Hi, if i refer to my home as 'my setting', am i being pretentios and snobby and too much like a nursery???? Please be honest with me!!

jen:laughing:

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when i sent a text round to all of my parents telling them i had swine flu in my setting one mum replied saying ha ha your setting what's with that

no i use it too but just not with that parent

Ah thanks!!! I have realised that it has become automatic and wondered if it was a bit much...... I think EYFS must have entered my DNA at last!!!

jenni :blush:

I think we need to distance our home from our work even though they're the same place - calling it the setting allows you to do that......

I use it too, however it has confused one set of parents who didn't quite understand it!

i use it as well because in my hed it helps me to separate my home and my job.

And besides which it makes us sound more professional.....

I use it as well.....it distinguishes between home and work:)

I've been saying it too! and not really thought about it..I suppose in training and doing Ofsted stuff/ who minds etc it's always referred to as a setting.:D

I feel better now, I had never thought of it as separating home and work, but I suppose it does and it also seems in keeping with the professional way that childminding is going!

jenni:)

i see nothing wrong with say my setting as it is..... and most other professionals would call it that to you

I use it in my paper work as opposed to saying "my home" and sometimes use it verbally.

I always refer to 'my setting' now, I think it came from doing my nvq3 and all the way through I referred to my setting as it makes more sense.

I've ALWAYS referred to it as my setting :thumbsup:

...I remember being on a training workshop & another childminder took great umbridge at me doing so - this was pre-EYFS - wonder if she's still minding?:rolleyes:

I use it too, however it has confused one set of parents who didn't quite understand it!

I use it in my ads, and a children's centre manager (who I know) asked me if I thought that it would put people off, as they might not think it was as home-based as they were looking for. :eek: I still use though!

Depends on what context I'm using the word 'setting'. I use it to represent more than just my home as it includes all the children who attend too. For instance if you told people you had a case of swine flu in your home they would automatically think of you or you immediate family, whereas a case of swine flu in your setting covers all your mindees too. I only tend to use it when it is work related though.

I use the word 'setting'. I posted a couple of months ago that I had told a dad there was head lice in my setting and the next day the mum said "I hear you found head lice in your settee".

I use the word 'setting'. I posted a couple of months ago that I had told a dad there was head lice in my setting and the next day the mum said "I hear you found head lice in your settee".

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Angel xx

I use the word 'setting'. I posted a couple of months ago that I had told a dad there was head lice in my setting and the next day the mum said "I hear you found head lice in your settee".
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Miffy xx

I use the word 'setting'. I posted a couple of months ago that I had told a dad there was head lice in my setting and the next day the mum said "I hear you found head lice in your settee".

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