Childminders and schools

[wendywu]

When i picked up from nursery and school today i was given a letter. It was an invite to a Music in the Curriculum workshop in the 18th March. It was addressed to Dear Foundation Stage Practitioner, it said that " during the evening there will be a chance to say how you would like this new friendship of pre school groups to develop. I thought this was a good idea of theirs. Any body else had any EYFS feed back from schools.

Oh and most important Refreshments will be available :clapping:

[angeldelight]

That is nice

Are you going to go ?

I have not had anything like this

Angel xx

[Pauline]

Have been invited to EYFS introduction course but it was at 4 pm - just the time when I have most children and there was no creche!!

Having said that the pre-school asked for my details as they have more enquiries than they have spaces for and wanted to pass them on.

[wendywu]

Yes i am going to go. I had already suggested to the nursery that we could get some form of communication going that was written down. We already have a good working partnership going , but i know that Ofsted will want visable proof. You have to show to them you are working together.:rolleyes:

[Heaven Scent]

Thats really nice I've not had anything yet.

Anyway you can keep the letter on file to show them and if you are given anything on the night or bring a small notebook and take notes that would be good so they would be on file - jobs a gud un.

Celine:clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :clapping: :littleangel: :littleangel:

[lindylou]

Very good our school has not done anything like that yet
Linxx

[sarah707]

I pick up from 2 schools and neither will talk to me - I think they are avoiding the issue!

Plus - what I want to know - it's all well and good us liaising with what they are doing with the child... but how's it going to work the other way round... shall we invite the teacher to our setting for a music and movement session? :cool:

[crazybones]

I could invite one to help me clean up the moon sand if I get it. :laughing:

Annie x

[Twinkles]

I pick up from 2 schools and neither will talk to me - I think they are avoiding the issue!

Plus - what I want to know - it's all well and good us liaising with what they are doing with the child... but how's it going to work the other way round... shall we invite the teacher to our setting for a music and movement session? :cool:

Good point , I think I'll invite them here for a messy play session :D

[Heaven Scent]

What is moon sand????????????

Celine

[crazybones]

What is moon sand????????????

Celine

Theres link I left on another thread. It is coloured sand you are somehow supposed to mold!

Annie x

[wendywu]

But now if we think a child has problems the nursery and school can no longer ignore it. They have to work towards the best interest of the child and take our views on board. In the past i have had concerns about children and spoken to the schools but they are not bothered. I think its too much paperwork for them. They just hope it will be picked up by the next years teacher. Many times i think to myself they must see the problem. :(

[crazybones]

But now if we think a child has problems the nursery and school can no longer ignore it. They have to work towards the best interest of the child and take our views on board. In the past i have had concerns about children and spoken to the schools but they are not bothered. I think its too much paperwork for them. They just hope it will be picked up by the next years teacher. Many times i think to myself they must see the problem. :(

From personal experience, I have to agree with you here. In year 1 I was concerned about my middle son's reading and writing and mentioned it to the teacher at February parents evening, all I got was "Oh he is such a lovely boy and so funny he is hilarious". Then in the summer parents evening at the end of the year she announced he has trouble with reading and writing. Well duh I told you that 5 months ago. I tried to work with him over the summer but you know what they are like for parents, so come September I found him a tutor. After just the first lesson there was a massive improvement. She said in his reading he only read each word singularly not as a whole sentence so when he got to the end of the book he didnt actually know what the book was about. He also didnt know what a full stop was for so he just carried on writing and nothing made sense. The next parents evening the new teacher said "Oh he has improved massively". I said well I hope so seeing as I have been paying for tuition for him for the last 3 months. She was not happy with that (this teacher was actually also the Deputy Head). Why did you not come to us with a problem first she said. I told her I had and the reply I was given. I also said if I was picking up a problem why werent they as trained teachers? Anyway pleased to say he is in year 4 now and doing fantastic and actually enjoys reading because he knows what it was about when he finishes.

Annie x

[Pipsqueak]

I picked up on a potential problem with my middle son but the school dismissed it too.
Over the summer holidays, like Annie I paid for a private tutor, who said there wasn't a massive problem but it could develop into one.
When son went back in Sept the school were ecstatic with his progress until I told them that we had paid for a tutor, then I was told I was interfering with what they had been doing with him (yep that was what I was told).

I asked exactly what they had been doing and was given vague statements and handwafting and then I asked if they were relating it back to his problems with speech (therapy) and what the specialists had suggested to be met with blank responses and don't know what you are on about type things. My jaw dropped open... my son has had speech problems and they started tackling things in nursery in conjunction with the relevant specialists, continued into reception but after year 1 they appear to have lost the relevant information:eek:

[avril]

I'd like to see the school I pick up from do this as they don't even acknowledge childminders because they have a breakfast club and afterschool club which hires a hall from them BUT they are having a race night soon and businesses can advertise in their race booklet so a group of us have put an advert together advertsing how lovely, caring, adaptable, etc.. we can be. That will be one in the eye for the headmistress :laughing:

Avril x

[elaineg]

The school I pick up from wont talk to childminders, if there is a problem they ask you to get the parents to telephone. When you ask what the problem is they just say "we only discuss pupils with their parents". Even though I have given the school letters from all the parents confirming that they give the school permission for them to discuss their child with me. makes me so mad sometimes.



love Elaine XXX

[wendywu]

When Twinkles and i picked up our EYFS we were informed that all Early Years Providers had to work as a collective unit and exchange infomation about the child and its development.

We are doing our training this Sat so i will be asking lots of questions.:)

[Cammie Doodle]

Carolyn and I are really lucky as we have a good relationship with our local Nursery (I worked there for a while and still visit regularly. I even get invited to attend the odd course here and there free:thumbsup: ) The Staff are great. Also talk often with reception teacher. So hopefully we will be able to work with them all as we do now, but it will now be official :thumbsup: