emma04
31-03-2008, 11:13 AM
Hi
Not sure whether i am posting this thread in the right place, so please re-direct elsewhere if necessary.
I have only been childminding for 4 weeks, but i got chatting to another childminder a couple of weeks ago and she told me that there was an emergency meeting for the childminders in my area (southam) to discuss whether or not it was worth continuing with the group (Southam Area Childminding Group) and would i like to go along. Of course i said yes and also pointed out that other than looking on the childcare link website, i had no idea there were childminders in the Southam area as no one advertises!
Anyway..... I attended the meeting and thankfully it was very positive, although only 7 people out of the 15 who were invited by letter actually came!! (and i was a last minute verbal invite as no. 7!):angry:
We have decided that we need to meet once a month for formal meetings about training, ofsted etc and that we need to meet fornightly on a less formal note, bringing our mindees with us, for coffe, chat, activity sharing and anything else on a more social level. This i think is a fab idea.
However my home work for the next meeting (3rd April) was to find out about people who run small workshops for children or that children would be interested in that could come and do something at one of the informal fortnightly meetings per month (we want to have a planned activity going on every other fortnight as well as it being a social) We would also like someone to come along and do a workshop for us childminders every other 2 months at our formal meeting (head massage, aromeatherapy etc.!!!!!!!):panic:
Has anyone got any suggestions, ideas on absolutely anything, i am calling on all experienced area childminding groups to give me some help so that i in turn can help save the one in my area.
Thank you!!:)
Not sure whether i am posting this thread in the right place, so please re-direct elsewhere if necessary.
I have only been childminding for 4 weeks, but i got chatting to another childminder a couple of weeks ago and she told me that there was an emergency meeting for the childminders in my area (southam) to discuss whether or not it was worth continuing with the group (Southam Area Childminding Group) and would i like to go along. Of course i said yes and also pointed out that other than looking on the childcare link website, i had no idea there were childminders in the Southam area as no one advertises!
Anyway..... I attended the meeting and thankfully it was very positive, although only 7 people out of the 15 who were invited by letter actually came!! (and i was a last minute verbal invite as no. 7!):angry:
We have decided that we need to meet once a month for formal meetings about training, ofsted etc and that we need to meet fornightly on a less formal note, bringing our mindees with us, for coffe, chat, activity sharing and anything else on a more social level. This i think is a fab idea.
However my home work for the next meeting (3rd April) was to find out about people who run small workshops for children or that children would be interested in that could come and do something at one of the informal fortnightly meetings per month (we want to have a planned activity going on every other fortnight as well as it being a social) We would also like someone to come along and do a workshop for us childminders every other 2 months at our formal meeting (head massage, aromeatherapy etc.!!!!!!!):panic:
Has anyone got any suggestions, ideas on absolutely anything, i am calling on all experienced area childminding groups to give me some help so that i in turn can help save the one in my area.
Thank you!!:)