I have a 5 year old starting on a few weeks, I'm new to childminding and he will be my first. As he is in full time education do I need to do obs and planning? What paperwork do I need to kepp for him, It may sound a little dumb, I did my courses in Jan so my mind is a little empty, needs refreshing:panic:

you still need to do all the paperwork, just as the school is doing for him, they follow exactly the same system.
Very important to get a signed permission form from his parents to speak to his school/teachers on their behalf. One copy for you and one for the school's files.
If i was you i'd get out your practice guidance cards and look at the age, do a chart of the things he should be doing by now and how you will check or develop that skill.
EG, numeracy, recognicing the written number. the can he and to what level and how can you, as a minder help him. Number hunt? all the number 7's you can see on way home or about house etc. From that task you can then do the obs.
I assume you'll only be doing a few hours so one task every week or fortnight is great.
hope that helps?!

He will be in the Early Years Foundation Stage age group until the 31st August following his 5th birthday, so by the sounds of it, until the end of this month.

After that time you don't need to do planning, obs etc for him, but you would need to do the other paperwork - permissions, child information etc etc.

He will be in the Early Years Foundation Stage age group until the 31st August following his 5th birthday, so by the sounds of it, until the end of this month.

After that time you don't need to do planning, obs etc for him, but you would need to do the other paperwork - permissions, child information etc etc.

smart lady, i'd overlooked the obvious! you can do a meeting sandards summary though like the schools do if you felt like contributing?!

my local primary school gives me a booklet of what is going to be covered over the next academic year. I get one for each year group and it is the same one they send home to parents to encourage them to share responsibility for their child's learning. I go through these so that I can plan some after school/school holiday activities around them. So, for instance, year 4 children may be covering Greek mythology, with year 2 doing Roman empire, year 3 Tudors, year 5 WWI and II. I can then source puzzles, colouring pages, online games etc to extend their learning. The joy of this is that younger children get to join in too so that by the time they go up to that year group, they have a head start on things, being able to make valued contributions to discussion, share experiences from group projects in my setting etc. THAT'S why (in my humble opinion) home-based childcare knocks spots off day nurseries!:thumbsup:

Thanks for the replies people. Some very good ideas :D