Keeping you engaged
How do we keep you in the loop?
Insights
Insights is our termly newsletter which we send to parents using Sway. This summarises everything we have been doing with the children over the term. It also provides information of upcoming nursery events and other useful information, such as when to register your child for a school place
Footsteps
Footsteps is an app that allows us to send observations straight to you and you can also do the same, we love to have you share your child’s homelife with the nursery
Keep up to date through our social media pages
Keep up to date through our social media pages
Parents evenings
We schedule meetings with parents, face to face or online. During these meetings your key person will summarise your child’s development and milestones
Dayshare
Dayshare is a platform that runs alongside Footsteps, this allows us to send you a daily log of your child's nappy changes, sleep times and what they have eaten
Key person and transitions
Starting nursery
We understand that your child starting nursery is a big milestone so we ensure that you are supported every step of the way. Firstly, we plan a transition schedule with you, this is where we settle your child into nursery over a period of 2 weeks. Tthis is done steadily with lots of communication between yourself and your designated key person. Your key person is a practitioner dedicated to settling your child in, keeping up with observations and having informed discussions as and when needed.
Moving classrooms
Your child's key person will remain with them until they transition into the next room, appropriate for their age and stage of development. This is done through a careful transition schedule We also operate a buddy system, which means, when your child's primary key person is away from the setting, there is a secondary key person to support your child who knows them equally as well, ensuring continuity of care.
Transition to school
We understand the emotions parents can feel when the time comes for their child to move on to school. We aim to make the transition as easy as possible for you and your child. In the time leading up to this milestone, we will spend time talking to your child and reading stories about school, We involve you, and will make suggestions about how and what to discuss. We also recommend a visit to the new school to introduce them to their new teacher. Each child has a transition form completed, which will be sent directly to the school so their new teacher is familiar with what stage of their development they are at as well as their likes and dislikes.
Invitations to parents and carers
Graduation
When it is time for our school leavers to fly the nest, we host a graduation ceremony for the families of school leavers. This is held on a Saturday we make the last of our memories with a Makaton sign language song preformed by the children, a graduation cap, gown and scroll for pictures and a parting certificate and gift.
Stay and play sessions
Throughout the year, we hold stay and play sessions, inviting parents and carers to join us at the setting. We love to have our families join us for a coffee and catch up during the week, see what we do and get stuck into playing with your child alongside the practitioners.
Fundraisers
Once a year, we host our 'Blooming tea party', this is when we raise money and awareness for Marie Curie cancer trust and collect donations for this wonderful cause. You are invited to grab a hot drink and slice of cake while we host party games for the children and a raffle.
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