Extreme weather policy

[berkschick]

Just written this too. Not sure if it is helpful to anyone but thought I would share!

[butterfly]

Just written this too. Not sure if it is helpful to anyone but thought I would share!

Really good! Do you think Ofsted would allow you to have over your ratios of under 5s in this situation? I have another childminder that I could share the school run with but if i kept all the under 5s i would have 6 instead of 3.

[berkschick]

Im not sure on that one.

Luckily my friend / back up minder only has school aged children so I get to stay in the warm with my pre schoolers as she doesnt have any!

[HELEN10]

Just written this too. Not sure if it is helpful to anyone but thought I would share!

Thankyou, that is very good.

[cas2805]

Thank you, I think the threat of snow tomorrow has given us all the push we need to write an extreme weather policy

[Fabby]

What happens if we dont feel comfortable going out to do the school run? Are we in our rights to call parents and ask them to collect child???

[berkschick]

I think if you have stated that in your policy then yes!

If the school called me to collect and there was 6 inches of snow and it pouring out of the sky and I had 3 x 2 year olds here then I would not risk it. I say about this in the school closure policy. I will only collect after risk assesment of the conditions outside.

[sarah707]

That is excellent thank you for sharing!

I think it's good to write a policy so that all parents are fully aware of what you will do to keep their children safe.

I have a Risk Assessment on the parents page of my website which people might find useful to adapt and use alongside Berks' policy

[miffy]

Thanks for sharing that - hope we don't need it soon!

Miffy xx

[Mcgons]

Thanks for sharing!

[jibberjitz]

Thanks for sharing

[loocyloo]

please could someone put the policy into word or a pdf or something? my pc is old, and i can't open docx documents!

thank you!

i have parents getting panicy 'cos it might snow tonight - think they've all forgotten january !!!

[Trouble]

i cant open it either????