Mouseketeer
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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 😞
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I refuse to fill in 42 addresses, mind you they can’t always manage that bit…and not because they can’t, just can’t be bothered 😕 there has to be a better way than this printing them all nonsense, back before Covid we didn’t have to do each term just add the next terms hours but then for some unknown reason it went back to termly 🤷♀️
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This weeks rants (among many) would have been “how many chances do you need to return the funding form”? and “for C**** sake how many times have you been asked to name things” …they must think we all have photographic memories and remember which top/jacket/hats/shoes each child took off when they came through the door, and just when you think you have it sorted they send them with new, un-named stuff 😭
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Doesn’t it ever, and then miraculously they become entitled to 30 hrs 🤬
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Yeah, you don’t have to keep it in the thought bubble anymore 😁
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I take my hat off to you zigzag, a big part of me envies you, It will be a shame if you don’t stay in childcare in some way or another but I wish you well with whatever comes next ….and breath!
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Our HV team seem to have a favorite mantra of ‘it’s age appropriate’ no matter what we feel the issue might be, and once parents hear that whatever we think counts for nothing 😖
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I often wonder at that, especially when there is often a younger sibling too, but maybe it’s cheaper than washing all the wet/soiled clothes, they seem to have the mind set that if they leave it much later it will be an instant result and they won’t have to do the ‘training’ bit….not helped by HV’s telling parents it isn’t unusual to not be toilet trained by the time they start school 😡
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It’s bloody ridiculous, I’m jarred off with supporting in Pre-School to know it isn’t also happening at home, I’m seriously thinking about banning pull ups, they are either still in nappies if they need them or they are wearing underwear, not only because of the time it all takes but the number of unnecessary nappies, gloves, nappy bags, wet wipes going into landfill, why is it now acceptable for 3.5/4yr olds with no other needs to not be out of nappies? other than lazy parenting 😡
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FM - well done on what sounds like a positive Ofsted experience, always good to have feedback when you’re ready, relax and enjoy the ‘relief’ that’s it done. Zigzag - I’m sad to read this, it really is ‘all too much’ now and then BJ thinking he can play games with the ratio’s, if our ratio’s were made up of groups of chn with no Sen or behaviour needs or the need for a staff member to be constantly out of ratio either changing nappies, wet cloths or taking toilet trainers every 20 mins or so because they really aren’t ready for TT you might think maybe you could add a couple more to adult:ratio’s but with the reality I think it might be a final nail for the few good staff we do have left 😔
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Hope you all have a relaxing Easter weekend and enjoy whatever plans you have 🐣
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Just a baby cardi for grandson, in 4 ply and it’s taking foreverrrrrrrrr! 🧶
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We do but have never had one (hope that hasn’t jinxed it, they’d have a field day with the number of absences our chn have lately for one reason or another.
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Ours is a right pain to work out when the end of the financial year falls in the term instead of the Easter holiday 🙄 I’m not sure what our counties take is closing for the BH extra, was thinking I’d have to let each choose a day and cover them.
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I set them on training and completing outstanding 2 year reviews, but there is only so much to fill 5 days working from home, what I wouldn’t give for 5 days working from home. This last week is actually the first week of our Summer terms funding, next term will be 12 weeks (13 total summer funded weeks), we won’t finish until 23rd, which is late for us, we went back 10th Jan.
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Sounds like a plan 👍 we have another week to go and our first staff member positive this week, perfectly ok but asked her to stay off until I’d formulated a plan and I still haven’t 🙈
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Hi all, have any you decided how you’re playing the new Covid guidance regards staff who are pos/suspected pos, are you asking them to stay off for the 5 ‘try to avoid’ days? Will this be on full pay? what if they say no? Tbh no one will be paying around £70 to find out via PCR and no one is supposed to be LFD testing so I’m thinking no one will know for sure so just follow SSP procedures 🤷♀️
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This sounds promising, look forward to more details 😊
