Mouseketeer
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True we have a couple who spend their whole time with us chopping and changing days I had that a few years ago, only wanted one day to get to know same chn going to school, I explained I would try and help her put our policy was 2 days minimum, she wrote to my committee saying they needed to take disciplinary action against me as I was rude and unhelpful 🤦♀️
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They really don’t get how difficult this is to sort out, they miss deadlines, then practically beg for places, then change their minds again, the a couple of days later they are back asking if they can have the sessions back, when they don’t get what they were originally offered they don’t like that 😭
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My first tip would be tell parents not to request sessions if they aren’t committed to their child coming....this has wasted so much of my time since planning to open 3 weeks ago....it’s really tested my patience. As already said think about entrances/exits for each bubble, how will a bubble get to a space without going through the other bubble. Where possible have 2 of everything a bubble will need for cleaning their own spaces (indoors and outside).
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If you move a child from bubble 1 to bubble 2 and a child or staff in bubble 2 is tested positive would B1 also have to isolate because a child in B2 was in B1 a few days prior? .....but having said that I’d be very surprised if you had a confirmed case (child or staff) that parents wouldn’t pull their child out regardless of being in a different bubble to the confirmed case bubble 🤷♀️
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https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/find-examples-to-help-you-work-out-80-of-your-employees-wages/examples-of-how-to-work-out-80-of-your-employees-wages-national-insurance-contributions-and-pension-contributions#min-pay-flexi Just thought I’d plant this here In case it’s of any use to anyway. Have any term time settings given any thought to August and furloughing staff? We won’t technically have any funding income but staff will still be paid August, could we put anyone who has already been on furlough back on for a few weeks?
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It is strange.....I had to get petrol for the first time since before we closed and even that seemed a major hurdle, I keep thinking I should push myself outside of the invisible safety net around my village....which is obviously rubbish and no safer inside it than out really but venturing to a different supermarket seems like a daunting task ....but being back at work was all good 🙂
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I think we’re not for profits too (though we do but say it’s for any redundancies or premises repairs), I phoned the help number on my letter which said they don’t have available advisors unless to do with repayments and to go to HMRC webchat, went there was told to phone number I’d just phoned, I told him they are directing to web chat, he said they shouldn’t be, I was about to tell him to try the number himself when the chat was ended .....it’s like Groundhog Day 🤬
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Hi Louby, did you get on to this yet? I applied for and got my activation code all geared up to do it then hit this screen very quickly, any ideas what number I’m looking for now? nothing on my letters has 2 letters/9 digits 🤦♀️
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We could be closed again pretty soon with the way it’s going zigzag 🥺
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How are we all doing?
Mouseketeer replied to enuffsenuf's topic in All Early Years settings & Childminders: General Issues
We talked about that this week too, I don’t think a plain biscuit will harm them 🙂 Isn’t it ....I’ve had random things left on my doorstep whilst closed which has really brightened my day ...a rainbow windmill, a handmade card, a picture and biscuits and some lovely messages from parents just to say they hope the team are keeping well ❤️ First week went fantastically, children clearly happy to be back, staff have been brilliant, my worry was for my bubble leads being with the same set of children with no escape route but they have 2 staff so can shoulder the more challenging between them, the extra cleaning hasn’t been such a chore as expected either (sure the novelty will wear off though), all of this has only been with 1 bubble though so not too much of a challenge space/resource wise, now for planning on bringing in the 2nd bubble and how to manage and staff that and I really think how well you promote free flow will now be our nemesis as they won’t be able to be where they want to be, when they want to be there 🙈 -
Yep along with furlough! ....will never be able to eat bubble & squeak again without thinking coronavirus 🥺
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So difficult when it’s about someone’s own agenda 🤦♀️
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Adding Policies and procedures onto Tapestry
Mouseketeer replied to tawny222's topic in Tapestry user conversations
I have another child called ‘policies’, added that child to all parents and add them there, as one is updated I remove the old. -
All went well, only 7 as well but they aced it, no hesitation straight in with no looking back, very chilled day, I know it’s going to get trickier with 2 bubbles but was food to be back 🙂
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It’s all very confusing isn’t it? My thinking (and not saying I have this right) is yes carry on until either a child or staff member is tested positive then all in that bubble need to self Isolate for 14 days, if you are traced you stay off for 14 day, I then think anyone you’ve been in less than 2mt contact for more than 15 mins with will also need to isolate (?) but if Mr FM was traced you would only isolate if he actually showed symptoms ....I think you best get on with it, I don’t think they’re changing their minds 😢
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Everything is packed up and ready to go, I have a dining table back, I actually think I’ve put in more hours at home than when going to work so am looking forward to a rest 😝
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We only have 3 of 17 coming back and a couple more for wk 3 when siblings go to school, I think they feel they’re done now 😢
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Maybe that’s what they’re hoping for, I saw photos of our local school reception class, very sad with all their separate little tables :’(
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Thanks Lynned, I really wish I’d left it till the 8th now as it’s meant working solidly through half term to prep everything and I still have parents humming and hahhing 🤯
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Thanks enuffsenuf, and to you 👍 Hats off to those of you open all the way through you’re all amazing, Best Wishes to those of you (like me) starting back tomorrow and still wondering if we’ve made the right call, and to those ‘not yets’ huge respect for standing your ground and saying ‘sod that’! ❤️
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I tried to google check the temp before adding to something I was doing and it seems to have vanished of everything and just says high temperature.
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Now something else has cropped up, do you think we are still ok to use feb fee loss to come up with our furlough % when we might now have some fee payers returning ?
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I heard a dr talking who had had it for weeks and said every day seemed to be a different symptom and the list of symptoms people are recording was at around 14, I found this..
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Hi, I sent out a ‘parent/carer agreement’ electronically, with agree/disagree to a list of things that they would be responsible for to make this work, things like not bringing their child if the child or family members had symptoms of covid-19 (or anyone in the household on ‘extremely clinically’ list), clean clothes each day attending, antibacterial cleaned lunch box (have set up resources to use if they did forget), only one person to bring, follow social distance plan for drop off/collection type questions along with understanding their child won’t be able to physical distance and that they’ll be in a bubble they’ll remain in, that they’ll be contacted to collect immediately if their child becomes ill, in which circumstances staff will wear PPE...
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Thanks Rebecca, The aim is to not have close contact for more than 15 mins, I can only see that being necessary if a child becomes upset or ill, if Ill PPE is available.
