Mouseketeer
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I’m with you on the feeling useless, I have no idea how to put this right, staff morale is pretty low ...there are always 2 or 3 in a cohort that need more support with behaviour strategies but this is ridiculous and can honestly say only 2 or 3 are not presenting with challenging behaviour in this year group and many are turned/turning 4 already, even when we have our doubts they usually step into the shoes of those just left seemlessly but it sure hasn’t happened yet.... in fact the younger new starters are a breeze compared 🤔
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We don’t have any diagnosed (other than Salt) SEND at the moment which is unusual but oh boy they have returned with some challenging behaviour, some were off from March but not all, independence has gone out the window and many are not listening to a thing anyone says to them, they are answering back and snatching from each other, either that or they breakdown at the slightest thing, I have never known such a high maintenance group as this school cohort have returned....I’m hoping reverting to one group might help them settle, they can play with who they want to, where they want to most of the time and be with different staff as I feel this might also be impacting on behaviour 🤷♀️
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Hi Rachel and welcome, I think after a while you’ll find what suits you, many will say don’t statement tick, but Tapestry is designed to tick statements so we always have, though starting again now we might not (and just use the bands/refinements and with what appears to be a wider window for development with the new EYFS coming through) we add professional judgement as well not just what we might have a photo for (though we do one Ob over the week dated to each Friday and add as we go to that ob). The thing I’d say to be most aware of is not picking up statements in a lower band that you think you’ve missed once they’ve progressed to the next and the same with picking up odd statements that are easily achieved in a higher band if that isn’t the general stage their development is at as it does throw the progress tracking (it took us a while to figure that out). At the end of the term my staff will check the Summative Assessment and change any band/refinements they think are a bit off and we then print to look for areas that might need specific support (next steps) for the following term. Good Luck, it will soon become clear how you want to use it for recording progress 🙂
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All sounds positive sunnyday, I’ve made the decision to unbubble following the half term break providing nothing has changed in our guidance which will be a relief, I’m looking forward to getting routines back in place that have been put aside and some spending time with the children from the other bubble, it will be interesting to see the affect of going back to free flow has on some that are showing quite challenging behaviour (or is that just wishful thinking?). Cases are rising in our area but still quite low compared to some areas so🤞I won’t move everything back and find out we need to limit numbers mixing again 🤦♀️
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We did ours on Zoom, it went better than expected, more parents than would have actually turned up and a full committee 🙂
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We charge an hourly ‘fairer funding charge’ for funded chn and one of the things we provide are good quality waterproof trousers/bib and braces. If anyone is near a Lidl they have some fantastic sets in at the moment.
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No, it does need to be via the browser, I add the key child so staff see a notification on the app, that takes them to the browser.
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Hi FM, when I want to share things with staff I use Reflections, I add a key child for each staff so that they see the notification on the App (parents don’t see them), I also ask staff to add feedback from any training, add any handouts or links they received and anything they feel we should be implementing and then all can discuss thoughts on that 🙂
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We have the runny noses back too, some parents have kept them off even though we have said they don’t need if not showing any covid symptoms. I’d be interested in other people’s take on the statement in the guidance about not asking parents for test results, I’m thinking it means if for example you sent a child home with symptoms and they stayed away for 10days you can’t ask for a test result but if they wanted to return after a couple of days that would be ok to ask as they hadn’t been off for the Isolation period? (I’d think it would be ‘should ask’) 🤷♀️
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You and me both lynned 🙈 so am interested to see how others are planning on handling this if/when it arises. I haven’t seen £500 thing, could that mean the staff who don’t want to work enough hours to be eligible for SSP would get more than the ones who are? I really need to pin my committee officers down to put a plan in place for this.
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We usually find our returners after the summer surprise us all and just step into the shoes of the school leavers on the whole...this is really not the case this year, 6 months off has done many of them no favours at all, independence has taken a dive and not listening to anything being asked of them, they’ve gone free range, I’m actually more concerned about how ‘school ready’ they’ll be next year than the ones who missed the last term with us this year.
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We are definitely finding the 2 bubbles more problematic with more children, not sure how long we’ll keep this going.
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I think you could be right about that, the ones who returned in June are really appreciative and supportive of the things we have in place having experienced it first hand where as a few of those that didn’t seem to think they will return and everything will be as it was when they finished, oblivious to the amount of planning and work that is being put in to make it possible for their children to come back and be as safe as we can possibly make it 😞
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And me, it’s driving me nuts, like we don’t have enough to do 😠 I now reply with ‘as newsletter please bring whatever’ or ‘i’ve re-attached the information sent last week’ , I even know they’ve seen it as they are asked to add ‘read’ 🤷♀️
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I didn’t do home visits before covid 🤣
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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/what-parents-and-carers-need-to-know-about-early-years-providers-schools-and-colleges-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-outbreak/what-parents-and-carers-need-to-know-about-early-years-providers-schools-and-colleges-in-the-autumn-term this was also updated yesterday
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I just had it from EYA in an email, it tells you what steps to take if more than one confirmed case....it doesn’t mention one case though, presume it’s any one in bubble or whole setting if no bubbles isolate for 14 days 🤷♀️
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Heating the setting this autumn
Mouseketeer replied to Dennie's topic in Early Years Setting Management
Ours is also the air conditioning unit type ...which will make my bubbles pointless so hoping for a few weeks at least of not needing it, to half term would be good🤞 -
Best Wishes to any of you starting back tomorrow ⭐️
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Do you turn it on and leave and it will turn itself off on a timer or when it’s run out of fog? I’m concerned how the cleaning will work, it was fine before as we weren’t opening everyday so no one minded staying a bit later and no one had to rush off to collect their own chn from school.
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Do you think we will get any further guidance? We have no hope when these 2 statements are in the same guidance...
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I think the guidance contradicts itself in the first few lines, starting off saying we don’t need to keep to small groups then consider how you’ll minimise groups mixing ...well which is it 🤷♀️ we are returning as 2 bubbles (split by key groups with key staff) but mainly because we left set up as 2 indoor/outdoor spaces and we can do it, though I’m not expecting it to last past a couple of weeks....just long enough to see how the no bubbles settings do 😜
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Oh my you have experienced covid first hand🙁 and understandable why you feel anxious, I hope it all goes well.
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Hi, we have reminded parents that our normal policy is to not bring children who are unwell and if children attend who appear unwell we will take their temperature and call them to collect immediately if it’s raised and they’ll have to arrange a test for their child before they can return’ , so am hoping that that might make them think twice 🤔 we’ve also reminded of the importance of not giving medication that can mask a fever before coming. Sorry to see you’ve been through it yourself, glad you’ve recovered now, interesting to read about sinus problems first (I have shares in Sudafed 😕other sinus pain relief medication is available) and stomach related problems, what type of stomach symptoms did covid present as?
