Mouseketeer
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Thank You sunnyday 🙏 I’ve been getting into work mode by reading the new draft framework with proposed (under consultation) changes 🙄
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Hi and welcome to new members 👋 we are one room 2-5’s so never had to consider this but would go with something the chn would be familiar with, maybe a Safari animal for each, you could have a soft toy mascot for each room, and maybe a couple of smaller soft toys that get to spend time at home with the chn or go on holiday and send back photos to create an album 🤷♀️
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Thank you both 😊 Maybe emergency biscuits is what’s needed Froglet 😁
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We’ve always worked on the higher summer term income covers the autumn deficit, but we only ever had a handful of 2 yr olds to worry about ratio with …..we’ve had hundreds of new homes built in a short time which is making it so difficult to accommodate the high number of funded 2’s and the deficit in income that brings as well as considering the pressure on staff 😞
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“Ok, what do you want to sing”? ….Jingle Bells arghhhh! So do I louby, children are either more than ready to ship out or becoming anxious because everyone (family) has been talking ‘big school’ at them since place allocations in April and until they start transition visits it’s far to early. Then all the work involved with school transitions and new intakes, I’m struggling to recruit staff so not sure what I can offer come September and it seems endless funded 2 yr olds wanting places which isn’t helping and this is before more are funded, losing 28 to school but only have/know of 11 for the next school year …odd I am quite exasperated with other professionals at the minute who send families/chn our way that will need higher levels of support without actually finding out what are current staffing situation is like or how many higher needs returners we are already supporting, and when you can’t immediately agree to a September start you are the bad guy 😡 Roll on the Summer hols 🙏
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Smaller font for assessments on pdfs
Mouseketeer replied to WoodsidePrimary's topic in Weavers Future Development Suggestions
Hi, has there been any development with pdf font size? I’ve been playing with custom reports (which is a great addition) but again when exported seems to be in an unnecessarily big font, a word doc option to edit yourself would be great 😊 -
Thanks Sunnyday 😊
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Hi from me too 😊
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Happy Birthday for yesterday Cait …sorry it’s a bit late, sounds like you had a nice day 😊
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Happy long weekend all, have a good one ☀️
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I’ve had a number of children that I also had their parents in Pre-School, I’m a little worried if I stay much longer I’ll be getting the their children to 😳
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£4bn boost for childcare in England
Mouseketeer replied to Helen's topic in Early Years Setting Management
We also have about 20 children less on register over the week than we did before 30 hours, I’d like to get back to being a ‘Pre-School’ with a school cohort year and the rising group and not the nursery parents want us to be, removing 2 yr olds from the equation not increasing them (at least until term before 3 yrs). -
If you still haven’t seen it Panders 🤦♀️
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I feel your pain Looby, I really don’t know what has happened (Covid is the easy excuse for parents) many of our next cohort are defiant, not listening to a word that’s said to them, zilch independence (a couple will actually throw their coat or shoes at you and say “you do it” when asked to put them on) they are obviously used to saying “jump” at home and parents asking how high, they expect instant responses and when it doesn’t come they screech ….and some of these only just missed school last year, many take more 1:1 staff time than our Sen diagnosed chn 😔 Hope everyone is ok, feels like I’ve been awol lately …where did that week go 🤷♀️, I spent last weekend celebrating my little grandsons 1st birthday 🥳….where did that year go 🤷♀️
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That’s the long and the short of it, a neighbouring county (who we usually are on a par with) have had their’s, 29p on 3 / 4 yr olds but only 6p on funded 2’s 😡 that’s 24p an hour when the staff member employed will need 90p…why would anyone continue to take them? We currently limit our 30 hr chn to keep some spaces for the 2’s but am beginning to think I should just give them their 30 hours, 8x 29p v 4x 6p is a no brainer .
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Hi all, hope all ok , 🙌 to half term, it’s only been 5 weeks for us but has seemed a bloody long one of endless nose wiping and being coughed over continuously 😷 well done on Ofsted Froglet 👏 relax and enjoy the half term. Has anyone in EY had their funding rates yet? Have calculated our April wage increase will be somewhere between 4.5k & 7k depending on how the committee decide to proceed with staff already above the new rates currently and that doesn’t include the increased on costs of NI & pension contributions 🤷♀️
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For sure, it sounds likes the years (and years) of up and down on the floor constantly and tiny chairs have taken it’s toll us, back in ratio 2.5 days a week and my knees are not happy about it @too old for this malarky now 😔 looks like another wet and windy weekend for most of us, off to meet a friend in a cosy little cafe for breakfast, stay toasty all 🔥
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Popping in to wish you all a healthy and happy new year 🥳
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🙌 🙌……and breath Froglet, I feel a bit bad that I finished last Friday and apart from paying wages I haven’t given work a thought let alone done anything on the TDL and it feels quite alien when I should be worried about getting everything done due to being back in ratio more and more 🤷♀️ Wishing you all a great Christmas 🎄
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Was thinking ‘crumbs, that’s dedication’ I’d like Molly to win
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😳 but the sad thing is we’re not even that shocked by the expectations from some parents anymore
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We opted not to reinstate the Nativity play that had been shelved the last couple of years (committee not fully onboard with that 🙄) so way less stress and time taken up with practice and the logistics of not having all children in together for a full cast and then the negotiating over when we could use the school hall. Trying to keep everyone happy with extra hours and new starters for places I don’t have (mainly due to how many children need support beyond the ratio requirement) in January is creating a real headache, what is it with people waiting to a week before you close to ask or return the booking form they were given months ago 🤦♀️
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Because you commit, give it 100% and don’t take the responsibility you signed up to lightly ….well done for stepping down, I stupidly signed for a 5th term as a school governor this week it has turned cold, back to heating on and windows open, I can see the £ signs floating out of them 😔
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Thank you all 😊
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Just wanted to finally share this with you all 😁
