Shouting!
Well, here we go again. Rant number two!!
This time it's all about shouting, nursery nurse shouting at children and most of the time it's over little things. Mostly because said nursery nurse is stressed (see blog titled Numbers!!)
I believe that unless a child has just stabbed someone in the head with a fork then there is NO need to shout at a child.
Grr... Some of the staff find it all to easy to start shouting at the children when things aren't going their way. No matter what age, I caught (when i say caught I mean they weren't hiding it) a member of staff shouting at a 15month old child for crayoning on the register last week. When I say shout I'm not over exaggerating, she shouted at the child, picked him up by one of his arms and dragged/ carried him to the other side of the room. I don't think that was necessary do you?? Number one: She left the register open near the crayons, how is a child this young supposed to know it's an important document and not just another piece of paper to colour on??
Number two: Why shout at the child and not explain what's wrong and what they've done and explain that it's not good. It's alot easier than screaming at a child and then the child being upset again only for the child to do the same thing again another day!! Explaining will take only a minute or two and will have a much better effect on the child.
What good is it going to do shouting at a child for shouting/ smacking another child when the people who are entrusted by parents are meant to be protecting and caring for a child's well being.
If Every Child Matters, why are some children treated differently to others? For doing the same thing one child may just be told don't do that whereas another may be shouted at for it!! Makes no sense!!!
Well, I'm sick of hearing children being shouted at, I'm trying to lead by example but I doubt it'll work as I hear most staff shouting at the children on a day-to-day basis, it always seems to be the same children who get shouted at by the same members of staff even though these aren't the worst behaved ones!! I know I'm not going to get very far as both the owner and manager see no problem in following suit in shouting at the children themselves!! I thought they were there to set an example!!
Anyway, I believe that getting down to a child's level and talking to them works 9/10 times. If you have a child at your feet screaming it might not work but don't stand over them, again, get down to their level, speak calmly and slowly, make it short as they've only got a short attention span. I'm not Supernanny but believe me it works better than to stand over a child shouting!!
Anyway, if anyone's actually reading this let me know what you think. If you're a nursery nurse reading this tell me what goes on in your nursery and I'll post it anonymously.
Love NN
Nurserynurse123@hotmail.co.uk
Published Date:
23/04/2008
Modified Date:
23/04/2008
Numbers
The reason I've set up this blog is to get a point across, well, a few really. This blog is to show the insights into my day to day working life.
Don't get me wrong, I love my job, I love the children, I love the girls who I work with and pretty much everything else it's just that the numbers get me down! To those of you that don't know, by numbers, I mean ratios, this means the ratios of qualified and CRB cleared adults to children;
This should MUST be;
| Age |
Adults |
Children |
Adults |
Children |
| Babies(0-2yrs) |
1 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
| Toddlers(2-3yrs) |
1 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
| Preschool(3-4yrs) |
1 |
8 |
2 |
16 |
and so on....
(it says one adult but one adult should never have to be left on their own!!)
For example, one person is left on their own in a room with 6 babies. Even if one or two can walk, how is one person supposed to remove all of these children from the building safely? Some nurseries have evacuation cots, sure they do but can it actually fit through the door?? One nursery one of my friends worked in it wouldn't on a recent drill! It's hard if you have to carry one heavy child in distress, two is really hard work but six babies?? It's not possible!! My nursery has no evacuation cots, nothing for evacuating the babies. Even with the numbers right in the room, how would I carry three babies out of the building?? Fair enough, if i had to do it in a life or death situation I would but....
should my own life, my colleagues life and these precious babies' lives be put at risk just for the sake of the owners saving a few quid on an extra member of staff?
We all know how much it costs to send children to nursery, staff get paid minimum wage (you have to spend at least 2/3 years training to get qualified to get the job in the first place!), food isn't organic and is all supermarket delivery super-dooper saver cheap stuff, there's been no new toys bought in a few years (only hand-me-downs after christmas and birthday clearouts) finally, you should see the size of the house the owner lives in.......now THAT is what parents are paying for, not ensuring that their children are kept safe, secure etc. The bosses house, that's what it's paying for. Not an extra £5.35 an hour for a new member of staff.
The excuse? Not sure yet but I'm trying, we just keep getting fobbed off every time we ask. There were 30something children in the building the other day aged from 0-4 years and only 3 members of staff!!
Anyway, that's all for today. Gotta get up early.
Love
NN x
P.S This doesn't mean parent's should hunt down nursery managers and find out exactly how many staff and children they have as I assure you. You're children, no matter how many nursery nurses there are present will be in very good hands. It's the owners who don't seem to care.
Maybe I could join a union and go on strike. Any takers??
Published Date:
16/04/2008
Modified Date:
16/04/2008
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