Susan

It certainly does make sense and sounds great too.

Well done & Congratulations.

Its only a shame that you had to go through all that, is all I can say but its the best news I've heard today!

I'm really delighted for you, Nichola. :

Glad it went well Gertie, my LEA is visiting 50% of settings for moderation and unvisited settings have had to undertake to attend a cluster meeting for same.

As I'm off sick, I haven't actually been involved in either! but I can appreciate your relief.

I'm not surprised what you were told re levels of point 9, I believe other scales are also as high.

I'm beginning to think we should be bycotting the profile never mind SATs!!

well done Becky. Its good to have an enlightened body at the top!

Well done Leo and congratulations. I'm glad things have worked out for you in this way.

Unfortunately, in my own situation it was not so easily resolved!

Sue, thought you were getting back into a work routine. You must have more energy than me if you're on here at that hour and getting up at 7am!

As for categories Mundia is it to be exclusive to Steve? If not, we may need to be careful not to post too much more!

HI Jackie, thats really intersting. I won't have the headache of reports this year as i'm off sick but nee to keep up to speed regardless.

I don't know report assist.

What is the statuatory guidance?

Diane even if you are not using the profiles you could use your info gained from them as the basis of your repot. That way it won't be a double burden.

Should scale totals be repoted to parents? we used to report Baseline scores.

What are people doing about that?

99 posts to go unless someone else has posted something while I'm sorting this and of course when I do push add reply it'll be 1 less!

think it could be soon folks!!

Leo, I can only empathise.

I too have been in this sort of situation and the suppport was not where it should have been and the whole thing blew up out of all proportion.

Tread carefully, please.

Well done Hali. enjoy the spending.

If you are going to participate in the interviewing and be the job share partner then you need to make sure that you will be able to work with the other person who is appointed, don't you.

I realise that theoretically you may might little in practise if you both have wildly diiferent working pracrises then it is going to be difficult.

I have worked successfully in job shares in yr1 and alongside jobshare partners in nursery. Obviously in yr1, we were sharing the same children and we had a hand over book to record for each other what had happened. The biggest bug bear was the tidiness of the classroom, not bad when I worked with her 2 days a week but when we shared in athe room in which I was each morning it drove me mad that things were not tidied away.

In the nursery job share the teachers were close friends and always in touch about what they were going to do and kept 1 another up to date with planning etc.

When i did a job share in yr3 it was a disaster because the other teacher would not share with me any of the medium planning. I did my own thing but it wasn't very easy. I don't think she liked the share but that wasn't my fault!

If you are likely to fill in for 1 another for any reason then you must be able to communicate successfully.

good luck.

I'm looking for a job share but as I haven't seen anything advertised I guess you don't live near me!!!

Can't add much but lots of tlc coming your way!

HI

I've got the edu fax that Jessica has recommended. I don't use it as much as something similar that I downloaded from the cleo website several years ago. It seems to have disappeared now though but if you're in that area you may be able to get hold of it.

HI Kaff & welcome.

Thank you for making your first post, may it be the first of many!!

First congratulations on completing your NQT year, its hard work I know and a change of year group at this stage must seem quite daunting but be encouraged Reception as the best place to be.! You presumably have some experience from your course but I would ask your head if you can spend some time next half term shadowing those in Reception at the moment so that you get a feel for what is already going on.

will you be the only reception teacher? You will need to familiarise yourself with the planning formats etc as well that your school uses. Do you have a coordinator to lead you there?

You could also ask if you can spend some time visiting the children who will be in your class in their current setting(s), if possible as this will help you adjust to where they are likely to be. Think of your yr1 class in September those children had already had their reception year and think of them now, what progress they have made. Your Reception class will be 1 yr behind where your current class were in September but they too with your help will make those temendous steps.

You will need to be familiar with the Curriculum Guidance and the Profile. There's an excellent new book by Vicky Hutchins about observation in FS.

Featherstone Education also have an excellent range of "Little Books" which will give you lots of ideas for activities.

And of course theres all of us. Keep asking questions!

Good luck. I'm sure you'll have great fun.

OH how dreadful, of course you're upset and that is exactly what this part of the forum is for, to share good & offload bad news, whatever you might need to.

At least you know the school was caring enough to contact you. Can you do something else about the bullying/ the bully as that shouldn't be allowed to continue.

Hope your son won't be too depressed/ upset when he gets home Good luck with tackling the rest!

Good luck with your quest, unafitz.

Hi Valerie

welcome aboard, hope it will be your first post of many.

I can't offer you any answers to your questions but I am envious of the project you are about to embark on.

Good luck.

Hi

Must have had a brain block when I put in puddleducks!

Wonder where I got that from

Interesting that you have had some training, I'm sure that would make all the difference!

I think you can change your user name if you want to- look in your control panel at the top of the screen. Steve changed mine for me a long time ago, but it is up to you what you prefer to use!

Hi Dana that sounds interesting.

Not sure I can help but do you know the Share programmes. There is an excellent one for FS and although not reading directly it may have ideas you could use. It is aimed primarily at parents to enable them to work / support their children at home, after led sessions in setting.

Its also an accredited program for adult learning. I have been trained but our parents showed no interest so have not put it into practise. I can't remember the producers either and I'm off work sick at the moment so can't tell you any more.

HI bertha

I am not fully aware of your situation but feel I must tell you how sorry I am that you are in such a position as to need to resign.

I hope that you will begin to recover now that you have made that decision and that you will soon find yourself in a happier workplace. Good luck.

Also if I have not welcomed you in before please let me do so if a little belatedly.

Yes so am I. Hope everything has settled down.

dcechez has made some really good points, although that doesn't help you when you feel victimised I know. Try and hang to the fact that you both have the childs best interests at heart!

thats good news Sue.

Perhaps you'll make the magic post Mundias waiting for!

HI Amanda & welcome.

There are some planning formats available in the members section.

If you can ask something more specific you might get some more help.

HI Angela,

think I'll come and work in your school! I have had a real battle recently because of increased demands for recorded work.