TabbyTuTu
19-09-2014, 10:07 AM
Well, re-writing my policies and procedures, much happier. Going to give my RA's a check over once PP's are complete. Just little bits to do for my home in terms of safety, mainly child locks in kitchen (And getting a hook-eye lock for kitchen door, my own children know they can only go in there if I'm with them but decided it would be easier on me just to have it locked when not in use!) and getting some edging on the laminate (Don't want to hurt little toes if they decide to walk against the walls!) Also thinking of fixing a stair gate to my bedroom door.
I have a sheet written out for attendance, visitors and outings which just needs printing off a bunch every week. I was thinking of getting a ring binder and making a scrapbook for each child, it can have bright coloured pages for Obs to be stuck on, and plastic packets for photos, thinking one observation a week/fortnight and an LJ every three months? I also plan on getting cheap exercise books from poundland as a daily diary, I have a 23 month old and I know if she was being minded I would want a written record of naps, bum changes and food. Mind you, I wish school did that too! Like getting blood out of a stone asking my four year old about things!
Still unsure about how to record fridge temps and fire drills. Probably print off a fire drill table, guess it will need columns for date, time, children in attendance? Anything else? Seems silly to print off paper for fridge temps though!
What do you put in a welcome pack? A copy of my profile of course, I think I put in copies of P&P's? But I don't include RA's?
On the list of require P&P's it says Risk Assessment. Is this a separate policy on RA's, or just RA's as whole?
Going to get my hubby's EY2 written this weekend if I can pin him down long enough.
I need to reorder the DBS' as I did not join update service, however I'm just going through the motions to volunteer at a playgroup at my local children's centre so now need to await for my DBS for them before I can apply for another one for child minding. Aaargh! Curiously the manager of CC says I should be able to use the code from their DBS for me to pay the £13 update fee and not have to fork out for another DBS from scratch? Not sure if this will work out or not but hopefully it will as it will save me £52 and I'll only have to get hubby's!
Don't feel any closer to my final goal but heyho :-(
Also, it irritates me when writing my PP's as the word "childminder" keeps getting highlighted as wrong, is it with a hyphen (child-minder) or a space (child minder)? Neither look right to me :-/
Sorry for all q's!
I have a sheet written out for attendance, visitors and outings which just needs printing off a bunch every week. I was thinking of getting a ring binder and making a scrapbook for each child, it can have bright coloured pages for Obs to be stuck on, and plastic packets for photos, thinking one observation a week/fortnight and an LJ every three months? I also plan on getting cheap exercise books from poundland as a daily diary, I have a 23 month old and I know if she was being minded I would want a written record of naps, bum changes and food. Mind you, I wish school did that too! Like getting blood out of a stone asking my four year old about things!
Still unsure about how to record fridge temps and fire drills. Probably print off a fire drill table, guess it will need columns for date, time, children in attendance? Anything else? Seems silly to print off paper for fridge temps though!
What do you put in a welcome pack? A copy of my profile of course, I think I put in copies of P&P's? But I don't include RA's?
On the list of require P&P's it says Risk Assessment. Is this a separate policy on RA's, or just RA's as whole?
Going to get my hubby's EY2 written this weekend if I can pin him down long enough.
I need to reorder the DBS' as I did not join update service, however I'm just going through the motions to volunteer at a playgroup at my local children's centre so now need to await for my DBS for them before I can apply for another one for child minding. Aaargh! Curiously the manager of CC says I should be able to use the code from their DBS for me to pay the £13 update fee and not have to fork out for another DBS from scratch? Not sure if this will work out or not but hopefully it will as it will save me £52 and I'll only have to get hubby's!
Don't feel any closer to my final goal but heyho :-(
Also, it irritates me when writing my PP's as the word "childminder" keeps getting highlighted as wrong, is it with a hyphen (child-minder) or a space (child minder)? Neither look right to me :-/
Sorry for all q's!