Originally Posted by
welshgirl
Hello, is it just me, or do other people feel as terrified as me about ofsted visiting? I am due my first inspection soon, and am terrified of picking up the phone! How much notice do they give you that they are coming? Do they give you a time/day, or do they just turn up? I am just worried that I am not doing things right, I suppose previously I have always had a mananger to tell me well done, etc, but I feel completely on my own with this job.
I have done most of my paper work in line with EYFS, so I am hoping it is ok. But it's little things I am not sure of, for example, I generally have the radio on, is this ok? I have nursery rhyme CD's I play too, but Is it OK to have the radio on?
Also I have no idea what is expected of me, I have my own 5 year old and 11 month old, and a 16 month minded child. My eldest son is normally at school while I am minding(I finish at 2) during the holidays if we are at home he generally just gets on with what ever he fancies doing, he is doing an Egypt scrap book at the moment, so I suppose he could get on with that when Ofsted come, but other things he likes doing (k'NEX, lego, magnetix etc) he can't really do while I am minding as the bits are so small.
With the babies, we just generally just see what the day brings,what mood they are in. I generally put some toys out, then allow them to self select other toys if they want to. We read books, sing nursery rhymes, look at treasure baskets, play with little people, play instrument to nursery rhymes. But I just feel there is no strucure to our day.
Any advice or comments would be welcome
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