Your child at nursery

We ask parents/carers to supply their children with nappies, wipes and cream if required. Children eat breakfast at home and bring packed lunch and healthy snacks like fruits, yogurt, crackers, cheese, veggie sticks.

❖Children MUST wear indoor summer slippers or winter slippers depending on the season etc.

There is a NO shoe policy indoors at this nursery. Children will come in wellies or summer outdoor shoes (depending on the weather) and get changed into indoor slippers before entering the main hall. Please supply your child with a sun hat and sun cream in the summer months. All children wear aprons for creative arts and the younger children are provided with bibs at meal times. Please bring children in comfortable clothing every day. We ask that children DO NOT bring their own toys to nursery as they may get lost or broken and it can cause arguments between the children. Children are welcome to bring a comforter if needed.

❖ Settling Your Child Into Nursery

If your child is not used to being away from you he/she can be expected to need time to settle into nursery.

All children react differently on being left in a new environment. Sometimes children will appear to settle easily but after a few weeks may become tearful and reluctant for his/her parents to leave. Others may show distress at first but will steadily gain confidence. Of course some children will make adjustment into nursery with very few problems. We can also arrange visits for you and your child, starting with leaving them for 10 minutes and building up. Please call the office and we will do what suits you and your child the best. Do be positive about your child's time at nursery and the good things they do there. Do talk to staff, they are there to work with you and your child. Do feel free to phone anytime, you will probably find your child has settled within minutes of you leaving. Please remember your child will settle and will benefit from interacting with other children and adults. This is good preparation for school and will help your child feel secure and to become confident.

❖ Children's Illness

Children who are ill/infectious must NOT be brought to nursery - please refer to nursery policies and procedures. If your child has sickness and diarrhoea we ask that you keep them off for 48 hours after recovery to prevent it spreading to other children and staff. We ask that you email us / call us to let us know if your child will be absent from nursery.

❖ Payments and Notice of Leaving

Once you have accepted a place with us here at Stellar Nursery and you have signed the terms and agreements we require four weeks’ notice of your child leaving or changing sessions. Part of the four weeks’ notice for leaving will be covered by your two weeks deposit. We ask parents/carers to pay on the 1st of each month. Fees are still payable even if your child is absent from nursery for whatever reason. Please read the contract and the fees and admission policy for further details.

❖ Daily Routine

Each room have their own daily routine which is displayed within our nursery and on our app for parents/carers to read at all times so that you can see what your child will be getting up to Project work for the year is based around the EYFS and will be displayed in the nursery.

❖ Nursery Policies and Procedures

Stellar Nursery has many written policies and procedures which include Equal Opportunities, Safeguarding Children, Managing Behaviour, Complaints Procedure and many more. These will be provided in an email along with the contract etc.at the time of admission.

❖ Security

The nursery has a high level of security with CCTV around the premises and cameras on the door bells. If somebody different is collecting your child it is essential that you inform the office, you will need to give us a password that the person collecting knows too. We will not let a child go home with anybody if we have not been informed.

If you have any further questions please do not hesitate to call us or email us.