Settling Children Into Nursery

 The role of families is central to your children’s learning journey and it is valued and involved in all aspects of ELC.

“As the child’s supporting adult, everything you do for young children should promote, support and safeguard their wellbeing. You will have the day to day knowledge of how a child is settling in and progressing. You may also be a first line of contact for the parent or carer. The key to success for the child and family is building professional caring relationships. Your unique role in engaging and involving the child and family is important.”

(Realising the Ambition: Being Me)

 

It is of paramount importance to our nursery that all children in the nursery should be treated with great care and consideration. A new child and his/her family should feel comfortable, cared for and integrated into the life of the nursery as quickly as possible.

We can give advice on helping to settle a child in if this if asked by families but it is our preference that families should do what, in their experience, is best for their child. We fully appreciate that this can be a difficult time for both the adult and child.

It is our guidance that, so far as is possible, nursery sessions should run in the normal way when a parent or carer is present. The parent or carer should be able to see the regular pattern of what happens during the day, how the staff cope with anything unexpected and in particular they should be able to see the level of care received by all children in the nursery.

If a child is having difficulty settling in we can offer for:

• Parent/carer to stay with their child (if required).
• Stay with their child for part of the time and use area within school to be close by (if required).
• Build up session length
• Work with other professionals such as Health Visitors