YOUR CHILD'S WELFARE
Your Childs Welfare
We aim to provide a safe, stimulating, encouraging and inspiring environment in which all children can grow, develop and flourish at their own individual pace.
In order to ensure learning is of maximum value to each individual child, all our staff are quick to respond to each child’s particular interests and needs.
We also value input and the views of all parents and carers as this helps ensure our Staff provide children with a safe, enjoyable stimulating and encouraging environment throughout their stay at Burwood Preschool.
Children thrive from a base of loving and secure relationships. This is normally provided by a child’s parents but it can also be provided by a key person. A key person is a named member of staff with responsibilities for a small group of children who helps those children in the group feel safe and cared for. The role is an important one and an approach set out in the EYFS which is working successfully in settings and in reception classes. It involves the key person in responding sensitively to children’s feelings and behaviours and meeting emotional needs by giving reassurance, such as when they are new to a setting or class, and supporting the child’s well-being. The key person supports physical needs too, helping with issues like nappy changing, toileting and dressing. That person is a familiar figure who is accessible and available as a point of contact for parents and one who builds relationships with the child and parents or carers.
Before your child starts with us you will be offered a home visit. Your child’s key person and a member of the management team would visit you and your child in your own home environment.
Parents and children often feel more relaxed in their own home, and parents appreciate having time to talk on a one-to-one basis. It helps to develop a relationship and build trust in a more relaxed environment. After a home visit, parents often feel more confident in approaching a practitioner with comments and questions.
Children always remember and talk about a home visit long after the event; it is a special occasion in their lives and enhances the practitioner–child relationship. Digital photographs can be taken of the visit (with permission) and used, with the child, to recall the event. Seeing a child in their home environment can also help to explain certain behaviour patterns and interests.
You will also be given the opportunity to settle them with a short visit to the preschool.
We aim to provide a safe, stimulating, encouraging and inspiring environment in which all children can grow, develop and flourish at their own individual pace.
In order to ensure learning is of maximum value to each individual child, all our staff are quick to respond to each child’s particular interests and needs.
We also value input and the views of all parents and carers as this helps ensure our Staff provide children with a safe, enjoyable stimulating and encouraging environment throughout their stay at Burwood Preschool.
In the time leading up to the children leaving the preschool to start school the Key Persons will plan and provide a variety of activities to promote school readiness for example:
•Reading books together about starting school
•Role playing the teacher with the register
•Wearing school uniform for the day
Staff will also discuss with the children how they are feeling, taking an interest in what they say and engaging in conversations, for example asking them what their teacher's name is.
• We also value input and the views of all parents and carers as this helps ensure our Staff provide children with a safe, enjoyable stimulating and encouraging environment throughout their stay at Burwood Preschool.
• To provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment through a balance of directed and free choice activities aimed at all round child development.
•To encourage children to develop independence, self direction and self control.
•To develop self expression through various activities including drama, music, storytelling, science and other forms of play and activities.
•To provide a warm and welcome atmosphere through the development of excellent child, staff and parent partnerships.
•To ensure a safe environment which protects children from harm, abuse and neglect at all times.
•Develop mutual respect for individual and cultural differences.
•Effective use of assessment information to identify needs and plan the next steps for learning and development.
•Evaluating each child regularly to meet any changing needs.
•High standard of thoughtful and courteous behaviour.
•A thorough and concise monitoring and evaluation system and the effective use of all policies and procedures.
•The appropriate use of rewards and sanctions which promote children's emotional wellbeing.
The health and safety of children in our care is always our first priority. Whilst we believe in encouraging children to be independent and explore their environment, our first thought is always for their safety.
We understand that occasional knocks and bumps can happen with young children but are always fully prepared to deal with any accidents that may occur whilst your child is with us. Our preschool team always includes staff with a full paediatric first aid certificate and we provide regular first aid training to ensure staff are kept up to date
Children attending Burwood Preschool will experience a variety of healthy balanced and nutritious snacks. The quality of snacks served in our playgroup is such that we believe it will give them all of the energy they need for a busy day of play, learning and development.
A typical day at Burwood Preschool starts off with a mid morning snack of fruit with a cup of either water or milk . Around mid day the children eat their packed lunches which are provided by the parent/carers, and mid afternoon another fruit snack with a cup of water or milk. Burwood Preschool makes every effort to make meal times fun and an opportunity to learn. Burwood Preschool believe in educating children about food to encourage them to make healthy choices.
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