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  1. louby loo
    So cross- the BBC 1'c news just gave the impression that all early years setting would continue to receive funding! No mention of what happens to some when the parent choose not to send. 😤
  2. louby loo
    Thank you for posting that.
  3. louby loo
    No, they are obviously far to busy being out all day to watch the news! Seriously though, we are in one of the highest infection rate areas is England.😩
  4. louby loo
    Yes in all honestly I haven't been out of the house since we finished 11th Dec, apart from work 3 times this week. I drive just under 3 miles mainly through forest to the very edge of the town my setting is in. I have just been totally shocked at the amount of people out and about in our local town.I've seen reports on local Facebook pages but never seen it for myself. Today I had to collect something, Andy wanted to give his car a run so he took me this afternoon, we did a loop and came back through the towns high st........ well it was like a normal busy afternoon! Everyone standing around chatting coffees in hand, all the benches has people on them, and not one parking space available. Added to this when I left work at lunchtime the park playground was completely overflowing with parents and children. I think the locals are now going back to normal 😳
  5. louby loo
    If we weren't being funded we would be closing too. I'd rather pay the staff to stay at home than to open for just 3-4 children we currently have. I suspect our number will go up over the new few weeks though
  6. louby loo
    Is anyone good at writing letters?, my minds gone blank , other than just one line asking for him to support us 😳
  7. louby loo
    I shall be writing to mine- he's actually in a very hotspot area, even though he's not the MP for where my preschool is. (I'm literally almost the last house in his area 😂)
  8. louby loo
    Well our three all refused to go outside at all today! 😂 .......... they complained it was to cold, although to be hones it wasn't much warmer in the hall. We've already told one parent their child needs warmer clothes, he was cold but refused to put even his hat on. I had mine on all morning.
  9. louby loo
    Well that's the reason we all have to stay open for EVERYONE.............. we're needed for NHS staff!
  10. louby loo
    I made the staff wear FFP2 masks this morning they wanted to wear their own pretty ones.... I pointed out we mean business today 😂 I think I shall ask parents to start wearing them.
  11. louby loo
    Do you wear masks at drop off/collection? Do you expect parents to wear them? I'm not talking about during the day with the children- as I think this is very much personal choice and I'm happy for staff to do what ever makes them feel safe. But at the parent points. We collect from car-part so fully outside and as the children are all walkers so we have very minimum contact as such, at collection we sort of chuck them out the door as parents arrive - possibly more of a contact point than drop off. Part of me can't really see the point of masks at these times (with this fully walking age group) as we've just spent a morning with their child anyway. HOWEVER I do want to show parents this is a serious situation and I'm contemplating masks and visors at this times (so more about virtual signalling rather than an actual need really) What do others do? I'm even contemplating saying our insurance stated we need to use them now.
  12. louby loo
    As I said earlier we had four today and I can honest say I feel we could cater for them safely (if in a bit of an old fashioned way- but they were very happily occupied all morning) Not sure if it was nerves/relief but we really had a positive day in such a dire situation 😷
  13. louby loo
    Must have their me-time. We have a couple of these. Well to be fair one is a key worker..... works 7pm-11pm in a supermarket 🤔
  14. louby loo
    Has Kent said they are defiantly not paying? I think in the very highest risk areas the LA's SHOULD HAVE NO OPTION BUT TO PAY!
  15. louby loo
    I do hope all LA do see sense and pay. It's really not the setting's fault and we need to respect parental wishes. PLUS in many areas it is safer to stay at home if have that option.
  16. louby loo
    I did wonder if this whole thing is a ploy to close settings by the back door. I fully agree that some parents do need full day-care in order to work, often term-time preschool type environments do 'shared care' so obviously these parents do already have a 'plan B' regarding care. Some (many) preschools will financially need to close, therefore many children will actually get to stay at home. The government has basically left childcare providers to sort out this whole issue out themselves! Whilst they remain the good guys by keeping 'all' early years open. I've not explained that very well, but I know what I mean.
  17. louby loo
    It was actually the best day I've had for almost a year now!
  18. louby loo
    Yes! I have literally just had confirmation that ours will pay! They say they are going against the gov guidance on this one, although they are still fighting for a change in the guidance. This is a huge weight of my mind.
  19. louby loo
    21st for us. It's something like 'needs to be in attendance from that day'. We submit once per term, with the option to add late claims usually 3 weeks or so from the end of term. The wording on the emails people have received says as long as the child 'could' start if they wished with no restrictions placed on them. I really am hoping this is so. Staff have even said they would like to try offering some kind of online activities - which we will do if funded. We actually had real giggles today demonstrating our ideas to the rest of the team! (while 4 children played happily with the barbies and diggers) We were like a proper old fashioned playgroup 🤣😂
  20. louby loo
    Although I'm taking it with a pinch of salt at the moment (who remembers March's financial fiasco 😭) our LA seems to be saying they will honour funding as long as a child can take up a place- meaning if we say we are only taking KW and vulnerable then we will not get full funding for all children. A few settings have had replies to enquires stating this, but I haven't had a reply confirming this yet. (I did only ask a few hours ago) Based on todays numbers I can work with it if we can keep our numbers low.
  21. louby loo
    We had four children today out of 22. (we have delayed our four new starters until now Feb though) I was certainly safe 😂. With cases around 1 in every 30 households- we are going for the 'childcare/baby sitting option'. We had a play area set up well away form staff and we just observed and interacted from a distance. If funding is paid, and we can keep to very low numbers I think we can make this work. No funding and we will close to all - including key workers! and put all staff on furlough.
  22. louby loo
    Well, I'm thinking we can claim furlough like another business? The pre-paid funding for the spring term might cause an issue... but I'd offer to pay it back at £5 a week 😂
  23. louby loo
    🤣🤣 two glasses...... but I think Sunnyday is more into a g +t 🤣
  24. louby loo
    I guess having a committee to deal with is just stressful as being the owner
  25. louby loo
    I'm really struggling to not put a sarcastic post on our Facebook page 🤣 On the whole our parents have been fantastic in supporting us- but you always have one and they like to try and stir others up!
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