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I'll polish the halo - as long as you send me some of the bright eyed and bushy tailed - I am done in!! Glad that I'm only working after lunch today [yawn emotion]
I've tried to get all my policies up to date, which I did sillily after I'd done my sef, so now I hve to redo my sef!!
I'll polish the halo - as long as you send me some of the bright eyed and bushy tailed - I am done in!! Glad that I'm only working after lunch today [yawn emotion]
I've tried to get all my policies up to date, which I did sillily after I'd done my sef, so now I hve to redo my sef!!
See - told you I was done in I can't even post a message once - mums wanders off to find a very strong cup of coffee to get her through the school runs.......
LOL! Did you go to the Policy and SEF thingy, Mumsanutter? With the network? P recommended doing policies first and then SEF. I did not see your littlest DC so don't know if you where there!
Shoshe, I had a 9 month old start a year ago and canno believe the changes. Except separation anxiety is setting in, poor thing and poor mum....
back to my policies while first mindee watches tv snuggled up under his blanket in his pyjamas! let ANYONE challenge me on that!!!
Yup I was at the SEF thingy (ds is no longer breast fed, so he stays at home and P wasn't happy when he was there anyway!), but there was so much going on, and they were talking over things so quickly I obviously missed the recommendation - note to mums take dictaphone to record P as can't listen and write at the mo!!
Another Thursday and still no more phone calls asking for their lo's to come and play with me, so it means I have to do the grown up things again and tidy the house .
I got told that I only needed to update my policies if they were linked in anyway to the old standards? As had the number of the standard in it. Or do I need to really be writing them all out again?
Have a great day all of you with your halo's shinning and dancing through the day.
Dd2 has been wearing pants in bed for about 2 weeks now, we've been lifting her about 10-11pm and it's been fine until last night I went in at 10.30 and she was fast asleep in a soaking wet bed so we bathed her and stripped the bed etc told her it didn't matter (proud she lasted 2 weeks before her first accident) then this morning she came and got into our bed and it was only when dp asked her where her vest was she said she'd wet the bed again so then had to strip hers and our bed, bless her she had gone and got a towel to try and dry it and changed her pants, why she didnt just come and get us I don't know but I do know it's days like this I'm glad I haven't got to rush out to an office and deal with it all at 6pm tonight. By the way what should I do with the duvet I tried to wash it last night but it wouldn't fit in with the rest of the bedding so I put it on the line and poured hot soapy water all over it but this morning it had blown off so after I've done our bedding I'm going to try and see if it will go in the machine on its own and I'll nip into town later and buy her a new duvet but is there anything I can buy to stop her new duvet getting wet like a waterproof sheet for the duvet? (feel like I'm new to this dd1 is 9 so it's been a long time since I changed a wet bed) rea\lly glad I brought a shower curtain as a spare waterproof sheet now though, might leave it on as it seems to have done a better job than the £10 sheet I brought from mothercare, at least it's big enough to fold under the mattress the other one is supposed to be tied to the bed but it won't fit!
Mad rush as dd is being slow and not wanting to get ready for school! I've popped in here quickly for some sanity
After school run all mindees arrive and I will take them all to drop in. Then all will probably sleep this afternoon so not planned anything yet Planning never was my strong point! Oh god, or updating my policies!! I'm useless
Shoshe's handbook is WONDERFUL - I HIGHLY recommend
Well, I'm sat here eating choccy biscuits <places plate of them on the table> with my cup of tea trying to take my mind off ds2 being with daddy having his first jab I want to be with him but with all these kiddies, it made sense for daddy to take him. 2 mindees are napping, I've cleaned and prepared everything and all ready for school run at 3pm.
Oh, I couldn't believe it this morning. Doorbell goes shortly after 7.30am and I'm saying 'WTF is someone ringing at 6.45am!!!' Well I'd switched my alarm clock to wrong bit and it was showing the time the alarm was set to go off so I raced downstairs as quick as I could and said sorry and mum thought it was very funny. I had a headache from having 2 cans of stella last night instead of 1!! I was celebrating Ofsted saying yes to variation as never expected them to agree in a million years! lol Anyway, no harm done but I was annoyed at myself! Only done something like that twice in over 3 yrs of childminding but still, it's not how I like to answer the door!!
Can anyone help me with a few SEF questions? I'm on a pre-school committee and we need to see an SEF form but without Ofsted knowing. As we are due an inspection very soon and we want to be able to prepare. We have only just managed to get a committee together after an AGM and two EGM! But the policies are a right mess (previous pre-school leader just left it all for the old committee to get on with) and there were basically only two of us. We have put it down in our minutes that we KNOW the policies need re-doing and we will be doing them. I've found a form on Ofsted website for nurseries, is that OK to use for pre-schools? Thanks.
Ripeberry - You can't get into it without a special ref number etc. but I went through and copied and pasted each bit into a word doc - do you want me to email it to you? It's not meant for schools though, just so you know
Thanks for the offer Looney, but it needs to be one for pre-schools. Its just that we are worried that by asking for the SEF they will come and inspect us early! We are just trying to find out what kind of questions they ask.
my 13 month old mindee is extremely accident prone. Monday morning she arrives with couple of grazes on her face and small bruise. Mum always in a rush so nothing is said. I made note in my diary of existing injury. i am CRAP with paperwork so while I have recorded it, I have not had mum or dad sign formal note yet. this morning mum says that LO has bruise, I say yes it was there two days ago (but my records show monday). i receive email asking for accident book so she can sign. i reply saying it is recorded as existing injury, she says "well, that is where I disagree with you". she said it was not there yesterday morning and she only noticed it last night. she says she would definitely have noticed it before if it was there.
i have not replied yet. a bit shell shocked. the child RUNS everywhere. and she is forever toppling over.
there have been quite a few other niggly things since the beginning of the contract
I wonder if it is worth the risk to continue this bumpy relationship.
and my 5 year old vomited again this morning though in the loo this time and not the frigging toy box as he did last thursday. said that the smell of poo made him sick!!
Planning never was my strong point! Oh god, or updating my policies!! I'm useless 
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so I raced downstairs as quick as I could and said sorry and mum thought it was very funny. I had a headache from having 2 cans of stella last night instead of 1!! 
