Mouseketeer
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I think we’re the only ones left here anyway and I wouldn’t take much persuading, it’s only loss of income keeping me there now and that makes me sad, too many years to pension yet and that’s providing it isn’t raised again before that, I’m back in ratio again more than not and have really hit that ‘too old for this’ wall 😔
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Pleased to hear how stress free life is zigzag, sounds great and a million miles away from trying to work out that furlough nonsense or whether we really had to do those stupid tax returns 🙄 though I have had an enforced holiday this week as ‘it’ finally got me …well I say holiday I’ve managed to get some things that keep getting put on the back burner done like policy updates. Still reading up on what you’re all up to, sounds like I def need to retire, I think you all got out in time, EY is on it’s knees with staffing problems and still the c**p funding to contend with and no money to support more and more sen children 😔 Take care everyone ~(((^>
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Hope you’re having a good Birthday 🥳
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Thanks sunnyday 😊
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Hi all hope everyone is well, and not washed away with all todays rain, ended the half term here with our Ofsted inspection under our belts, quite a relaxed affair to previous ones (will share the outcome when the report is in). have a good weekend all x
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Happy Birthday 🥳
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I haven’t even seen/heard this but I’m presuming it would be in voucher form (not just cash in the hand surely) the government removes itself as the middle man between parents and settings so they can’t be blamed by parents for ‘allowing’ us to charge a top up fee, knowing we will charge the real cost of delivering childcare and we’ll be the bad guys not them 🤔 edit - have now seen it, the idea of paying grandparents kind of appeals …I could retire 😁 Term time only, we have a few who seem to have been in post for years but the last couple of years seems like we’ve fit a turnstile…..next 🙄
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Wow! lots to catch up on, looks like everyone is keeping busy … Not even the end of the first half term and it feels like it should be the end of the year, seems to have been an endless round of recruitment processes, they come, they go like I’ve never known before, on top of new committee member paperwork (oh my days). Have a good weekend all 😊
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We work 38 weeks + 5.6 weeks HP equally paid over 12 months, I believe if you haven’t been on 5.6 wks you can request it is back paid for 2 years if the employer doesn’t sort it out themselves, but think it needs doing in a short time frame before it’s too late, I’ll see if I can find what I was reading 🤔
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Wishing everyone back next week (or the end of this one) a great Autumn term ….how many weeks till half term 🤔 hope you feel better soon zigzag, enjoy the theatre …take some fisherman’s friends with you so you don’t cough 😝 not envious (much!) that you get to hand the reins over fully now, I can only imagine how the weight dropping off your shoulders must feel, enjoy every well deserved moment 😊 x
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I am truly sorry Gezabel, how terribly sad 😔
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It’s been steadily raining here for the last few hours (not sure about through the night) ☔️
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Awww Gezabel that’s fantastic, best wishes for a continued healthy pregnancy 🤞 Thanks for the ‘next step’ info, we were pulled up during feedback for not having ‘written next steps’ at our last inspection, even though the inspector praised staff for knowing the children very well, I would question it this time round and asked if they’ve actually watched any of Phil & Wendy’s video’s 🤣
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We hadn’t done any paper planning as such for a couple of years previously so that hasn’t really changed, agree with zigzag it’s too wish washy, 0 to 3 is ridiculous, 0 to 18m/18m to 3 yrs would have been better, especially for for less experienced/newly qualified staff to assess against, as manager I have found it difficult to know where all the chn are now, I nailed which Tapestry screens worked for me regards assessment and tracking, seeing that staff were on top of things, I have now gone back to a simple paper tracker that either says they’re developing ‘as expected’ or ‘with support’, I’m thinking about creating our own ‘this is what we’d expect by 2,3,4, in each area’ but whether I’ll be personally able to add that to Tapestry is yet to be seen 😕 We don’t have paper next steps really, if a child has been recorded as ‘with support’ the KP needs to make all aware of what they are implementing under the 3I’s to support that child ….I guess that is their next steps, but not next steps for all that are making the progress we’d expect ….I hope that will be enough when Ofsted arrive 🤷♀️ All this talk of childhood holiday places I remember is making me yearn to visit those places again 🥰
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Personally I’d get a gold table cloth thingy, cut it into triangles, staple it on a length of tape and forget the whole sewing thing BINGO! 🤣
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Definitely! 🍰 always welcome
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You and me both louby 😜
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Hi all, it’s been a couple of weeks but hope everyone is managing the end of term and heat as best they can…I bloody hate this last couple of weeks, leavers trip, sports afternoon (end of week thankfully) all the paperwork for leavers and new intakes, transition reports, induction visits …it’s all too much on top of the hassles of everyday life in a setting, took on new staff, experienced, well qualified, great references but that is not going as well as expected, in fact I think I made life more difficult rather than easier for everyone 🫣 pleased you have found someone you feel happy handing the reins over to zigzag, best wishes, the seaside cleaning sounds amazing 🤩 good to catch up on what you’ve all been up to, stay chilled (as much as you can do 🥵) off for a little grandson fix now to push me through to the end of the week 🎉
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That all sounds so stressful zigzag, end of year is hard enough without all you have going on, try and find some ‘you’ time over the weekend, take care x
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Thinking of you zigzag 😔
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Safeguarding
Mouseketeer replied to StrawberyTwirl's topic in Weavers Future Development Suggestions
Definitely, I know we could use Reflections (I’m a great fan of reflections) but things get lost amongst other things there and staff don’t often see it as it isn’t on the App, I have to add a key child to each key person and hope they notice the notification on the App so would a great addition 👍 -
I totally get how you feel, as much as I’ve never felt more ready to walk away I can’t imagine doing it…yet! It’s definitely time for some to ship out, but more worrying is the level of support some of the stayers need and where I’m getting staff to manage this, not even sure I’ll have staff for ratio’s let alone anything above without being back in ratio again and I’m not sure I have that in me any longer 😞 sending everyone good weekend vibes for whatever you are all doing x
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Somehow missed your ‘outstanding’ FM, huge congratulations 🥂 Hope you find your ‘new home’ very soon 🤞 we only do the 2 yr checks, school transition reports and a very brief ‘shared progress’ at the end of term if we have any children at another setting (though never get anything back and wonder why we bother tbh) Hope everyone has a good last half term of the school year, I’m still feeling cheated out of 2 days of the half term break and not ready to go back tomorrow 😖
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Happy Birthday from me too 🥂
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I remember it well and the funding rate was higher than our fee rate (duping us in to it), we kept getting reminders from county that the funding wasn’t to be used to subsidise fee paying rates ….the joke was on us 😞
