Iv got my first inspection tomorrow,very nervouse as iv only had my full time mindee for 3 and half weeks so not actually started planning for him yet(except for some notes iv made) and dont know what mrs o is going to think about that,i havent got everything in place yet but iv done 2 obs on him so far.Iv not even started on a theme yet,hope it doesnt have to much of an impact on my grade! any advice? thanks jake :eek:

I was in the same situation last week, I only started minding at the beginning of September and that was for a little boy who is only here 5 hrs a week and then a baby girl who started 4 weeks ago.

I made a big effort with the paperwork, started their learning journals, and for the baby, had a summary sheet of the 6 areas of L&D and wrote down where I think she is and evidence.

I had only done 1 ob on the little boy but it had next steps on it.

My theme was Autumn but I hadn't really done anything for Autumn other than take them into the park conker collecting.

Ofsted graded me good with 1 area outstanding. She thought I had made a good start and understood that I hadn't been minding long.

The first few weeks with a child is just observing anyway.

Linda.

Thankyou linda,you have made me feel much better and iv actually managed to put a learning journal together and put my obs in with some photos for evidence,and some artwork to,i did that while the little one was asleep.Well its a start anyway!congratulations on your success,hope im as lucky.Had you started your SEF yet?Iv wrote a bit down on mine but not much,as its early days yet.how long did she stay? thanks again
Jake :eek: