Ashington Children’s Nursery
London Road
Ashington
Pulborough
West Sussex
RH20 3JR
Open Monday to Friday
Early morning session 7.30 -8am
8am to 6pm
52 weeks a year
Excluding Bank Holidays
01903 892643
Website: www.ashingtonnursery.co.uk
Email: ashingtonnursery@gmail.com
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Index
Page 1 – Introduction
Page 2 – Index
Page 3 – About us
Page 4 – Nursery Staff
Page 5 – Aims and Objectives
Page 6 – Principles / Key person
Page 7 – Learning / The Curriculum
Page 8 – The Curriculum continued
Page 9 - Parental involvement/ Daily routine / Session times
Page 10 – Nursery prices / Healthy Eating and Drinking
Page 11 – Healthy Eating and Drinking continued /Snack / Children with allergies /
Sample menu
Page 12 – Sample menu continued/ Absence / Holidays / Health and Hygiene
Page 13 – What to provide / The nursery will provide / What to wear
Page 14 – Settling into the nursery / Welcome Policy
Page 15 – Settling in policy
Page 16 – Farewell policy / Registration Form / Consent Forms (information) / Emergency
treatment / Collection arrangement notification
Page 17 – Feedback
Page 18-20 - Registration form
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Ashington Children’s Nursery
About us
Ashington Children’s Nursery opened in the spring of 2012. Formerly a church building
that is situated in the village of Ashington. The building has been completely
refurbished throughout the property. The design provides open, light and airy rooms.
The three main rooms – Twinkle Stars (babies from 3 months to approximately 24
months depending on their individual development and learning needs), Shooting stars
(Toddlers – the 2-3 year olds) and the All Stars (preschool children aged 3 and 4)
provide a homely, fun, exciting, happy and warm environment for your child.
We are part of a portfolio of nurseries in rural locations and along the West Sussex
coast. Our nurseries are A Step Ahead Children’s Nursery in Lower Beeding ‘Ofsted
Outstanding’, Little Acorns in Southwater, West Chiltington Montessori ‘Ofsted
Outstanding’, A Step Ahead Lancing and A Step Ahead Shoreham. We pride ourselves
on being a friendly and fun loving staff team who enhance your child’s learning and
development through use of exciting and creative activities. Our Ofsted inspections
demonstrate many of our strengths and highlight the positive outcomes we achieve
through the way we care for each and every child.
We have a large outdoor area, with a variety of resources and equipment, which is
surrounded by a secure 6ft fence. Children have either a dedicated age specific time in
the garden which gives the opportunity for the children to engage in age appropriate
activities. We also have times during the day when the entire nursery join together; this
gives opportunity for siblings to play together.
At lunch and tea time we serve a hot homemade meal prepared on site by our cook Jo. If
your child has food intolerances or allergies we will arrange a 1:1 meeting with Jo and
Suzanne the Nursery Manager to go into more detail and create a food plan for your
child (see example menu - page 13). Children have a fruit and vegetable snack in the
morning.
We encourage the children to become independent, for example they may be asked to
set their place setting at lunch, collecting a plate, bowl, and cutlery and named place
mat, pour their own water with support if needed. This ensures that the children are not
sitting around passively whilst we serve the lunch they are active and becoming
independent. All this is supervised to ensure safety and hygiene is maintained at all
times.
We encourage a partnership relationship with parents and are very eager to share and
extend experiences for the children from home into the nursery and vice versa. We
welcome visits from prospective parents and their children. We are also keen to start
parent forum to provide social events, where staff and parents/families/friends can get
together informally, for example BBQs, quiz’s, sport’s day.
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Nursery Team
Suzanne Charlesworth
Nursery Manager
Suzanne is highly qualified in childcare and has come to us at Ashington from working as a QTLS
Lecturer and Assessor in early years delivering a range of qualification from level 2 to Foundation
Degree. Suzanne managed a full day care nursery prior to starting as a Lecturer and is excited to be
back in practice.
All Stars Room (3 to 5 years)
Lorraine Coward – Deputy Nursery Manager and Room Leader Level 3
Danielle Ray Early Years Teacher
Megan Bishop Level 2
Shooting Stars (2 – 3 years)
Yvonne Harper- Room Leader Level 3
Amy Etheridge Level 3
Grace Taswell Level 2, Apprentice Level3
Chloe Coward Apprentice Level 3
Pam Brooker Nursery Nurse Assistant
Twinkles (3months – 2 years)
Nina Bebb – Room Leader Level 3
Kerry Clilverd Level 3
Hannah Harber Level3
Gina Ramsay Nursery Nurse Assistant
Nursery Owner/ Business Manager
Antonia Ogden-Meade RGN, MSc, Early Years Professional
Antonia Ogden-Meade has worked in Quality and Performance for over 20 years. She
started her career in the NHS as a Nurse and worked in Children's health services for a
number of years before going into performance and operational management. Having
been an Executive Director of Performance and Operations for 4 years, Antonia left the
NHS to set up her own Nursery in 2006 and has since expanded her successful business.
In 2013 Antonia was successful in her application to become an Ofsted Inspector for
Early Years and is head of quality improvement for the nurseries and carries out monthly
audits as part of our continuous improvement. Her knowledge and understanding from
undertaking the Ofsted training has been of great support to the team.
Head of Operations
Lorraine Brown – NVQ 3 / ILM Dip in Leadership and Management
Lorraine Brown moved to work with A Step Ahead Ltd from working in the NHS as
Family and Childcare Coordinator for 10 years. Her role within the NHS was to manage
hospital on site nurseries across West Sussex and she also advised on national panels in
relation to providing quality childcare in the NHS. Lorraine’s strengths are ensuring
that the child is at the centre of all learning experiences and the staff team as a whole
are meeting parent expectations.
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Aims and Objectives
To provide a safe, happy environment with the appropriate adult to child ratio in
accordance to national legislation and best practice guidance.
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For children to reach their full potential through activities with meaning and
purpose encouraging individuality.
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To encourage parental/carer involvement by keeping them informed in their
child’s progress, group plan and activities.
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To enhance the children’s confidence and self-esteem by praise and
encouragement.
To plan and provide a wide range of equipment and activities with appropriate
adult interaction where the children can succeed.
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To follow child led play but to link this with a semi-structured term plan creating
progression in the children’s learning abilities, linking their skills and
understanding.
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To provide a well balanced curriculum, this will encourage the children to use
their ideas and imagination to further their understanding of the world.
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To encourage the staff to update and further their training to ensure quality
care for the children.
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To provide a childcare centre in which children are treated and respected
equally regardless of gender, race, disability, faith or religion.
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Principles
Children
To be kept safe at all times
 To come first at all times
 To be shown respect and their views heard
 To be given choices whenever possible
 To feel valued and important
 To have fun within sensible boundaries
 To be given the environment to learn naturally at their own pace
To learn important life skills: independence, respect of themselves and the
respect of others
 To be given positive encouragement and their self-esteem boosted
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Parents
To know that their children are kept safe at all times
 To know that they are important
 To know that we care about their children
To know that they are the most important person in their child’s life
 To feel they can talk to us about anything
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Staff
 To be accommodating with parent’s requirements where possible and where not
possible to have an open discussion with parents with clear rationale
 To feel valued and happy
 To be flexible with their colleagues
 To be professional at all times
 To feel that they can discuss any issues/concerns with senior management
All our staff has enhanced disclosure Police checks (DBS) and our recruitment process
follows OFSTED guidelines. All staff also has annual appraisals with quarterly
supervision meetings and a training plan to ensure we offer the best care possible for all
our children using the latest resources and techniques.
A key person who works with your child
Our key person system gives each member of staff responsibility for just a few
children. Each child in the group has one special adult to relate to, which can make
settling into the group much easier. The key person maintains links with your child’s
home setting, working with you the parent/carer through shared record keeping to
ensure that all children are supported in reaching their full potential. Your child’s
learning journal is shared with you at parents/carers update meetings but is available
for you to see at any time. All progress against the Early Years Foundation Stage
programme is recorded in the journal alongside the next steps identified to support
ongoing progress. The journals are sent to your child’s school to support their transition
as they enter Reception. We are always happy to speak to you about your child’s
progress. This can be arranged within session times, in a formal parents/carers evening
meeting, or before/after sessions whichever is more convenient for you.
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Learning
A monthly topic is used to plan activities around the areas of learning; this is usually
derived from children’s interest. This plan is usually displayed on the Parents
Information Boards at the entrance to the nursery. The plan ensures we have the right
resources in place to support learning and development but we are flexible in our
approach so that the learning is ‘child led’ where possible. Your child’s previous
knowledge will be used to tailor activities to their ability and their progress reviewed
regularly.
Each day we take care to provide activities, where we use equipment appropriate to the
age and stage development of the children, to stimulate their interests, encourage
investigation skills and enable children to practise existing skills, to extend and acquire
new skills.
We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) programme which ensures that your
child’s learning and development is fully supported and encourages them to reach their
potential. We develop activities and experiences, and extend opportunities which the
children themselves have identified which ensure we are constantly supporting the
learning and development of the children on an individual level. Through these adult and
child led experiences we can also make sure that all the themes are being addressed and
that your child is achieving to their potential.
There are four overarching principles:
 A Unique Child
 Positive Relationships
 Enabling Environments
 Children’s Development and Learning
The prime areas of Learning and Development are:
 Communication and language;
 Physical development;
 Personal Social and Emotional development
Four specific areas, through which the three prime areas are strengthened and applied.
The specific areas are:
 Literacy;
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Mathematics;
Understanding the world;
Expressive arts and design
Prime Areas
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Communication and language development involves giving children opportunities to
experience a rich language environment; to develop their confidence and skills in
expressing themselves; and to speak and listen in a range of situations.
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2. Physical development involves providing opportunities for young children to be
active and interactive; and to develop their co-ordination, control, and movement.
Children must also be helped to understand the importance of physical activity, and
to make healthy choices in relation to food.
3. Personal, social and emotional development involves helping children to develop a
positive sense of themselves, and others; to form positive relationships and develop
respect for others; to develop social skills and learn how to manage their feelings; to
understand appropriate behaviour in groups; and to have confidence in their own
abilities.
Specific Areas
4. Literacy development involves encouraging children to link sounds and letters and to
begin to read and write. Children must be given access to a wide range of reading
materials (books, poems, and other written materials) to ignite their interest.
5. Mathematics involves providing children with opportunities to develop and improve
their skills in counting, understanding and using numbers, calculating simple addition
and subtraction problems; and to describe shapes, spaces, and measures.
6. Understanding the world involves guiding children to make sense of their physical
world and their community through opportunities to explore, observe and find out
about people, places, technology and the environment.
7. Expressive arts and design involves enabling children to explore and play with a
wide range of media and materials, as well as providing opportunities and
encouragement for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings through a variety of
activities in art, music, movement, dance, role-play, and design and technology.
Would you like to know more about the Early Years Foundation Stage?
Further information regarding our curriculum and the Foundation Stage is available in
the Nursery entrance on display or within the Curriculum Policy. Our Early Years Lead
(Antonia) would be happy to talk you through the Early Years Foundation Stage
programme and our innovative implementation tools which mean your child learns through
fun and play. We work to identify the strengths and challenges for every child on an
individual level which means we (the key person in partnership with you) can then build a
learning plan for every child to ensure that they can achieve to their potential.
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Parental Involvement
We recognise parents as the first and most important educators of their children. Our
nursery aims to support parents by providing a safe and stimulating environment for
each child. Parents are encouraged to be active members of the nursery formally and
informally. We have opportunities to help with fund raising events, children’s parties and
various activities.
An example of our daily routine
7.30-8am early morning children arrive free play
8-9 children arrive – breakfast and free play
9-10 Free flow play including garden and planned activity
10 – 10.30 Morning snack
10.30-11 Group time; singing, story and supported learning events,
Getting ready for garden time
11-11.50 garden time
11.55 – Get ready for lunch
12.00pm – Lunch-time
12.30 – Story time, change of nappies
1.00 Some children arrive whilst a few leave – quiet time
13.15- 3 Sleep and rest time
3-4 Story time, adult/child led experience or garden time
4–4.30 Afternoon tea
4.30 onwards free play, stories, songs and games to support physical development
6 Home time
The above is an example – depending on the weather, the interests and needs of the
children, birthdays, festivals, etc - we often change the routine to make the day as
exciting and stimulating as possible.
Session Times
Day
Morning session
(includes breakfast
and lunch)
Afternoon session
(includes tea)
Monday to Friday
08.00-13.00
13.00–18.00
Early Bird Session daily 7.30am to 8am on request
Additional hour from 1-2pm or two hours from 1-3pm available on request
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Nursery Prices
Age Group
Weekly
(50 hrs)
Daily
(10 hrs)
Half Day
(5 hours)
Additional hour
3 years and under
£211.50
£47
£26
£6
3 years and over
£202.50
£45
£24
£5.50
Early Start
7.30 – 8am
£3.50
* Please note – the government ‘free entitlement’ grant applies to children in the term
following their 3rd birthday. A maximum of 15 hours can be accessed each week during
term time only. The free entitlement can be accessed in isolation and we would be happy
to give you further detail about the grant on request. There is no charge for cooked
lunch or tea with the FEG hours.
Two year funding grant is available and applies to children during term time.
We provide a limited number of term time only places, please ask for more information.
N.B. Invoices are sent out approx 18th day of each month, and then are payable the first
day of the month, a month in advance. Hourly rates apply to a maximum of two additional
hours to extend a half day subject to availability. All permanent changes to sessions
must be made in writing (slips available from Rooms or email). Any reduction in sessions
or termination requires a month’s notice – additional sessions will be accommodated as
soon as the place is available. No charge will be made for Bank holidays as the nursery
will be closed. No discount is given for holiday’s therefore full fees are required for
holidays.
Healthy Eating and Drinking
Here at Ashington Children’s Nursery we believe that if good eating habits are instilled
at an early age, they would become habits of a lifetime. Our aim is to promote healthy
eating and drinking and a healthy lifestyle, to enjoy healthy foods and talk about healthy
experiences. Therefore the staff at the nursery will endeavour to provide a healthy
nutritional balanced diet for all children who attend. Water is available for children to
drink in the rooms throughout the day.
The daily menu is displayed for your information just inside the nursery on our parent
information boards and on our website. Lunch is served between 11.50 and 12.00 noon,
tea is served at 4.00 pm and both are included within the fees. Meals are a whole
nursery event.
We aim to introduce children to new foods and at the same time promote healthy eating
as part of your child’s development. We also provide vegetarian meals and cater for
particular dietary needs. The menu is offered to all children – including babies once
weaned. Alternative dishes and fresh fruit are always available. Breakfast is available
for children that arrive from 7.30-8.30am with cereal or toast being provided.
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Snack time
Each day your child is offered a healthy snack and a drink or either water or milk. This
is a time when children learn important social skills, such as sharing, good manners and
building relationships with their peers, asking their friends to pass bowls, cups etc. This
helps in building their confidence and strengthens their independence.
In the baby room snack time is more flexible and aims to meet the needs of the children
present. The under 2’s will be offered soft fruit, rice cakes or breadsticks and fresh
water and or milk
Children with Allergies and Intolerances
If your child has a food allergy or intolerance we will arrange a 1:1 meeting with the
manager and cook to ensure we totally understand the needs of your child. If your child
has complex food allergies we will request your Health Visitor or GP signs the Health
Care Plan as acknowledgment of additional requirements.
A sample general lunch/tea menu is:
Monday
Lunch
Roast chicken & gravy with seasonal vegetables & roast potatoes
Fresh fruit salad
Tea
Macaroni Cheese
Peaches & Cream
Tuesday
Lunch
Shepherd’s Pie & peas
Homemade Rice Pudding
Tea
Jacket Potato with cheese or beans
Fruit Jelly
Wednesday
Lunch
Toad in the Hole with seasonal vegetables
Banana Custard
Tea
Homemade soup & Roll
Blackcurrant Milk Jelly
Thursday
Lunch
Macaroni Cheese, sweet corn & garlic bread
Fruit jelly & Ice Cream
Tea
Chicken chow mien
Banana
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Friday
Lunch
Sweet & sour Chicken with Rice
Apple Crumble
Tea
Pitta bread selection and vegetable sticks
Yogurt
We work with parents around allergies and intolerances and are happy to keep a food
diary for your child whilst at nursery for you to review and compare to any reactions
noted.
Absence
In order to fulfil our legal requirements, if you know that your child will be absent from
a session (e.g. doctors appointment, a family holiday, etc) you must inform us in writing
prior to the event. In the case of illness a telephone call in the morning on
01903 892643 will be adequate. Full fees are required during absence.
Holidays
The Nursery is open for 52 weeks of the year; we close on bank holidays and no charges
apply. No discount is provided for holiday periods, therefore full fees are required.
Health and Hygiene
Parents are asked to keep their children at home if they have any infection and to
inform the nursery as to the nature of the infection. This will allow the staff to alert
other parents as necessary (e.g. chickenpox) and to make careful observations of any
child who seems unwell.
Parents are asked not to bring in a child that has been vomiting for at least 48 hours
after the last episode of vomiting and only once your child is eating and drinking
normally. If a child has had diarrhoea we ask that there is 48 hours from the last bout
of diarrhoea before your child returns to Nursery. In the event of your child becoming
ill, a member of staff will contact you or the emergency contact person and your child
should be collected as soon as possible.
Further information is attached in the registration forms at the end of the parent’s
guide and in the Policy and Procedure file in the Nursery reception area or can be
emailed on request.
We follow the Public Health England guidelines for early year’s settings and this can be
viewed via the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/353953
/Guidance_on_infection_control_in_schools_11_Sept.pdf
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You will need to provide the following for your child:
A spare set of clothes in a bag (including underwear). All items should be clearly
labelled.
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A suitable outdoor coat and Wellington boots both named.
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Soft shoes or slippers for indoors, again both named.
Sun hat and long sleeved clothing – clearly named (during the nicer weather).
If your child has a comforter please feel free to bring this to nursery. We try
to discourage children bringing in toys but encourage links for show and tell (e.g.
umbrella for weather activity or postcards/photos for holiday themed activity).
The nursery will provide the following:
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Sleep/rest mats, clean sheets and blankets
Lots of loving care and attention
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Aprons
Snack at 10am, a hot nutritious lunch (incorporated within the 8am – 1pm session)
tea at 4pm (incorporated within the 1pm – 6pm session).
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Nappies and wipes if required.
What to wear
Learning and playing can sometimes be messy!
Although we provide aprons we advise you to dress your child in clothes that are easily
washable. We also encourage independence; therefore simple clothing, which they can
handle themselves, will enable them to use the toilet without being dependant on others.
Dungarees might look attractive but can cause delays in getting to the toilet on time!
It is useful if you can provide your child with a bag of spare clothes (pair of socks,
pants, trousers and t-shirt) just in case of an accident as it is quite normal for a young
child to become so absorbed in an activity that they forget to visit the toilet. All items
of clothing, including shoes, should be clearly labelled with your child’s name to avoid any
mix-ups and anxiety.
For safety reasons we request that no jewellery should be worn in pre-school. For
pierced ears small studs or sleepers are acceptable if necessary, however parents must
take full responsibility for loss or damage.
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Settling into the Nursery
We want your child to feel safe and happy in our nursery. A child that is anxious or
unhappy will not fulfil their potential. Our settling procedures aim to help parents and
children feel comfortable and to ensure that they can benefit from what we have to
offer with confidence.
You and your child are invited to come and have a look around the nursery prior to
starting. This is an opportunity to meet staff and see what we do. Any special needs or
requirements can be discussed. Our Equal Opportunities Policy and Inclusion Policy go
into more detail and a copy is available from any member of staff at your request.
It is not uncommon for a young child to be upset when starting at a nursery. To minimise
any distress we can be as flexible as your child needs whilst settling into a new routine.
We support parents staying with their child to settle them before leaving on the first
couple of visits to the nursery, gradually building up to longer absences depending on the
child.
Welcome Policy
Parents/children are asked to ring the bell as they arrive for the morning session the
babies and toddlers go in the front of the building and pre-schoolers in the side gate,
the side gate is open in the morning from 8am to 9am. The gate will then be locked from
the inside for the morning and reopened at 12.45pm for lunchtime collection and again at
5.00pm.
A staff member will open the door to greet you and your child and the children are
encouraged where appropriate to find their coat peg in the child’s classroom, hang up
their coat and bag and self register.
Staff members settle in the children by encouraging them to join in activities or to wave
to their parents or greet new arrivals. Parents are asked to sign their child in and out on
the register with the time of arrival and departure and a member of staff takes any
information necessary from the parent (for example if there is a change to who will be
collecting their child).
Settling in Policy
At Ashington Children’s Nursery we want children to feel safe, stimulated and happy
within the setting and to feel secure and comfortable with the staff. We also want
parents to have confidence in both their children’s well being and their role as active
partners with Ashington Children’s Nursery.
We aim to make the setting a welcoming place where children settle quickly and easily
because consideration has been given to the individual needs and circumstances of
children and their families.
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These are some of the ways we support you and your child when joining the Nursery:
Before the child starts to attend the setting, we use a variety of ways to
provide his/her parents with information. These include a Registration Pack
(including our prospectus and policies) an initial visit by the parent/carer to have
a look around, information about activities carried out within the setting, along
with our room routines. We also hold information evenings and individual
meetings with parents.
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Whenever possible before the child is due to start Ashington Children’s Nursery
we provide opportunities for the children and parents to visit the setting.
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We allocate a key person to each child and his/her family before she/he starts
to attend; where possible the key person welcomes and looks after the child and
his/her parents at the child’s first session and during the settling in process.
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We use warm-up sessions for the child to attend with his/her parents to start
off with, gradually reducing the parent’s attendance once the child has settled.
We will also use this time to go through the registration documents to clarify
everything with parents and create a file for the particular child.
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When a child starts to attend we explain the process of settling in with his/her
parents and jointly decide on the best way to help the child settle into the
setting.
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We have an expectation that the parents, carer or close relative, will stay with
the child for the first warm-up session, gradually taking time away from the
child, increasing this as the child becomes more confident.
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We judge a child to be settled when they have formed a relationship with their
key person; for example the child looks for the key person when he\she arrives,
goes to them for comfort, and seems pleased to be with them. The child is also
familiar with where things are and is pleased to see other children and
participate in activities.
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When parents leave we encourage them to say good-bye to their child and
explain that they will be coming back, and when.
We recognise that some children will settle more easily than others but that
some children are not ready to be left, so we request that their parent stays for
at least the first warm-up session.
Farewell Policy
We usually use ‘story time’ to create an environment where parents can pick their
children and discuss their day with the child and/or staff.
Parents/carers are encouraged to come right into the room to collect their child.
Parents/carers are asked to sign children out on the register and staffs are available to
chat to parents about their day passing on any relevant information or messages, under
2’s have daily feedback sheets. Parents are then responsible for collecting coats and
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any pictures/letters to go home, from their child’s drawer situated outside the child’s
classroom.
Any parents who are more than 5 minutes late collecting their child maybe be charged a
£10 late collection fee for each 10 minutes (or part of each 10 minutes thereafter) as
the nursery is staffed according to children’s session times and additional staff will
need to be kept back to care for your child. The nursery is registered to provide
childcare from 7.30am until 6pm and therefore all children should arrive from 8am
onwards unless early bird sessions are booked and leave the site by 6pm. Should you
wish to have a more detailed handover about your child’s day and are collecting at the
end of the day, please allow time to speak to staff before the nursery closes at 6pm.
We appreciate that unforeseen things happen and ask that if you are going to be late
please ring to let us know as we will need to arrange for additional staff cover.
Registration Form and Consent Forms
Initially if you wish to apply for a place in the nursery we request that you complete the
following registration form and return it to us.
We ask you to provide at least one contact number other than the main carers’ home
mobile number in the case of emergencies. If your child becomes ill during a session and
needs to leave before then end it will reduce distress if we can assure them that we
have contacted a relative or friend. Please notify a member of staff promptly if there
are any changes of address or telephone numbers. In addition there are other forms
that are required to be completed depending on circumstances. These include the
following:
Emergency Treatment Form
This form needs to be completed for every child even if you do not wish for emergency
treatment to be given to your child. In this instance you should notify on the form what
your wishes are.
Collection Arrangements Notification
It is important that we are informed of anyone else, besides named parents/guardians,
who are authorised to collect your child. Children will only be released into the care of
authorised adults. If you are interested in a password scheme, please indicate on this
form.
Feedback
If having read this information you any questions – please do ask them! We welcome
visits, and we welcome questions and comments. We want to be the best nursery in
West Sussex so all suggestions/thoughts/ideas are always welcomed in person, by email
or anyway you choose to convey them.
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REGISTRATION FORM
Child’s name in full:
CONFIDENTIAL
Date of Birth:
Religion/ custom:
First Language:
Ethnic origin:
Home Address:
Mother’s mobile:
Home Tel no:
Email:
Father’s mobile
Home Tel no:
Email:
Mother’s place of work and Tel no:
Mother’s Name:
Parental responsibility Y/N (please delete as required)
Father’s Name:
Father’s place of work and Tel no:
Parental responsibility Y/N (please delete as required)
Other person(s) with legal contact: To be
Name:
completed where those persons with parental
responsibility are separated and an S8 Order is in place
Address:
Contact numbers:
Relationship to child:
Child-minder details (if applicable):
Emergency contact names and Tel no: Must be
over 16 years of age. Include STD no. and mobile. The
authorised person will need to confirm password before we
release the child.
Name 1:
Tel no.:
Relationship to child:
Doctor’s name and practice address:
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Name 2:
Tel no.:
Relationship to child:
Doctor’s Tel no:
Company Number: 04476246
Health Visitor name and Tel no:
Immunisations / vaccinations:
Has your child received the following immunisations? Please
confirm and provide date of immunisations given.
Two
months
old
Does your child have any ongoing medical
conditions? Please give details:
Three
months
old
Please specify if external agencies are
involved e.g. Paediatrician, Consultant, Dietician,
5-in-1 (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
vaccine - diphtheria,
tetanus, pertussis
(whooping cough), polio
and Haemophilus
influenzae type b (Hib).
Yes
□
No □
Date:
Pneumococcal (PCV)
vaccine.
Yes
□
No □
Date:
Rotavirus vaccine.
Yes
□
No □
Date:
5-in-1 (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
vaccine, second dose diphtheria, tetanus,
pertussis (whooping
cough), polio and
Haemophilus influenzae
type b (Hib).
Yes
□
No □
Date:
Meningitis C vaccine.
Yes
□
No □
Date:
Rotavirus, second dose.
Yes
□
No □
Date:
5-in-1 (DTaP/IPV/Hib)
vaccine, third dose diphtheria, tetanus,
pertussis (whooping
cough), polio and
Haemophilus influenzae
type b (Hib).
Yes
□
No □
Date:
Pneumococcal (PCV)
vaccine, second dose.
Yes
□
No □
Date:
Hib/Men C booster Haemophilus influenza
type b (Hib), forth dose
and meningitis C, second
dose.
Yes
□
No □
Date:
MMR vaccine – mumps,
measles and rubella.
Yes
□
No □
Date:
Pneumococcal (PCV)
vaccine, third dose.
Yes
□
No □
Yes
□
No □
Date:
Yes
□
No □
Date:
Yes
□
No □
Date:
Speech and Language Therapist, etc:
Four
months
old
Does your child have a special need or
disabilities? If yes please give details.
Between
12 and
13
months
old
Two to
three
years
Flu vaccine
Three
years
and four
months
or soon
after
MMR vaccine, second
dose – mumps, measles
and rubella.
4-in-1 (DTaP/IPV) preschool booster - diphtheria,
tetanus, pertussis
(whooping cough) and
polio.
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Company Number: 04476246
Date:
Does your child take any medication for
any reason?
Does your child have any of the following? If
your child has any or any other health condition please gives
details below and how it is to be addressed and treated.
Asthma
Communication and Speech
impediment
Hearing/ sight impediment
Epilepsy
Eczema
Heart Conditions
Diabetes (Delete Type 1 or 2)
Y/ N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Y/N
Details any known allergies or intolerances:
Does your child use an Auto-injector e.g. Epipen? Give details.
Details of specific dietary requirements:
Does your child require a health care plan?
Including e.g. vegetarian, known dislikes, cultural
requirements, etc.
Yes □ No □
Minimum periods of exclusion for most common childhood illnesses
Disease/ rash/ illness
Antibiotics Prescribed
Temperature i.e. 39 Plus
Vomiting
Diarrhoea
Conjunctivitis
Scarlet Fever & Streptococcal
infection of the throat
Impetigo
Pediculosis (head lice)
Ringworm of the scalp
Ringworm of body
Scabies
Measles
Chickenpox




Minimal exclusion period / treatment
First day at home if a new antibiotic regime
If sent home ill, child must be off for 24 hours
If sent home ill, child must be off for at least 48 hours
and must be able to eat and drink as normal before
coming back to nursery
48 hours after last bout – the child must be able to
eat and drink as normal before coming back to
nursery
No exclusion
Child can return 24 hours after starting appropriate
antibiotic treatment
Until lesions are crusted and healed, or 48 hours
after starting antibiotic treatment
Until appropriate treatment is given
Until cured
Seldom necessary to exclude provided treatment is
being given
Children can return after appropriate treatment has
been given
Four days from onset of rash
Until all spots (vesicles) have crusted over
The parent/carer agrees to collect a child who becomes ill whilst in the care as soon as
possible and abide by our exclusion period.
They also agree to inform us if their child contracts an infectious disease or head lice.
The childcare staff do their best to comfort children who become ill during the day and we
will inform you as necessary and under policy when their temperature exceeds 39
degrees.
We will also advise you of any outbreaks of infectious diseases or cases of head lice.
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Company Number: 04476246
First aid
I hereby give consent for my child to be given any emergency First aid treatment as deemed
necessary by the staff of the nursery. I will inform the staff of any known allergies that may affect
treatment.
Signed………………………
Parent/Guardian
Date……………….
Medication
I give my consent for any medication that I have given to the staff to be administered to my child, by
them and agree to complete the necessary documentation to enable this to happen.
Signed………………………..
Parent/Guardian Date………………..
Sun cream and baby wipes
I give consent for baby wipes, sun protection and nursery sun cream to be used on my child by the
nursery staff.
Signed………………………..
Parent/Guardian Date………………..
Photographs and videos
I give consent for my child to be photographed/ videoed whilst in nursery or on outings for nursery
displays internally and on the nursery website and Facebook, also local/ national newspapers
(Delete which ones you do not consent for).
I also give consent for my child to appear in photographs/videos taken by or for other parents to
mark special events (such as birthdays, plays and Christmas parties).
Signed………………………
Parent/Guardian Date………………..
Collection by another person
I may need someone other than myself and or partner to collect my/ our child from nursery. I will
inform a staff member at the beginning of the session. The following people may collect my child;
1. Name, contact No’s and relationship to:
2. Name, contact No’s and relationship to:
My password is………………………………………..this is for emergency in the event that someone
not named above has to collect my child and I have not informed the Room Leader or Nursery
Manager.
Signed………………………..
Parent/Guardian
Date………………..
Off site outings
I give permission for staff members to take my child off-site for walks or outings, which may be
linked to the terms themes.
Signed………………………..
Parent/Guardian
Date………………..
Data protection
I accept that A Step Ahead Day Nursery will be keeping information about my child, and understand
it will only be used for nursery purposes. I am happy for my email address to be used for nursery
communication.
Signed……………………….. Parent/Guardian
Date………………..
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Company Number: 04476246
Sessions Required
Sessions
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Early 7.30-8am
Morning 8-1pm
Additional hour 1pm2pm
Additional two hours
1pm-3pm
Afternoon 1-6pm
Start date required: ……………………………
I have read and accepted the terms and conditions set out in the Parent’s Guide
(available on our website or in the nursery). I understand and acknowledged the
policies as laid out in this parents guide and understand that I can view the policies
and procedures in full at my leisure within the nursery. I enclose a non-refundable
registration fee of £35.00. All cheques are payable to Ashington Children’s Nursery. I
agree to pay all childcare fees upon receipt of the invoice in advance of the following
months fees on the first of each month. I understand that late payment of fees may
incur a late payment fee of £25 every 5 days. I agree to give one month’s written
notice of any reduction in sessions. I understand that I will make payment when I
take my child out of nursery e.g. annual holiday.
Signed Parents/ Guardians:
Print Name:
Date:
Office:
Details entered onto Connect
Settling dates arranged
Registration fee
Confirmation of start date
Updated 24/08/15
Details, date and initial
Company Number: 04476246