Your own Questions for SEF(just for fun)

[Sweetpea]

If you could be Ofsted for a day and create your own SEF, what would the questions be?

One of mine would be this scenario...

a)
You have just carefully got 4 children into the car and the last child to be helped in is a baby who has just soiled the nice clean nappy you put on them before loading the car... What do you do?

I'm sure there are better questions you can think that would puzzle even the best of people ; )

Sweetpea x

[Velleity]

You have an eight month old baby who screams like she is being murdered every time you ...
- put her down on the floor.
- leave the room.
- turn your back on her.

How do you manage such luxuries as going to the toilet without the neighbours thinking one of the children is seriously hurt.

[uf353432]

Child A has been asking to do painting persistantly, you set up the table for painting, get out the paints, paintbrushes, aprons, water and paper. Let child A know its ready to go and listen to child A respond that they don't like painting. Do you A) Sigh, B) tear your hair out or C) other?

[uf353432]

How many times exactly would you pick up the magnets from the magnetic board from the floor - before you give up and leave them there.

[jojobell]

you care for 3 under 5s under the age of 2, the avarge nappy changes a day is 15. how do you intend to adhere to current health and safety legistation, (have you considered buiulding a sulice room!?)

[sarah707]

You have....

An 8 year old lying on the sofa crying with a headache

A 7 year old wanting to read you her school book

A 6 year old leaping around the room shouting at the top of his voice

A 4 year old pouring water from the messy tray over his head thinking it's a joke

A 3 year old copying the 4 year old but not really liking it so he starts crying

A baby having a tantrum because he is tired and grumpy at the end of the day

Consider how you can best meet each child's needs

[Trouble]

When was the last time you went to the toilet alone?

When did you last eat?

How many headache tablets do you take a day / week?

[ajs]

Loving these,
Off to think of some more

[Ripeberry]

You have siblings aged 3yrs and 18 months old and they fight constantly.
How do you make sure each gets equal attention without it turning into a 'fight' for attention?
How do you let the youngest get to do the same things as the oldest without the latter getting into a lather and punching, kicking, pushing his sibling.

And have you grown eyes in the back of your head to keep an eye on both siblings doing sly pinching, shoving, slapping of each other?

Yes that is what they are like, especially when the oldest is tired, he can't stand having little brother near him and little brother wants to be everywhere big brother is! The oldest does get time out for the nastier attacks. But they do have their moments of sweetness and play nicely.

[rosebud]

How many cups of cold tea are dotted around your house at the end of the day that you've made but not had time to drink?

[Chimps Childminding]

Why have a got a name that the mindees can't say and I get called Mam/Mum or June all day???

[cara1976]

these have just made me giggle, after a long day xx

[Sweetpea]

LOL, I've just been laughing my head of at reading those out loud to my husband

I think we all need a moment to chuckle when in the midst of writing our SEFs

[onceinabluemoon]

You have just told all parents that you are now full and won't be able to swap any more days around of offer extra days for the foreseeable future.

The day after, Annie's mum sees you in the local cafe and says "I know you said in your newsletter that you can't swap days or offer any extra days at present, but I just wondered if I could swap Annie's Monday for a Thursday this week and have her an extra day next week. Discuss.

[Demonjill]

LOL, I've just been laughing my head of at reading those out loud to my husband

I think we all need a moment to chuckle when in the midst of writing our SEFs

lol me too after him asking me why i kept laughing lol

[The Juggler]

You have an eight month old baby who screams like she is being murdered every time you ...
- put her down on the floor.
- leave the room.
- turn your back on her.

How do you manage such luxuries as going to the toilet without the neighbours thinking one of the children is seriously hurt.

mine would be what do you do when ALL the children are having a bad day at the same time, normally well behaved children don't behave, normally dry children wet themselves, normally well behaved afterschoolers do nothing but argue and misbehave - How would you stay sane??

[The Juggler]

You have....

An 8 year old lying on the sofa crying with a headache

A 7 year old wanting to read you her school book

A 6 year old leaping around the room shouting at the top of his voice

A 4 year old pouring water from the messy tray over his head thinking it's a joke

A 3 year old copying the 4 year old but not really liking it so he starts crying

A baby having a tantrum because he is tired and grumpy at the end of the day

Consider how you can best meet each child's needs

thats' not a SEF question - that's an exam

[Sweetpea]

How effective is it in your setting that your own child is the one that misbehaves the most and the Mindees like to copy

[jadavi]

When you've got a three year old who is making the whole car of little ones laugh with his poo poo humour ...do you:
a) holler at them to shut up
b) turn the radio really loud
c) swing your handbag behind indiscriminately hoping to catch a few knees..
d) join in at the top of your voice and roll down your window so everyone can hear..

[Dawnbhh1982]

When you have two 8 month olds, one can crawl and the other can't...

The crawler goes over and take the toys away each time the non crawler has one. To get her revenge she waits for him to come back over and tries to bite (she doesn't have teeth yet either) whichever part of him she can get to!

The older children nickname it 'baby wrestle mania'!

Do you let it carry on or try not to laugh when you tell the crawler no and he nods at you smiling?!!?!