Welcome to our Parents Page
Our relationship with our parents and carers are extremely important to us, and we aim to make you feel relaxed, reassured and extremely happy with the service we provide, We offer parents two settling in sessions with an optional staggered start for new parents and children.
This enables families to build a relationship with the nursery prior to your child actually starting at the nursery. We provide daily updates about your child's day with parents/carers.
Parent Partnership
No one knows your child better than you, so our partnership with parents is integral to our way of working. We ensure you have the time to discuss your child’s individual needs and progress with their appointed key person. However, our ‘open-door’ policy means that parents are welcome to come and speak to us at any time.
We promote home learning and encourage parents to participate and contribute to their child’s development, sharing information on a daily basis. Working in partnership with parents and/or carers is central to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS 2021). Consulting parents about children’s early experiences helps staff plan for effective learning at the nursery, and helps them support parents in continuing their children’s learning development at home.
Settling in
Each child is different so settling can vary from child to child. Settling in sessions enables families to build a relationship with the nursery prior to your child actually starting. It is so important for the key person and parents to share regular information including updates about new interests and new skills to ensure we are supporting your child at Little Treacles. Settling in sessions allow your child to gradually transition into their room at a pace suitable for both children and parents.
In the first settle, we set up your child’s file and this is where we exchange all the important information including All About Me forms and any funding paperwork if needed, we also ask you to bring in your child's birth certificate and red book. This session gives you time to stay with your little one, meet their key person and members of the team.
The second settle, we ask that you consider a drop off and pick up session to enable your child to get a sense of what the nursery day will be like when they start with us.