an endless term but is now going to fast with too much to do/organise. Hope storm Bert isn’t too destructive for anyone 💨

Feels like it’s been a long week and a man down already hasn’t helped. I was looking on Boots to book flu jab, was it £21 last year? Can’t remember 🤷‍♀️My local chemist does them for over 65 but not the paid for which is a nuisance. hope everyone is having a chilled weekend x

Happy Birthday Froglet….hope it’s a good one 💐 🧶 🍰

Hope it passes soon sunnyday, guess I should book a flu one 😷 Thinking of you zigzag, be strong 😞 , you’ll have a reason to visit London, and take in a show or two 🎶

I’m a bit late catching up here… I’m so sorry to read about your loss Cait 😔 x I found out this week that grandchild no2 is on the way next spring so excited about that and definitely took the edge off what has been a challenging work week 🤯