Our Fees

We are registered for funding for 3 and 4yr olds.

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Our Policies

Child protection
We at Bluebell hold a strong policy on this as we take the safety of each child very seriously. Children are in our care for many hours and days each week. Children will often let us know of any problems and will confide in us through talk, body language or role-play. Our prime responsibility is the welfare and the well being of all the children in our care. As such we believe that our duty to the children and parents/carers is to act quickly and responsibly in any instance which may come to our attention. If staff have a cause to be concerned that a child in our care may be subject to any form of abuse, we will follow the child protection procedures and inform social services.

Settling in
We offer your child up to 5 hours of settling in time at Bluebell, this is for you to decide, we do not want you to feel that you have to take this up. If you want to take this up, speak to a member of staff. If you are happy and confident to leave your child without these sessions, this is fine. A quick kiss, a hug and telling your child you will be back soon will enable us to settle them quickly.

Collection
Your child must be collected by the end of their booked in time that is specified in the contract that will be issued to you. It is important that your children are not dropped off earlier or picked up later than the times agreed between yourselves and the nursery.

The nursery must be informed of anyone other than yourself or carer's on registration form, they must hold a password and show ID e.g. drivers licence. A daily register will be taken in each room by a staff member, you will be responsible for signing your child/ren in and out. Once your child is signed out of the nursery your child becomes your responsibility.

Sickness & Medication
For the health and welfare of all the children who come to nursery we request that you do not bring your child into nursery if they are ill or have an infectious disease. Keep them at home for at least 48HRS until symptoms have passed with no signs of sickness/diarrhoea. If prescribed with antibiotics then they will not be permitted until 24 hrs after start of treatment. In the event of illness, we have the right to send any child home, if senior staff feel that they are not well enough to attend Bluebell.

Accidents
In the event of an accident at Bluebell, it will be logged in an accident record book for you to sign. With regards to head injuries e.g.: BUMPS/ CUTS, Bluebell will contact you by phone as we regard these to be serious, you will be given a notification sheet of the injury, which will explain what the injury was, how it happened, whether your child showed any signs of unconsciousness, drowsy, dazed, groggy, sickness or any unusual signs, this will then tell you what to look out for at home. In the event of a serious head injury we would ask you to collect your child and seek medical attention.

Baby requirements
Nappies and wipes can be brought in in bulk and stored at nursery, or you can bring in amounts daily, please bring in sufficient for the day as we do not have any spare. You can bring in baby food and formula daily, please can you ensure that all food is defrosted before coming to nursery. All should be labelled.

Discipline
We at Bluebell concentrate on good behaviour, we always praise the children and reward them with stickers, all staff are trained to deal with situations and have the children’s best interest at heart. All children will be talked to and explained what is right and what is wrong. All staff at Bluebell are checked for criminal offences under the CRB and OFSTED. Hold childcare qualifications that are displayed in hall, all staff attend regular training and keep up to date with relevant qualifications (child-protection).

Equal opportunities
Staff at Bluebell will respect all different religions, racial origins, special needs, languages and cultures so that all individuals are treated equally. Our Enco co-ordinator is Lola Jones.

Special educational needs
Bluebell Day Nursery provides for all children with special educational needs. The nursery has adopted the 5-stage module of SEN assessment and provision. Please ask to see our SEN policy. The special educational needs co-ordinator SENCO will be available for you to talk to if you feel your child’s experiencing problems. (Lola Jones) ALL CONVERSATIONS WILL BE TREATED CONFIDENTIAL.

Parents as Partners
The nursery team will work with Parents as Partners in providing quality care for their children.All parents are welcome to visit the nursery at any time when their chldren are present, other times can be arranged with senior staff.Parents have access to their child's records and are consulted in respect of the care given.Information and weekly planning/topics/activities at home sheets are given, menu's for the week will be displayed in the entrance hall. Regular parents evenings (once a year) are held. All parents will be asked to fill in feed back form at the evening. Newsletters are regularly distributed with future events/topics etc.

Parents are able to inspect all policies of the nursery.A suggestion system is in operation through communication between parents/staff.

Your Childs learning - Early Years Foundation Stage

Six Areas of EYFS

• Personal and social development
• Language and literacy
• Problem solving reasoning and numeracy
• Knowledge and understanding of the world
• Physical development
• Creative development

All of these areas of learning are met through the early years foundation stage.
All of these things are included in the day’s activities at Bluebell nursery to help your child make the most of his/her pre-school opportunities it is important for parents and staff to work together.

Settling in at nursery
Your child’s time at Bluebell should be a happy and enjoyable experience. We always encourage parents to gradually introduce their children to small sessions to begin with and gradually build them up. Your child will get to know the other children and the staff and there will be a familiar face at their first session they do without parents.

At Bluebell it should be the beginning of new and exciting experiences for both of you. You will here lots of new songs, rhymes and games that he/she will want to teach you. As a parent it is important to take some time to listen, to make your child feel that he/she has something important to say.

Experiences
At Bluebell we have a topic each month displayed. Children can bring in things from home to show other children at discussion time.

There are a lot of everyday activities which will help with your child with pre-reading and writing skills and early Numeracy. Things like writing a shopping list, as you write let your child “write” one too. By looking at your list your child will begin to recognise the shapes of letters and probably try to copy over a period of time.

Lots of rhymes and stories help with language development, colours and numbers, so it is always important to have plenty of books around for your child to read, either with you or on their own.

Always encourage your child to take great care of books and place great importance on putting them away properly and not tearing or drawing in them.All of our days are planned to include art and crafts, sand and water play, cooking, messy play, imaginative play, construction play, quiet times, songs, stories, walks and church visits.

Each child has a tray to keep their scrap books and work they have done to take home. All daily activities at Bluebell are made to be fun, we use indoors and outdoors when planning our activities, the children learn a lot through play, we do not make a child do anything he/she does not feel comfortable with, they will participate in all when they gain confidence, we encourage this through lots of praise and reassurance.

The above policies and more information can be viewed on our Contract.

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