louby loo
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Another Friday rolls past. 🙀 Been a good week, apart from the highly strung staff incident.🤣 My daughter is getting her jab today 😁. Feeling sorry/worried for all the teachers to young for the jab going into work next week with all the children unmasked and hugging.😟
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I'm kicking myself, we have literally just taken on a new (returning) member of staff.... which takes us to 7 now 😭😭😭 Just wish the weather would warm up a bit so we can at least do outside in comfort. We did try and sort one the other week while we were still 6- but it just ended up with four of us, and I'm not sure that helped really. Plus it was cold- even with outdoor heaters so we just ate and left without the wine and chat bit!!
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Transition paperwork
louby loo replied to AliceinWonderland's topic in Early Years Setting Management
Our LA [Essex] try and push their transition passport however, we work directly with the school and they don't want them! We just work closely with the school and give then the information they actually want/need. Mostly verbal, and actually makes the whole process quite pleasurable rather than a task. I just nod and smile nicely to the LA if they ask about them. Info includes: Any concerns we have, how they are doing in the prime areas in general, any outside services involved, if they are EAL what level of understanding, ..... and the all important 'independence skills' - they actually ask the parents about this, but seem to prefer our assessment on this one!🤣🤣 During the last half term the children make a simple All About Me book, which we pass on. -
Not sure about the bolshy children - my staff were very highly strung today 😳... I actually had to call a 'time-out' on them this morning 😭 Which caused a few unhappy staff during the session. I think we need a proper staff night out with wine!!
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Checked, and my downwards are still there. The latest up dates are still COVID-19 May 2020, and COVID-19 July 2020. Debrad- I could possibly email you these two updates if you need them? Edited to add- just re-read your post Debrad and saw you had the updates in Dec.
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I checked last week on the site - AND managed to get the updates (there wasn't any after last summer I should add) Howeve-r the other day I got another 'invite' to join the portal 😳. I shall try again now and report back as to whether or not they have disappeared again.
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Thinking about Froglets post, has anyone else found that 'bolishi' has come early this year? Also for us it is the girls that are a nightmare, charging around screaming, and the boys are all very focused- yet a lot of 'tittle tattling' on their peers!!!!
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This. Tonight threat yourself kindly, possible with cake. xxxxx
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It's a difficult one, to be honest the children settle so much better... however I feel we are losing our close connections to families. We're thinking of somewhere mid-way - just not sure what yet! I certainly don't miss the parents hanging around chatting at the end of the session while staff are waiting to go home 😭 (or staff gossiping chit/chatting to parents whilst the other staff are still clearing away 😬
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Happy Birthday- have a great day! 🥂🎂💐
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Horrible wet grey day here too. I'm making 10 mermaid tails today 🤣 (local dance show) Hope your feeling less itchy soon Froglet, and I'm with you with the overwhelming work situation. We're eminent an Osted- and all I really want to focus on is the transition for our leavers, and new EYFS ready for September which work wise is only really 9 weeks!
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My seconds is the 19th, Andy had his last week...... yet my older member of staff hasn't even been offered her 2nd one yet - I have told her to book herself but she's insisting on waiting for the Drs to call her. Like sunnyday I've only been at work 2 days this week too! :)
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Missed this post first time around. I can't seem to give any thoughts to September yet, think it's because I am now focussing on an imminent Ofsted inspection. I guess this will be on my summer holiday list of things to do.
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I've not actually read it properly- just thought it looked handy os saved it !🤣
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ADMIN - please remove if not allowed. I found this on Facebook which is an interesting comparison, I have left the author's name on it so I hope it's ok to share? Development Matters and Birth to 5 Matters-1.doc
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Not checked yet. But I thought I'd print one of each to compare. I didn't print all 128 pages of the coloured B25 one though! You would think that all settings should get a least one hardcopy though.
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Well I do have a sneaky look at what's on it's way out.... last time I found a brand new book about different kinds of families on it's way to the charity shop 😳!! (I think someone had a hidden agenda on getting rid of that one 😬)
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This is me. 😟 A few years ago I'd have be devouring them like chocolate and wine and creating my own format, now I haven't even really looked at them properly yet. Considering the year + we've had, you'd think Osfted would just say 'Right, we're having a total resent from September 2021 (unless concerns). I'm now stressing over current standards/inspection frames and not even thinking about the new ones!
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Now you're just gloating! 🤣🤣🤣 I'm actually thinking I don't need either, just the staffs own knowledge - but I guess that only works if the staff have knowledge in the first place! And while I'm in a ranting mode - why do they always have to add so many photo's in these documents? At the least the DM hasn't - but then again it's printed in a very un-user friendly format. Information spread across pages rather than compressed into one page? At least the B-to- 5 is more readable even if it full of colour and photos so expensive to print off!!
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I've requested that the staff sort the cupboard when I'm not there 🤣😳
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I can't get my head around either the new DM or the B-to-5 one! That alone seems a good argument for retirement 😩
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Another random question - which maybe sunnyday can answer - Can early years workers really make good gardeners ? I've planted my seeds and the instructions say .. 'prick out the weak ones, select the strongest'...... and my work head says 'but everyone is unique and just needs to right support' 😳
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This is how we feel too! The children's safety has always be foremost - but everything else has slipped, actually I would say children safety and staff mental well being has been our top priority - and I will be telling Ofsted this. It did say priority would be given to requires improvement and no previous inspection (which we will will now come under 😭).. I'm hoping the requires improvement will give us hopefully a month or so to get back up to speed. I will now be eagerly waiting to read any new reports from 4th May onwards. I did have a panic moment Friday when I got a call from an 'no caller ID' number..... sunnyday will like this- it was a headcount query 🤣🤣
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Just committee and manager xx
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