Flisspaps
07-07-2011, 01:37 PM
Mrs O came today - was due before 10am today or tomorrow (she rang this morning and said she was running late, would I be in this afternoon and turned up at 10.50am)
She was lovely, very friendly - not at all an ogre. Didn't have my SEF as I'd submitted it after she'd made the appointment booking but she said she has about 48 hours after the visit to look at evidence etc, so might be able to get on to look at it later on.
Of course the grade is confidential until it has been confirmed by those in the Upper Echelons, but I have done well in 15 areas and VERY well in 2 areas (Working with parents and resources) ;) :D
One of the parents turned up mid-inspection to drop off a lovely letter about me, which certainly helped her to form her one judgement, and she told me her findings then popped out to the garden for a quick look, came back and said actually she was improving the judgement for resources based on the garden and the details of the activities I offer in the Learning Journeys (all photo obs) - all those months of hard work remodelling the garden to get it registered last month was so worth it!
I owe a massive thank you to everyone on this forum - I've only been doing this job 6 months, with essentially no training, and I childmind in the way that I parent and have hoped that was good enough - and it appears that it has been. I've picked up lots of fabulous ideas for paperwork and practice, and without this forum I would probably have scraped a satisfactory grade, but not near what I got today.
My recommendation is that I revisit my Risk Assessments to check everything is covered, DD decided to play with a plug socket for the first time when I went to the loo :rolleyes: right in front of Mrs O, we had a chat about socket covers and why I don't use them (which I was prepared for having had a heated debate with my pre-reg inspector, for anyone wanting more info go to fatallyflawed.org) and she also suggested some foam 'horseshoes' which stop doors closing on little fingers, and how I have risk assessed corners on tables etc (I don't have plastic corner covers and don't intend to). The door stops are something I will consider, but at the same time my home is my home, not a nursery, we can't stop all dangers and children will come into contact with doors thousands of times in their lives, foam horseshoes on my doors won't teach them that closing doors anywhere else on their fingers hurts) I didn't think to check my RA when she was here to see what I had written.
So...now to wait for the confirmation of the grade, and three years before they darken my door again!
She was lovely, very friendly - not at all an ogre. Didn't have my SEF as I'd submitted it after she'd made the appointment booking but she said she has about 48 hours after the visit to look at evidence etc, so might be able to get on to look at it later on.
Of course the grade is confidential until it has been confirmed by those in the Upper Echelons, but I have done well in 15 areas and VERY well in 2 areas (Working with parents and resources) ;) :D
One of the parents turned up mid-inspection to drop off a lovely letter about me, which certainly helped her to form her one judgement, and she told me her findings then popped out to the garden for a quick look, came back and said actually she was improving the judgement for resources based on the garden and the details of the activities I offer in the Learning Journeys (all photo obs) - all those months of hard work remodelling the garden to get it registered last month was so worth it!
I owe a massive thank you to everyone on this forum - I've only been doing this job 6 months, with essentially no training, and I childmind in the way that I parent and have hoped that was good enough - and it appears that it has been. I've picked up lots of fabulous ideas for paperwork and practice, and without this forum I would probably have scraped a satisfactory grade, but not near what I got today.
My recommendation is that I revisit my Risk Assessments to check everything is covered, DD decided to play with a plug socket for the first time when I went to the loo :rolleyes: right in front of Mrs O, we had a chat about socket covers and why I don't use them (which I was prepared for having had a heated debate with my pre-reg inspector, for anyone wanting more info go to fatallyflawed.org) and she also suggested some foam 'horseshoes' which stop doors closing on little fingers, and how I have risk assessed corners on tables etc (I don't have plastic corner covers and don't intend to). The door stops are something I will consider, but at the same time my home is my home, not a nursery, we can't stop all dangers and children will come into contact with doors thousands of times in their lives, foam horseshoes on my doors won't teach them that closing doors anywhere else on their fingers hurts) I didn't think to check my RA when she was here to see what I had written.
So...now to wait for the confirmation of the grade, and three years before they darken my door again!