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cm club-BBC interview tomorrow! im scared!!

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smeeinit · 31/10/2007 18:10

ok,interview is tomorrow so im assuming its going out on tomorrow evenings news.
is there anything that anyone wants me to mention? dont think it will be a long interview but what are your main concerns?

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smeeinit · 02/11/2007 08:40

just caught a brief clip of it on the news.........highly embarrasing!
i was amazed last night actually at how many of my fellow cms air their feeling re the EYFS to me,particually yesterday, but when it came to speaking up at the meeting last night i seemed to be alone in my thinking maybe more of us need to speak up nationally to get the point across.

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MaureenMLove · 02/11/2007 07:10

I don't believe it! I was just upstair giving dd another kick for not getting up and I missed it! Will check online now!

nannynick · 02/11/2007 07:03

It has aired - 6.57am. Quite short, but it was in the 4-min local news bulletin, so expect 6.30pm local news may have longer segment.

Well done smeeinit... very brave of you to do an interview.

nannynick · 02/11/2007 00:05

The NCMA lot can think what they like... they haven't done anything about the way Ofsted does CM inspections, have they? NCMA really should back what their members feel, not back the government line. They are after all a Member Organisation - perhaps they need to ask members for their views, VOTE on the issue and then campaign to have the inspection system changed, so that childminders are inspected as childminders - not as nurseries.
Not being an NCMA member (I was once, many years back) I don't know if they have recently surveyed membership to find out the general feeling regarding the way inspections are done... have they done they? Do they know how some childminders feel about the way Ofsted are now inspecting childminders?

MaureenMLove · 01/11/2007 22:03

Oh dear! Tough!

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smeeinit · 01/11/2007 21:59

ive just got back from a cm meeting and was very much frowned upon for my interview today! oops! not by the other cms just the NCMA lot,oh dear!!

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MaureenMLove · 01/11/2007 21:50

I've been there myself with 2 ep's, so I know how you're feeling. There's no point saying it'll all be fine, because I'm not god and I don't know, but I do hope that every thing is fine for you. And whats this sh*t about DH, will he really get nothing? (I'm maudlin' tonight, don't know why, but I'm feeling deep! ykwim!)

looneytune · 01/11/2007 21:45

I'm ok thanks, today's events HAVE taken my mind off it for most of the day, bit nervous but think it will be in the morning it hits us. Yes, I have dh there thank god. I wouldn't be able to take baby otherwise (she's upstairs asleep now). Will update you of course once we're back. Thanks for asking hun x

MaureenMLove · 01/11/2007 21:42

Listen, how are YOU. Don't want to know about Ofsted or Facebook or anything else - just you. I take it DH is coming with you in the morning?

looneytune · 01/11/2007 21:36

, well halloween has been and gone so thought time to change back

MaureenMLove · 01/11/2007 21:30

Oh thank god you've changed your name back! I can talk to you seriously now!

looneytune · 01/11/2007 21:26

It's now on tomorrow. You can catch it online - link somewhere below. Or if you have SKY it's on channel 947 or something near there (think mentioned below)

franyfroo · 01/11/2007 20:46

where can i c interview? will it be on again tonight

southeastastra · 01/11/2007 17:06

ooh i listen to radio london all the time, you can listen live online too

MaureenMLove · 01/11/2007 16:57

Poo! I've just put BBCLondon news on my favourites and everything!

And I'm going out tomorrow!

It better be good about the police or there'll be trouble!

bloodsuckingLOONEY · 01/11/2007 16:42

Thanks for letting us know xx

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smeeinit · 01/11/2007 16:30

ok,radio and tv not going to be untill tomorrow as a big story about the met ahs broken,soooo you will have to wait till tomorrow!
will let you know if gets postponed again......

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bloodsuckingLOONEY · 01/11/2007 15:34

Great stuff.....best of luck mate, you're doing a grand thing!!!

MaureenMLove · 01/11/2007 14:48

Wow! Can't wait to watch tonight! Bit peeved that I'll have to miss Hollyoaks though!

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smeeinit · 01/11/2007 14:26

ardio????! RADIO!

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smeeinit · 01/11/2007 14:26

go for it looney!!
ive had a call from ardio london and have been given the questions so ive prepared my answers,i hope its all going to be ok,the tv and radio,i want to represent us all but just hope ive done a good enough job.

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bloodsuckingLOONEY · 01/11/2007 14:23

No, it's coz I set Facebook group up and had a go about their AWFUL thing on their group. Honestly, don't panic. AND.....I think they will have to be very careful after I've finished with them!!

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smeeinit · 01/11/2007 14:19

oh blimey,looney im getting really worried now that im going to be targeted next then?

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bloodsuckingLOONEY · 01/11/2007 13:28

I know but I'm worried as heard stories they can make life hell for people - worry about not getting future variations etc! Oh well, hopefully if BBC get involved and we threaten legal action for vitimisation, they'll have to be very careful NOT to be like that with me!! I only wanted to stand up for us all and now this!!! (sorry, it's just everything's happened at once this week!)

Katisha · 01/11/2007 13:25

I was just thinking Looney how it was actually making for a much more sensational story possibly!