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Birth to Three

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loulou5 · 18/11/2007 21:02

Hi,
Was wondering if anyone can give me any ideas on how to implement birth to three.

How do you do it ?
ie:- observations etc
Do any childminders do this as i've asked at my local group and none of them seem to do written observations etc.

Any ideas on how to plan, observe etc would be appreicated.

Thankyou

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Katymac · 18/11/2007 22:25

DMO we have 9 children and 5 staff

How many obs per child or per staff do you think we should do

We are concerned that if we divide the children up when OFSTEd visits one of us none of 'our' children might be present and therefore we wouldn't do well

But the staff are objecting to doing 9 obs per week

Any suggestions?

PS how short are your obs - we are currently doing 1 line or so plus a next step

Katymac · 18/11/2007 22:21

She could use a pseudonym or get protection form MN Towers

dmo · 18/11/2007 22:21

good news to everybody the new eyfs comes in in sept 08 which overtakes birth to 3 and the stepping stones
there will be loads of courses coming up to prepare us for the changes look for courses running from easter 08
the eyfs is now birth to 5 and its main point is play (which is what we childminders do best) nurserys and schools are having trouble getting their heads around this concept but for us its fab
less paperwork and more play
ofsted are having theor trainning after easter and hopefully the bodies want to bring everybody together.

at the moment i do use the birth to 3 which everybody should stick with until sept 08 my observations are short and sweet and i normally conduct one a week on one child (maybe 2) so each child gets observed every 3 weeks, i just observe their play write it up and add a photo or drawing for evidence.

MaureenMLovesmincepies · 18/11/2007 22:16

I would imagine, that if there is an Ofsted advisor on here, they have been hiding. She'd get linched, if she came into the staff room!

kidsrus · 18/11/2007 22:08

perhaps an ofsted advisor/inspector could help us.
Please i know your out there!

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loulou5 · 18/11/2007 22:04

thx, will try again tomorrow!

It's so confusing- you need evidence for ofsted, but trying to get it in the correct way is hard.

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MaureenMLovesmincepies · 18/11/2007 21:22

Ask in the staff room tomorrow. Preferably, early on, when Shoshalite is in. She's good at that.

Katymac · 18/11/2007 21:10

loulou - when you find out, could you let us all know?

Everytime I think I understand it someone pulls the carpet out from underneath me