So nursery have given me a Day Book...

[Flamesparrow]

An A4 book. Telling me how much of his food he ate (useful)

How long he slept for (he doesn't)

If he needs more clothes/nappies etc (he takes his own)

They will write any injuries in it.

I have to bring this bloody thing in and out with me each time he goes.

WHY?? New owners - they have changed the system 3 times now. There was a whiteboard you could look on (and sep accident book), dunno if that was scrapped because it wasn't confidential, but it was reusable. The second - they sent home a piece of paper (like the ones in the book) and you kept them dedicatedly/chucked in recycling as you saw fit. Now the books.

Surely they will get lost/battered and be generally a nightmare?????

It is a small nursery, is it REALLY that hard for each group (a couple of carers) to tell the parents how much the 6/7 children in their room ate/slept etc that day??

I know it doesn't matter but am

DS had this - i used to keep it in his bag and they would update it and put it back in

i think better to have more infomration than less

But there IS no more information - there was more on the board when they ticked what activities he did.

I think Ofsted want paper records given to the parents as one of their inspection criteria. You can ask if you can just keep the book at nursery rather than carrying it backwards and forwards, though.

My ds nursery has this too and to be honest i thought nearly all of them did. I quite like the idea as i can also write in it if i have to let them know something.

Gosh, sorry to disagree, flame, but i would love this! At the end of the day, you can't ask a lot of detailed questions, because it's chaos and i always want to know what's she's eaten, what she's been doing and how much she's slept.

She's 2, so I don't get a lot of sense out of her. Eg, when I ask her what she's eaten, she always says "custard".

I'm just tired and arsey tbh.

I guess it is better for people who are there lots. he is there half a day a week

it's definately to do with ofsted, but usually the ones I've come across are little A5 books, or little sheets of paper.

A5 would be fine - would fit in his little bag

i love my sons book, plus it means his daddy can read it too.

Agree with A5 size better!

It is a recommendation of the EYFS. Your nursery is following the statutory guidelines and recommendations.

Your best bet is to refer your scepticism to the Department for Children, Schools and Families.