louby loo
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Back to normality at work this week 😁 ... which means only working 3 days. Very quiet here, how is everyone coping? Anyway hope you all have a good weekend 😊
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We had one on the phone yesterday and whilst she was polite she seemed to have real problem with the fact we couldn't arrange our hours to sort her needs!😂 We're a term time session preschool.... she kept asking if she could bring the child early and collect early.
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Ours complain about the the 25p a day, and I'm not going to mention the £2 lunch club 😩 We are in a pretty affluent area- and I'm not kidding when I say it's only ever our lower income families that ever pay without a comment. And don't even mention our County's food voucher system- going by post codes!!
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Didn't want to read and run, but I'm sorry I can't really help much. We just charge 25p a day for snack but we are just a term-time preschool, with our age range of 2+ we can't really charge for nappies/wipes etc as we just ask parent to send them in if needed.
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What model?
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Yes the yellow thing is bugging me! I feel like it's some kind of Celtic embroidery stencil, I want to say for sort of 'tufty' type work (not sure how to explain that. May I crop the picture and put it on one of my sewing groups pages?
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The blue things- they are actually two that need cutting apart (like the airfix models circa 1967- they may still be the same for all I know 😂) They are then used to thread ribbon through knitted item such as baby booties and matinee jackets - circa 1980s ... things do not have ribbons like that anymore. You wrap the ribbon through (threw?) the prong bit then use like a needle. I have the feeling the yellow thing needs cutting apart too, my head is saying it's then used as embroidery templates.
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Yes, and they all seem to merge into a blur now, everything seem to change from one day to the next - I feel I just can't keep up any more, and I'm not sure if I even want to now! Parents want to forget is exists now as the government say send all under 5s in regardless....... Ok, they may be low risk for being ill themselves , but what everyone seems to forget is the staff are actually human beings who have families themselves which may include high risk vulnerable members. Staff are more stressed about passing it on- than becoming ill themselves which- it's really quite sad. Thankfully I'm lucky that I don't have elderly parents, or vulnerable family to worry about. I understand that at some point we have to live with it...... but it's so ******** stressful actually being in the thick of it! One thing going about daily life as normal when you you are in control of the situation - totally different in a setting being coughed and sneezed on all day (and obviously some other jobs) Rant over - have a good weekend everyone 😊
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I can confirm this- I'm completely done it. I actually thought today was Friday even though I had to work a full day and we only do mornings on a Friday! Anyway we are actually back to full staff from tomorrow, and I have the day off - well sort of... I just need to catch up on all the paperwork, funding forms, census and headcount!😂 ...and not to forget doing the invoices that are now well and truly overdue! 😩
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The blue thing is something to do with knitting, I think for when you do multi colour work -you wrap wool, as for the yellow thing- I do know but I've forgotten ... however I'm happy to confirm/deny it's use when someone else suggests it! (can you tell I'm a bit brain-fried after the last two weeks 😂)
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Changes to EYFS pre school and Reception please
louby loo replied to waveawand's topic in Staff Lounge
Hi, good to see you back again. Lots of recent changes, you need to look at the revised EYFS that came into force September 21. No need for so much written paperwork anymore - more of a case of 'you do you' for each setting! 😁😁. -
Frustrating more than difficult to be honest. It's the not being able to plan ahead. We work well as a small team and we are always one over ration anyway- but it must be really difficult for large settings.
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Sounds like an interesting walk 😂
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Yes! I have staff 'could' be back Tuesday, or then again it might be Thursday 😭. I don't actually mind either way if I knew for definite, with this system I won't know until Tuesday morning whether or not they're in!! The conversation in our house this morning- husband - 'are you working Tuesday' me - 'I dont know yet' husband - 'when will you know? I was thinking we could meet up with XXX for lunch. 'me - 'Tuesday morning' husband- walks of muttering on and on about what a way to run a business etc. me - refrains from throttling him!
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Yes this was our family too! Mum at home - both mum and dad positive they didn't tell us until the child tested positive at the weekend! the child was in Thursday and Friday. Thing is, dad collected the child ... I'm trying to believe he was on day 7 (or whatever) and had had a negative LFT before coming to us to collect child- staff think otherwise as they said with hindsight he acted shifty picking the child up quickly and trying to stay a bit distant etc 😬 I'm just glad that just before Christmas we actually stop parents coming into the setting again and we've stuck with that for the new year.
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And don't forget the 'any regular visitors' !!!
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I'd printed it off... this was one of our laughing moments this week (the tears where when I first read it!) As a team we drafted our 'notify ofsted report' 😂😂😂 I ripped the document up in the end- wish I'd kept if for the sheer entertainment value of it!
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Well what a week! Turns out last week on our return- a family had covid - but decided to send child in anyway (without telling us!)..... bet you can guess were this is going! 😩 Anyway, I've had to work all week and not my normal 3 days. Could have been worse I suppose, but we got through the week. My longest serving member of staff has had to hand her notice in to become a carer for her husband 😢 It's so sad as we really are her 'sanity escape' time, I really hope she doesn't suffer mentally- we are keeping the doors open for her though. Anyway we've laughed and cried this week - and just glad it's over now. Sunnyday I'd love to join your knit and natter group. We do have one in our local library, but I fear I might upset the group dynamics if I joined- as apparently is more a 'moan and groan' group😂 Panda - does that mean you can have a craft room now?😁😂 Have a good weekend everyone
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Hope fully all well Sunnyda now your sister is in the system and hopefully getting sorted. 😊 We all did LFT before visiting my sister-in-laws, I sent our photo's but she didn't ask us to 😊. Glad you were able to have a good meet up, it funny how such simple things are now becoming such a pleasure. If covid has done one good thing - it is the 'getting back to basics' we now seem to enjoy more.
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Good point. 😊 We're only quite small too. I don't actually have any key-children now anyway- I'm the cover for them all if key-person is off etc.
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Hoping for a speedy diagnosis for your sister. I have a question for owners with Grandchildren that attend. 1) Do you charge them? Full rate or discounted? I've done a bill for my GD (which I'll pay anyway😂) - but my deputy has asked why I'm on earth invoicing them as I own the place! Personally we are not-for-profit group and it feels wrong not to pay for her! 2) Keyworker, are you the key worker or a different member of staff? I can understand not being the key worker if it's your child, but feel it's a bit different as the grandparent - but again I sort of know it shouldn't be me, but at the end of the day (literally) - I'll be the one telling mum/dad everything anyway as I'm the one taking her in and bringing her home for the rest of the day! 😂
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Negative PCR to return? I think that's what current advice is- they changed it around mid December as in the first updated guidance it said under 5s count just continue as normal.
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Goes without saying, really hoping it happens today- waiting for things like this is the worst. 💐
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Very quiet for us, went to daughters for Christmas Day, sister in laws yesterday, and then a 2 birthday party this Saturday for the granddaughter (hopefully!) Not really watched much tv at all. 🙀.........athough not really sure what I have done instead 😳
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Well, I only just discovered this yesterday 🙀 I'm not really a great drinker, and I've always thought it sounded pretty awful- but I was given a bottle by my staff... well.... cheers everyone's all I can say!!!!!!!
