To call or not to call?

[Arimeh]

Thanks guys

Bath - yeah I was calling around 1.45 - cos my lunch was from 1-2 - and thats about the same time I was doing it now that I'm not working .... but i see your point.. and I would rather them not be distracted when looking after 8 or so toddlers!! LOL

PP - yeah they do have a communication book - but DH usually picks him up so I don't actually have a lot of contact with them!!! I'll pick him up tonight though - I'll make DH stay in the car with DD.. lol

[Bathsheba]

We wrote very detailed accounts of each child's day in their communication books (which took almost an hour a day to do for 10 books...in between patting children to sleep etc... we did it while they napped...each child often got up to a page of a standard exercise book..... usually half a page per day). We also invited parents to write questions or queries in it and we would reply in written form underneath. When done well it can be a great tool for staying informed A much better method than having 10 parents ringing during the day every day (Eeeek!) Personally I never minded if a parent rang to pass on important info or asking a specific one-off question that couldn't wait until collection time.... but if every parent rang just to have a chat it would have made our working day quite challenging. That's not to put you off if you are genuinely concerned though If you are worried about something then they ought to be open to that.