According to my DD, she spends the whold day watching TV at her childminders!

Which part of gardening, cooking, making things, learning to ride her bike etc are people missing here. This is all part of education too. Read more of the posts from the OP on mumsnet and you will get a better idea what she has gone through to try and sort things out for her DD. She asks for and takes advice on mumsnet. Some of you need to be a little more understanding. She has said she made a mistake and she is trying to sort it now. Hands up if you are a perfect parent?

yes I agree, HE is very different from school. They dont have to be taught for the whole school day.

OP is not asking the CM to educate her child. HE children do not have normal school days, just as they don't have normal school holidays. Personally I would do more than an hour a day, but maybe OP's child is not able to do more. We are being asked for advice about the CM, not about HE.

Why is she at the childminder's at all? How is that home education? I am very confused.
I agree with Julesnobrain

Does your Childcarer have Public Libility Insurance.
Do ask her
You never know what accident is waiting to happen/round the corner..

OP it is great you have posted for some advice but really for the sake of your DD you need to resolve your whole home Ed and Childcare situation. Cm's are not proxy teachers and it is not a suitable solution to send your 6year old there during a school day because you have to sleep and your husband has to work. Re home Ed on 1 hour a day you daughter is going to quickly fall behind her peers as she gets older and then as she has SN will never be able to re integrate.
I urge you to get some proper specialist advice and work with your local authority to put a more appropriate structure in place for DD. You sound like you care but by being lazy and going for the easy option you are doing your DD a massive disservice.

mummyloveslucy, do you have a contract?

I use Morton Michel contracts and you have to put your ofsted number on it. Would that be an easier way of finding out if she is ofsted registered?

Good luck with finding a good childminder, there are lots of us about!

Oh well - if she's so busy, let her have a day in front of the telly with an unregistered CM.

Thanks NonnoMum. The new school is full of wonderful staff who treat him as an individual and are able to accommodate his quirky ways.
The Deputy Head has told me she loves him. He loves her too. I think I'm a bit in love with her as well .

But, although it was very tempting, I wouldn't have taken Ds to a childminder-especially not one who was only experienced in nursery aged children.
Children with additional needs require adult carers who are experienced and able to meet those needs.

An (ex?) nursery nurse with her own 18 month old to care for is likely to struggle (at best) to give the OP's DD the care she needs.

your cm wont be able to lie i meant! x

Good on you, ami (and yes, you are)
I hope the new school meets his needs better than the previous one. although of course, no school is perfect. Hope it's going well, now.

mummyloveslucy - you've prob got more than u bargained for posting this! I can totally see why you would use someone not registered to look after your child but through a friend of a friend. You need to trust someone and its totally over whelming to get a number out of a phone book and pick a Cm without knowing them at all - unregistered care obviously will have its downfalls - however back to your question...there was nothing wrong with providing things for your child to do - I always think its nice when a parent gives me something their child enjoys doing. Also you dont know for def your child has done nothing all day - i pick up children from school who say they've done nothing! Ask the lady in front of your child - if she's 6 years old she wont be able to lie!
Take it from there
x

I am a (registered) CM, I considered HE for my DD and I would take on the care of a HE child with SN. I would not sit them in front of a TV all day (unless it was some kind of SN requirement). I would also not expect you to bring any activities with you for her to do.

You need to have a look around for someone who can provide the specific care you require. If the person you use at the moment is a Nursery Nurse, she must have some level of common sense and will either register and provide what you need, or be happy to let someone else do it.

Just say that you understand you should be using registered care ... and take it from there.

I have recently removed my DS, who has ASD, from the school he was in as they would not make reasonable adjustments to meet his needs. He has very complex needs and is certainly 'draining'. I educated him at home for 6 months before the LA could find him a suitable place in a school willing to take him on.
One thing I do know, I could not have done what I did and worked nights as well! Believe me, having my ds at home all day for that length of time was like having 2 full time jobs in itself! I've never been so exhausted.

Lisad, if you read on to section 9 (I can't c&p from the iPad) then it says it still has to be "up to standard". TV all day at an unregistered childminder is not going to cut it.

thanks
Im terrible for skim reading

lisa123

mummyloveslucy Fri 17-Jun-11 21:45:22

Thanks cat. BooHoo- I do work nights, my daughter also has special needs which can be quite demanding. She isn't naughty, but it can be very draining

"When a child is educated at home it is the decision of the parent as to what and how the child learns. The education should be such as to prepare the child for life in modern civilised society and enable them to achieve their full potential. There is no requirement to follow the National Curriculum, which applies only to maintained schools"

You are absolutely right, lisad123, and since the OP has written that her DD is "quite demanding", "very draining" and "a complex character",
it seems to me that this child will need more than the usual amount of care and supervision (something that was maybe lacking at school?), and therefore cannot be left to her own devices whilst the OP sleeps!

My understanding is the LEA can compel school attendance of the home education is not up to satisfactory standards: Nottingham example

And, to be fair, you had the balls to pull your child out of mainstream education (which - to be fair to Home Edders - takes some doing) but you didn't have the balls to check up on the qualifications of your babysitter/CM.

Hmm. You sound a bit inconsistent.

where did she say she works nights? i missed that?