Humpty Dumpties Day Nursery Prospectus

Address: Darwen Access Point                                  

                Duckworth Street

                Darwen

                BB3 1AT

                Tel no: 01254 708309      

At Humpty Dumpties, we aim to:

·        Provide high standards of childcare, where children are encouraged and praised to become self confident, independent and happy individuals.

·        Ensure safety of your child at all times. The welfare of your child is of extreme importance to us and we will take every precaution to keep them safe:

1.     Risk assessments will be carried out daily for both indoor and outdoor play and assessments will also be carried out prior to going on any outings. (Permission for outings will be in your registration form) If you wish to view the risk assessments, please see a member of staff who will be more than willing to show you.

2.     Children will be supervised at all times. For the ratio of children to staff, please see the registration certificate.

3.     Registers will be taken both morning and afternoons.

4.     Signing in and out registers will help to see who is still in the nursery, or who has left. Please ensure that you sign your child in and out of the nursery.

5.     Staff will only let the children go with persons over the age of 16 who are on your list of appointed persons and a chosen password will be asked for as your child starts nursery for added security.

6.     Doors and gates will be locked at all times. Once outside the nursery, please keep hold of your child’s hand to prevent them going through the automatic doors.

·        To work in partnership with you. Your input into the nursery can help us provide more consistency between home and nursery and help us to plan around your child’s needs/interests.

As a member of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, our nursery recognizes parents as the first and most important educators of their children.  All of the staff see themselves as partners with you in providing care and education for your child. There are many ways in which parents take part in making the setting a welcoming and stimulating place for children and parents, such as:

-    exchanging knowledge about their children's needs, activities, interests and progress with the staff;

-    sharing their own special interests with the children;

-    taking part in events and informal discussions about the activities and curriculum provided by the setting;

-    joining in community activities in which the setting takes part; and building friendships with other parents in the setting

·        Plan developmentally appropriate activities in line with birth to three matters and the foundation stage; (please see our information board in the nursery and/or ask a member of staff).

·        Provide hands on experience by inviting outside agencies such as the fire brigade, dental hygienist, mini beast hunts etc. We aim to make our learning as fun as possible.

·        Encourage healthy eating by becoming members of ‘Smile for life’. All of our snacks will be varied and sugar free and children will be encouraged to make healthy choices.

Children will be provided with a mid morning snack, afternoon snack and light tea.

·        Encourage self worth, a sense of belonging and to show care and respect for other children’s individuality and for living things.

The nursery will be open from 8:00a.m until 5:50p.m for children aged 15 months to 5yrs old.

Details on the ages and number of children we can take are displayed in the nursery on our registration certificate.

Most of our staff we currently have are qualified to level 3 or above and all are CRB checked. Please see notice board for details of qualifications/experience.

Please always feel free to ask questions and make any suggestions.

             Welcome to our nursery!