Policies

All of our policies can be found in the PDF document listed below. However, a few of our key points which effect the day to day running of our preschool are:

What do you need to bring?
Please just bring a change of clothes and a water bottle. We will provide everything else! (Unless other arrangements have been agreed).
Withdrawal Policy:
Parents are required to provide a 4 week notice before withdrawing a child from the preschool or making permanent changes to hours.
Toilet Training:
Toilet doors are kept locked and secure at all times, so children will need to ask for adult support. This helps maintain a clean area and also futher prepares children for school when they might have to ask to leave the classroom to use the toilets, for example. 
When the children first begin toileting staff will accompany the children to help and support them while they use the toilet and will help them to clean themselves after using the toilet. As they get older and are more confident in using the bathroom staff will encourage the children to clean themselves in order to be school ready. After using the toilet staff will also make sure all children wash and dry their hands.
Accident policy 
Our main aim is to keep children safe at all times, while we understand that allowing them to take measured and careful risks is essential in their development. We recognise that accidents and incidents may still occur, in all cases we will fill out an accident sheet detailing where the accident or incident took place and what happened. These forms are reviewed monthly to see if there is anything we as a setting need to look at in order to reduce the risks in a particular area.
Behaviour Management:
Promoting Positive Behaviour - Positive behaviour is encouraged through; Warm, secure relationships with key persons; Clear, age-appropriate boundaries and expectations; Positive language and modelling respectful behaviour; Consistent routines; Praise and recognition of positive actions; Teaching children about feelings and emotions; Supporting turn-taking, sharing and kindness; Providing an enabling environment that reduces triggers for unwanted behaviour.
Responding to Challenging Behaviour - When behaviour requires support, staff will; Remain calm and model appropriate behaviour; Acknowledge the child’s feelings; Clearly explain the boundary in simple language; Support the child to make safe choices; Help the child reflect (when developmentally appropriate).
"Take a Break area" - If necessary for safety or regulation, a child may be supported away from the situation to a calm area within the room. This is not used as punishment but as a supportive strategy to help the child regulate with adult guidance. Our "Take a Break" area provides a soft rug, sensory resources, visual emotion prompts, quiet space for co-regulation. This space is Not a time-out or a punishment. It is used to support emotional regulation with an adult. Children are supported to return to play when they feel ready.
Illness
General Illness - Children should not attend preschool if they are unwell and unable to participate comfortably in normal daily activities. If a child becomes unwell during the session, parents/carers will be contacted and may be asked to collect their child.
Diarrhoea & Vomiting -  In line with NHS guidlines, a child must not attend preschool if they have 3 loose stools in one day of have been vomiting. Children must remain at home for 48 hours after the last episode of diarrhoea or vomiting. Parents/carers will be contacted immediately and must arrange prompt collection if a child has 3 loose stools in a day or has been sick.
Temperature & Fever - A child is considered to have a fever if their temperature is 38°C or above. If a child’s temperature reaches 38°C or above, parents/carers must arrange collection. At 37.8°C, we may contact parents to discuss next steps; collection may not always be required at this stage. Staff will monitor the child, ensure comfort, and take appropriate measures while awaiting collection.
Calpol (Paracetamol) Policy - In line with NHS guidance, Calpol (paracetamol) will only be administered as an emergency dose if a child is in distress. It is not be used to mask an underlying illness. It will only be given only with prior written parental consent (as per our medication policy). If Calpol is administered then parents/carers must arrange collection. The child should not remain in preschool for the rest of the session.
Exception – Teething - Calpol may be administered for teething discomfort, where the child is otherwise well and there are no signs of infection.


All of our policies are centered around the EYFS and based on the following key principles and values:

1. All children deserve the care and support they need to have the best start in life. Children learn and develop at a faster rate from birth to five years old than at any other time in their lives, so their experiences in early years have a major impact on their future life chances. A secure, safe, and happy childhood is important in its own right. Good parenting and high-quality early learning provide the foundation children need to fulfil their potential.
2. The EYFS sets the standards that all early years providers must meet to ensure that children learn and develop well and are kept healthy and safe. It promotes teaching and learning to ensure children’s ‘school readiness’ and gives children the right foundation for good future progress through school and life.
3. The EYFS is about what children learn, as well as how they learn. Effective practice is a mix of different approaches. Children learn through play, by adults modelling, by observing each other and through adult-guided learning.
4. The EYFS seeks to provide:
   • Quality and consistency in all early years settings, so that every child makes good progress, and no child gets left behind.
   • A secure foundation through planning for the learning and development of each individual child and assessing and reviewing what they have learned regularly.
   • Partnership working between practitioners and with parents and/or carers.
   • Equality of opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice, ensuring that every child is included and supported.
5. Four guiding principles should shape practice in early years. These are:
   • Every child is a unique child, who is constantly learning and can be resilient, capable, confident, and self-assured.
   • Children learn to be strong and independent through positive relationships.
   • Children learn and develop well in enabling environments with teaching and support from adults, who respond to their individual interests and needs and help them to build their learning over time. Children benefit from a strong partnership between practitioners and parents and/or carers.
   • Importance of learning and development. Children develop and learn at different rates.

A PDF copy of our Policies can be found below:

Fees & Policies