Thank you for responding to our questionnaire of May 2017. We have noticed the results were not published on the Blog so here is a quick summary of your thoughts.
You Said
In the general comments everyone said their children liked being at the nursery and found the activities interesting. They thought the children felt at ease with the staff and there were no problems with the children’s behaviour. Everyone thought the nursery team treated the children kindly and fairly. A few thought the nursery had a poor reputation in the community although many disagreed strongly with this view.
The feedback about parental involvement was good. All parents thought that they were given opportunities to be involved in the nursery and that it had been explained the part you could play in your child’s progress.
The section about parent staff relationships was very positive. Everyone said they felt happy and comfortable when they were in the nursery except one person who only usually felt that way. Most felt suggestions and questions from parents were always encouraged, one respondent felt it was usually encouraged. Also one parent felt the team didn’t make use of the parents’ skills and time often enough.
In the overall section once more we had a very positive result with all but one parent saying that the staff let them know about their child’s good points. Everyone thought the team was also good at letting them know what their child needs to get better at. All respondents thought the nursery team was approachable and friendly.
We will
We will try to ‘spread the word’ more about the good practice going on in our nursery so that our reputation is enhanced. We will use the Blog more frequently to publicise our activities and have our Stay & Play sessions more often so everyone can see for themselves some of the fabulous things going on.
We will utilise our parent volunteers more effectively. Already one parent volunteer regularly works on our Blog. We have plans (once all/most of the EE2 forms have been returned) to reinstate our weekly walks and have ideas about creating a story telling corner and garden work so volunteers for these areas would be fantastic. Any other suggestions are very welcome.
