The more I prepare to become a CM, the more daunted I become about the amount of admin involved & do wonder why can’t pre-schoolers just be allowed to play? Do we need targets, planning & observations for a 2 year old? Surely any decent parent/childcare provider will incorporate a wide range of activities in day-to-day life and those precious few years before the demands of school should just be about having fun within a safe & loving environment.
When I had to go back to work after DS1, I opted for a CM precisely because I wanted to replicate our own home environment & had no interest in the paperwork or whether he was meeting the EYFS targets! My youngest now attends our local (outstanding) pre-school & they regularly send home pages of detailed observations –given he’s only there 5 hours a week and I do wonder how they find the time to actually look after the children
Perhaps I'm being naive & it's ust not possible to be regulated (which I wholeheartedly support) without the accompanying red-tape but, can you do this job without spending hours compiling reports, observations, planning & risk assessments?! I accept if you do the bare minimum you’re unlikely to get a high Ofsted grading but if the parents and I are happy with the level of care I provide then I can live with a satisfactory grading. At the risk of outing myself as completely work-shy
, what's the 'bare minimum' I'm looking at?
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