Key Workers...
Key workers are your immediate point of contact when your child starts the setting. Each member of staff has a designated group of key children whom they focus on. Your child will be designated a key worker usually on their first day but sometimes it can take a little longer to decide who your child is going to relate to the best. We try not to change keyworkers once they have been established but on occasion this may be needed, for example due to a staff members long term absence from the setting or a child not forming a close bond with the staff member. We will notify you of any changes we make.
Your key worker will be responsible for filling in your child's home to preschool book each week (see below for details) and will aim to talk to you face to face at least twice per week. Collection times are often very busy and it may not always be possible for staff to talk to you each day in a lengthy discussion. If we have important news to pass on to you we will do so that same day.
Your key worker will be responsible for filling in your child's home to preschool book each week (see below for details) and will aim to talk to you face to face at least twice per week. Collection times are often very busy and it may not always be possible for staff to talk to you each day in a lengthy discussion. If we have important news to pass on to you we will do so that same day.
Home to Preschool Books...
These are our way of keeping you informed of what your child does each week as well as us gathering information from you. Staff fill in the books at the end of each child's time at the preschool so for example if your child attends Tuesdays and Thursdays their book will be filled in on the Thursday. You then return the book when they return to preschool the following week. The information you provide in the book is used to offer new and exciting learning experiences for the children based on their own home experiences.
Learning Journals...
These are the main way of recording your child's time at the setting and form a big part of what the staff do. Each child has a learning journal in the form of a scrap book which we fill with information about your child. Data collected may take the form of photos, notes, their work, written work etc. Staff monitor the children at all times and make notes of anything they say or do that's of interest or shows that your child has learnt something. The information is recorded chronologically in the book to show how your child has progressed over the years. We also corss reference the information to the EYFS so you can see how your child is meating the expected ranges within the framework.
We like to think of the journals as more of a beautiful way of capturing your child as they grow rather than a record of how clever a child is. The books are lovely keepsakes which can be used to store any items you want to keep safe even after your child leaves us.
We like to think of the journals as more of a beautiful way of capturing your child as they grow rather than a record of how clever a child is. The books are lovely keepsakes which can be used to store any items you want to keep safe even after your child leaves us.
Health and Hygiene...
We encourage the children to be fully invovled in all aspects of preschool life including cleaning and tidying up etc. The staff aim to teach the children not only how to stay healthy and clean but also why! The children know how to tidy their own cups and plates away at dinner times as well as when to wash their hands. We aim to serve healthy snacks and drinks at snack time and have just signed on to the 'HEALTHY HEROES' scheme which works with children and their familes to improve knowledge about all aspects of keeping healthy in daily life... from sleeping to eating to food choices.
Hand washing (left and right) is an important part of our daily routine. The children know how to use the soap, and wash their hands in their own special sink in the preschool room.
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