We want children to feel safe, stimulated and
happy in the pre-school and to feel secure and comfortable with staff. We also
want parents to have confidence in both their children's well being and their role
as active partners with the pre-school.
We aim to make the pre-school a welcome place
where children settle quickly and easily because consideration has been given
to the individual needs and circumstances of children and their families.
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Before a child starts to attend the
pre-school, we use a variety of ways to provide his/her parents with
information. These include written information (including our prospectus and
policies), displays about pre-school activities and individual meetings with
parents.
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During the half-term before a child is
enrolled, we provide opportunities for the child and his/her parents to visit
the pre-school.
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When a child starts to attend, we work
with his/her parents to decide on the best way to help the child to settle into
the pre-school.
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Members of staff welcome and look after
the child and his/her parents at the child's first session.
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The first session at which a child
attends we explain and complete with his/her parents the child's registration
records.
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We discuss the Learning Journals, Transfer
to School document, explaining how we monitor and assess their childs progress.
Explaining how the form will transfer to the next setting and how it will
follow them into school.
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We aim within the first four weeks of starting
to discuss and work with the child's parents to create their child's record of
achievement.
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It is the policy of Winyates Playgroup
to observe and record progress of each child through staff observations. Each
member of staff is allocated specific children in order to maintain progress
monitoring.
This
policy was adopted at a meeting of
19/05/11
Held on
(date)
Julie Skipp
Signed
on behalf of the pre-school