yummyripples
25-09-2013, 09:51 PM
I am a bit peeved because my friend has just been given satisfactory. The main thing she was marked down on was diversity. Her home was too white British. She is a fantastic minder who introduces her mindees to all manner of multi culturalism - for instance this week we have all celebrated the Jewish festival of succot by visiting a Jewish home and had a meal in a succah (special type of shed) . We have also done an assortment of things for harvest festival including arranging a collection for church. She arranges a lot of different things for a small group of us (we take it in turns) and we mix with many different cultures and religions in this group. She takes her mindees out every morning doing things such as swimming and even parent and toddler ice skating (I am not brave enough for that one). All the children she minds are white British but she does introduce them to other cultures and religions by mixing in a diverse society and taking part in their celebrations outside of her home.
Another minder I know takes the children to toddler groups during term time and trips to the park if the weather is nice and during school holidays it's parks and museums. She has things like multi cultural instruments, different coloured dolls and does different crafts for the festivals. She is hot on paperwork and evidence and goes on every course going so therefore got outstanding. In my eyes her care for the children is less than outstanding. On a Friday there are a group of minders who get together in the church hall. They stay there in the morning and give the children a healthy lunch of sandwiches and chopped tomatoes while one of the minders goes and gets the weekly treat of a McDonald's (just for the minders). I am probably being unreasonable but my friend is a fantastic minder and I feel that this other one only got her outstanding as she knows how to work the system.
What do you think ofsted should be looking for?
Sorry about the rant btw
Another minder I know takes the children to toddler groups during term time and trips to the park if the weather is nice and during school holidays it's parks and museums. She has things like multi cultural instruments, different coloured dolls and does different crafts for the festivals. She is hot on paperwork and evidence and goes on every course going so therefore got outstanding. In my eyes her care for the children is less than outstanding. On a Friday there are a group of minders who get together in the church hall. They stay there in the morning and give the children a healthy lunch of sandwiches and chopped tomatoes while one of the minders goes and gets the weekly treat of a McDonald's (just for the minders). I am probably being unreasonable but my friend is a fantastic minder and I feel that this other one only got her outstanding as she knows how to work the system.
What do you think ofsted should be looking for?
Sorry about the rant btw