kirstya
09-03-2011, 06:42 PM
Had my pre-reg visit yesterday and I am really happy as she "passed" me and my reg cert should be here very soon :clapping: ......but it has left me feeling low & disappointed.
I was looking forward to it in a way as my childminding co-ordinator had said I was well prepared, my portfolio was great etc etc. My house was completely prepared & risk assessed and i'd even done some obs & planning from a settling in visit with little girl due to start as soon as i'm registered. But the lady who came was very negative and gave me no words of encouragement or reasurrance at all. She looked around the house and I showed her what i'd done (locks on cupboards, knives & cleaning stuff in high cupboard, bathroom cleared of razors, cleaning stuff etc etc and she "ummed" a bit and told me off for not having the liquid soap on the side of the sink instead of on the window sill. She then fired lots of questions at me which i feel i answered ok and showed a good basic knowledge of eyfs. At the end i asked if i'd done okay and she just smiled at me and told me that she'd be recommending me to be registered.
Just wondered if anyone else has had a visit like this? I thought part of the pre reg visit was to get advise and encouragement but there was not one positive comment made in the whole 2 hours. Am happy with the end result, but the experience has left me a little deflated if i'm honest! sorry to rant on!!
I was looking forward to it in a way as my childminding co-ordinator had said I was well prepared, my portfolio was great etc etc. My house was completely prepared & risk assessed and i'd even done some obs & planning from a settling in visit with little girl due to start as soon as i'm registered. But the lady who came was very negative and gave me no words of encouragement or reasurrance at all. She looked around the house and I showed her what i'd done (locks on cupboards, knives & cleaning stuff in high cupboard, bathroom cleared of razors, cleaning stuff etc etc and she "ummed" a bit and told me off for not having the liquid soap on the side of the sink instead of on the window sill. She then fired lots of questions at me which i feel i answered ok and showed a good basic knowledge of eyfs. At the end i asked if i'd done okay and she just smiled at me and told me that she'd be recommending me to be registered.
Just wondered if anyone else has had a visit like this? I thought part of the pre reg visit was to get advise and encouragement but there was not one positive comment made in the whole 2 hours. Am happy with the end result, but the experience has left me a little deflated if i'm honest! sorry to rant on!!