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Thanks chick! We shall see. It sounds a bit too perfect to be true tbh, but its all good experience.

I've only got two families that I really worry about. One I know, will probably use the school am and pm clubs, as he already goes there on a Monday, the other one really bothers me though. She 18mths and only comes two days a week, so it took ages for her to settle with me. for her and the mum. I'll be speaking to one or two minders over the next few days, just to ask them about their numbers, in case I need them.

oh Mo, that sounds perfect, you sound perfect for it!, dont sell yourself short, your experience will win them over in leaps and bound!, get it sent in and believe in yourself!

Also in meantime you could compile a list of cm's/child acre plus/emergency child care etc to hand to parents when you tell them you're leaving, it will avert their eyes from you and take some of the pressure off as you've already started to help them look for someone else?
also if your out and about at groups you could ask around the cm's see if they have vacancies etc and say you may have some leads for them?..get the ball rolling..fingers crossed for you chick

I won't get it. I don't look nearly as good on paper as I thought! Still, its all expirence at getting my head around it.

Its training to become a Cover Supervisor at a Girls senior school btw! Very good money for a local job and unusual to get training paid! It says sucessful candidates will have th eopportunity to apply for one of the permanent positions once training is done. I might be luck, afterall it appears to suggest its open to more than one candidate.

This is the spec.

We are seeking to train confident, reliable, organised people who would be able to provide supervision of teaching groups to cover teachers absence. You will need to possess initiative and common sense, as well as high-level interpersonal skills and ideally have worked previously with young people. (CM and Guiding covers that, I should think!)

You have to think what';s right for you and your family, like they would do if it were the other way round.

you must be feeling all kinds of emotions and not being cruel to them but you do need to think of yourself!!

Ok, my news.

I've applied for a job! If it comes off, I'll be handing notice to parents in 2 weeks and starting work on 7th January.

I've fannied about with whether to apply or not for 3 days and I've made my decision. I've gt to give it a go. I really, really want this job, but feel so guilty about letting my parents down. I'm giving them the right amount of notice, so only doing what anyone else would do. All as per contract and above board, but I feel strangley sick at having to tell them, IF I have to!

Right, I was going to post some news, but I'll go and sort Looney out first!

Oh, well done SS, he sounds lovely. I hope he calms down a bit though. Still, once he's at nursery in the mornings, he will.

Back in a minute.

Fab news SSF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well done!

Hi everyone, the little boy starts a week tomorrow..all ebing well school nursery are letting him start a day early so mum can be with him for two days, then ill step in on the third..he's lovely a real cuty AND a bundle of energy..mine and mums heads were banging as my playroom is like toysrus on overdrive and he wanted to play with ALL the musical toys..guitar, keyboard, whistles etc

he took to me immediatly and mum was in tears as he's not like that, mum aske dhim if hed like to take his coat off and he came to me so i could do it..hes also pinched our toy binoculars so he knows he can bring them back and come and play again...i asked him if hed like to come and play all the time and he said YES straight away then said "then mummy can go to work and i can play with you"?!...Sooooo pleased, lovely mum lovely son..cant wait!
thanks for thinking of me guys

HELP!!

LMG's I like that one, unfortunatly I'm going out in 30 mins and won't be back untill 7pm. So He's stuffed basically!

Henni - stick a note on the door saying you are hard of hearing and to bang loudly, then go to bed you will have to put up with him shouting at you though!

DMO, hope your feeling ok, it's scary to see isn't it?

Well, I'm still waiting for plumber. All mindees have gone home, am really tired and want to go to bed!

DMO - How shocking! Have you got a big cuppa tea for the shock?

MML - I know I have to do it still not nice!

Oh god! How awful for you DMO. Has it happened before whilst at yours or was that the first time? I remember my god son had a fit on Chirstmas day about three years ago. We'd only just arrived for lunch too. Horrid to see.

Damn! No batteries. You'll have to wait!

hi guys i'm back
been ill with flu like symtoms
anyway feelin rather upset at mo as my 2yr old mindee has just had a fit bout an hour ago he has gone to hospital with parents but i'm still shaking
no children left now until school pick up at 3 so nobody to cuddle

I will now try to explain the cd snowmen we made at Rainbows last night! Really effective and very easy to change into Father Xmas!

Get two cd's (I usually steal the freebies at the checkouts in supermarkets! You know, the internet start-up ones)

stick them coloured sides together with a peice of looped ribbon in between. Cut out hat shape in black funky foam and a strip in another colour for trimming on the hat. Two big googly eyes or foam again. Orange pom pom and 5 little black circles from the foam. Stick all on in the obviously places and hey presto! I'll get mine uploaded, so you can see it!

good luck ss

gonna try the snowman thing thanks elsmum

I am sat here typing one handed with 11m old mindee asleep on me, he is chesty so better propped up than laid down bless him! {whispers - plus he is sooo cuddlesome!}

DS is in nursery this afty having taster session, doesn''t start til jan - felt weird leaving him but he was pleased, usually have to drag him out when we drop off his little mate mindee every afternoon!

Oh good luck SS. Sounds like a nice little number there. 3 days a week and at nursery!

Henni, bad luck. There's nothing worse than having to sit in and wait.

Hi LMG. Parents shouldn't mind, I'm sure they're all expecting a pay rise at their work, so why shouldn't you? I had to fight to NOT get any extra money from one of my mums last year. She started getting child care credits and insisted that I have them. I explained that my pay goes up in March for her and she should spend it on her kids until then. I think we came to a compromise in the end.

quicky quicky..good thoughts needed, got prospective new mindee arriving any time(hopefully!0..need to be superwoman..hes starting at dd's school next week(nursery) and will be coming for 3 full days(ill take and collect from nursery)..ooohhhh please let me get him, he sounds very cute

and I wish the D would work all the time, not part time

Nowt to do with parents, money etc (all my parents are FABULOUS, I'm very lucky)

For the third day I have had to wait in for the plumber to do a few bits, I'm cooped up with a lovely but very hyper-actice 3 yr old plus a 14month toddler, we have done every single activity to death, I am losing the will to live, mindee deffo needs to go out every single day to various groups to keep stimulated and to stop getting self into trouble. Mindee is trying very very hard with behaviour but is getting bore (as am I) an to top it off am about to run out of bread and milk, have contacte plumber he said he will be here sometime but doesn't know when. I daren't go out in case he turns up as I'm not going to waste another day waiting.

There, thankyou, rant over

Hi everyone,

You lot are so behind, we did our xmas decorations last week

I've got my xmas newsletter reading to be handed out today (am nervous as i've put a price increase in for new year eeeeekkkkkkkkkk!) have just told one parent and she seemed to take it quite well........