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Work Matters: Management Focus - The final countdown

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The new nursery is about to open and the lists of tasks just keep getting longer ... Derek Hayes is grateful the staff are undaunted.

There's just a week to go until New Dimensions Daycare is due toofficially open. Subject to a successful Ofsted registration visit, ofcourse - which is arranged for in a few days. I've been chasing uphealth declarations and co-ordinating the fire inspection visit while inRomania. Not an ideal time for a trip, but I was booked to conduct EYFStraining for a wonderful 'British style' nursery and didn't want to missout.

With the help of my mobile phone, I kept in touch with what was going onin Lewisham. All staff have now started and are gelling as a team,excited and not too daunted by the prospect of unpacking the 130-plusboxes from Community Playthings.

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