SETTLING IN POLICY

We want children to feel safe, stimulated and happy in our nursery and to feel secure and comfortable with staff. We also want parents to have confidence in both their children’s well being and their role as active parents and participants in their child’s development with the nursery.

AIM

We aim to make our nursery a welcoming place where children settle quickly and easily because consideration has been given to the individual needs and circumstances of children and their family.

METHODS

Before a child starts to attend the nursery, we use a variety of ways to provide the parents with information. These include written information (including our prospectus), displays about nursery activities and individual meeting with parents.

We provide opportunities for the child and the parents to visit the nursery. When a child starts to attend, we work with the parents to decide on the best way to help the child to settle into the nursery.

We allocate a key person to each child and family. The key person welcomes and looks after the child and the parents at the child’s first session.

Within the first four weeks of starting we discuss and work with the parents to create their child’s record of achievement.