Creche Policies
- Age Range: 3 months to 5 years
- Opening Hours: 7:30 to 5:45
- Collection: Children should be collected on time
- Illness or Accident: In the event of a child becoming ill or if an accident occurs, parents will be contacted. If a child develops an infectious illness, parents will be asked to inform the creche as to the nature of the illness, and to keep the child at home during the infectious period for the protection of other children and staff.
- Only persons identified by you will be allowed to collect the children. Authorization must be provided in writing.
Registration
You will be asked to complete forms on the following:
- Child records
- Personal Details
- Permission for Outings
- Accident and/or Emergency consent form
- Permission to be photographed or video recorded while in care of the nursery staff
- Medical Consent
- Getting to know your child record, this helps the staff to get to know your child better
You will meet the manager and any questions that you have will be answered.
Babies and Toddlers
We would ask all parents of children on formula milk to ensure that your child has adequate supplies, daily. The nursery will mark all bottles with black permanent marker. All bottles will be returned each evening, after being sterilised.
Each child needs to have a baby bag that has been labelled containing:
- Toiletries
- Bottles
- Nappies
- Baby Wipes
- Changes of Clothes
- Comforters, Soothers (teddy, blankets etc.)
All children at walking stage will need slippers for indoors and wellies for going out on the farm, if possible. It is important for all children to have a warm hat and coat, as we like to go out every day - if at all possible. In summer all children must have sun-block and a labelled sun hat.
Exclusion
A child will be excluded from the services if they have any of the following symptoms:
- Diarrhoea
- Vomiting
- A fever of 101°C/38°F, or above
- For first 24 hours on an antibiotic
- Communicable Diseases
- Chicken Pox, Measles, Hepatitis, Mumps, Meningitis, Head Lice
Settling in Period
Parents are allowed to remain with their child or children if necessary for the settling in period. However, this can lead to disruption of other children's routines, so we would ask you not to prolong your stay. Staff will treat children very sensitively if they are upset. Parents will be contacted if their child cannot settle.
We recommend shorter stays for the children for the first few days as they settle in - to give them a chance to acclimatize to their new eiviroment, especially if you find that they are upset.
