Dd has been well looked after at nursery, but I'm glad she's leaving...

[tissy]

She had her "graduation" yesterday, and her certificate says, " This is to certify that XXXX has completed their pre-school year at YYYY Nursery"

The children who leave next year were given a certificate which read, " This is to certify that XXXX has completed their anti pre-school year at YYYY nursery"

this is on top of me turning up a little early to pick up dd last week. They were just beginning a story, and I sat down to wait foor it to finish. NN gave up on the story (aimed at 4 year olds) because she couldn't read some of the words

Roll on Primary 1!

gosh!!

I think the closer they get to Reception age, the more this kind of thing can be a concern, no doubt about that tissy
Dd will also be leaving a nursery where I have been 101% happy with the pastoral care from a team of lovely nursery nurses this summer. Ours is more a logistics (ds already in the school she will be transferring to etc) choice but our preference for the less formal, more play-centred experience she will get at the school finally swayed it. She is very happy in her current room but the orders she comes home barking "hands in your lap! You may not start yet! I am very cross with you!" are a bit alarming...

I saw the nursery chain's HO education lady give up on "Twas the night before Christmas" because she was finding it hard going.

They have a monthly focus and I can't remember what it was last month (bad mother) but I do know there were 8 different spellings of it across 8 daily reports home. Fancy having a focus you can't spell!

that's alarming

we have same problems at my nursery, nobody can spell nowadays, i have to check every display, piece of paperwork that goes out etc.
but think of it this way, if the girls were high flyers they would have different jobs in banks or offices etc the type of person who goes into childcare is usually a placid kind person, who likes children and who doesnt mind working for £4,25 or £5.05 an hour.

agree nurseryvoice

When my ds left nursery, he had only just learnt his letters and sounds, and therefore would not have been affected by inappropriate use of the word "their" on a certificate, or spelling mistakes in reports. He was however profoundly affected by the warmth, care and attention shown by the staff. I don't care about the spelling.

i chose my nursery because it is play centered. i had visited one with all the bells and whistles, brand new, etc but at 10.30am, all the children from babies to 3yr old were all doing sitting down activities - only one group was having a snack so could excuse their sitting down. at dd's nursery everyone is always on the floor, including the nursery nurses.

i can see that spelling is not their strongpoints for the reasons outlined by nursery voice. As a teacher, well I have seen what set 1 and 2 teens put out so i will hardly condemn them for spelling mistakes. I am appalled that they have to fill in reports to the extent that they have to. yes, they are to follow guidelines to ensure healthy, active and happy children but report filling? sez she who is peed off at the moment is on MN instead of fulfilling diktats I only learned about yesterday!

I used to work in a Nursery, and I can actually say that I could have been a 'high flyer' if I wanted to, but find 'office' work a bit dull! And I did mind working for a crap wage, but when you know you are playing an important role in the children's lives, and seeing the impact you can have, it beats a 30k a year position!

Sorry, moan over, and I do see your point as I worked with quite a few people who went into childcare because they wern't 'high flyers' and thought it would be a easy job, oh how wrong they were!!

didnt mean to offend vix, but you are right, a lot of young girls go into childcare because they think its easy.
but as you know it isnt, not only do we have to care for children we have to do paperwork, solve problems, make decisions, try not to offend 50 different parents, keep up with government and ofsted regulations etc.
but at the end of the day there are a lot of lovely nursery nurses out there and remember nursery is not for teaching them how to write, that is what school is for.

Well said!!

I think that nursery nurses should be paid more, much more money than what they are paid.

so do i, but you cant charge the parents anymore, they cant afford it. the government should pay more for the Nursery Education Grants to the nurseries so they can pay more wages.