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An Inclusive play care
setting for all your childcare needs
“Krayola Kiddies aim to
provide a safe warm and welcoming environment
for our children to grow develop and become
confident young people”
The Setting
Krayola Kiddies childcare setting has been
designed with children in mind. Our rooms are
bright, spacious, warm and welcoming where your
child will find lots of stimulating and fun
activities.
We are situated within Swinnow Primary School
and have or own entrance. Although we do offer
special services to the school pupils such as”
wrap around care” and “out of school”, we are
open to the rest of the community whether or not
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We take children aged from 3
months to 4 years in the early years setting and
4 to 16 years in the out of school and holiday playschemes
The setting has its own
secure outdoor play area where children can
explore the outside environment with lots of fun
things to do.
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Security of the children is
one of our main concerns and only parents and
permitted visitors will have access to the
children’s areas. Under no circumstances will a
child be allowed to leave the setting with
anyone unknown to the staff unless previously
arranged by the parent/guardian. We use a
password system to ensure your child’s safety. |
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NEW FOR SEPTEMBER 2005
The site is currently
installing an Internet Viewing system to allow
parents to view images of their child, securely
via the Internet. Security is the number one
priority so every parent is issued with a
password once registration takes place. Once
securely logged on, working or travelling
parents and grandparents can see live images of
their children at all times.
Hosted at nurserycam.co.uk |
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Sensory Baby Unit
This room will be open from
September 2005, newly decorated and fully
equipped to take 12 babies 3 months to 2 years.
The room has a sensory area, soft play area,
eating and sleeping facilities with separate
changing room, with various equipment offering
stimulation covering every area of your child’s
development. Milk and nappies to be supplied by
the parent. Our Onsite Cook will prepare freshly
cooked food and will work with you, the parent,
to ensure your babies dietary needs are catered
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Early year’s rooms
These rooms have an open plan
aspect which is divided into different play
areas where your child can explore and try out
new skills. These rooms provide children with
the ability to choose and take part in a range
of stimulating activities, where the equipment
is easily identifiable and at child level for
easy access. The areas include dressing up and
role play, reading and picture books, mark
making, creative play, sand and water, the home
corner, construction area, puzzles and jig saws.
Through out the day there will be adult led
focused activities.
All children will enjoy a
member of staff‘s individual attention at
certain times through out the day for reading,
mark making, shape and colour work for their
profiles.
All children learn and
develop through play and as required by OFSTED
we structure our activities around the six Early
Learning Goals,
1. Personal, Social,
Emotional Development
2. Communication Language and Literacy
3. Mathematical Development
4. Knowledge and Understanding of the World
5. Physical Development
6. Creative Development
The children can learn the
basics of IT including mouse control and the use
of educational programmes in preparation for
reception class.
Outdoor play is encouraged
through out the day within our safe and secure
outdoor play area. |
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Wrap Around Care
Most schools have a
pre-school nursery offering free places for
children aged three and four year old offering
five two and a half hour sessions per week for
three terms until your child is ready to join
the school reception class.
Krayola Kiddies offers a childcare facility
which “wraps around” these pre-school sessions
enabling children who require full day care to
attend the pre-school nursery if their parents
wish.
Parents just need to leave
their child at Krayola Kiddies at 7-30am and
collect them again at 6pm. leave the rest to
Krayola Kiddies and we will ensure that your
child is taken to and collected from the school
nursery.
Many children find it
upsetting being left alone for the first time
with people they have yet to get to know and
trust. We suggest that before your child reaches
the pre-school age you visit the setting with
your child and plan to stay with them until
he/she feels happy with the new environment.
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Before and After School Club
This room is designed with the older child in
mind. It provides a safe and stimulating
environment where your child can unwind after a
busy day at school. There are lots of fun
activities to take part in such as Arts and
Crafts, Playstation, Role play, Board games and
lots of Outdoor play. The staff plan a full
programme for the children to enjoy and are
encouraged to be part of the planning process.
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Holiday Playscheme
We run playscheme every
school holiday and are open from 7-30am to
6-00pm everyday excluding bank holidays and the
Christmas period. The days are full of exciting
things to do including trips such as The
Seaside, Eureka, Theme parks, Swimming and much
more. So you can be assured that your children
will be well cared for by qualified staff.
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Krayola Kiddies Staff
At Krayola Kiddies we value
the importance of highly trained and experienced
staff and encourage all staff to take on extra
training in order for them to better their
positions. All staff has been CRB checked and
references followed up. Krayola Kiddies staff
aim to provide your child with a warm nurturing
environment where they will feel safe and happy.
All Krayola Kiddies staff are
trained in first aid and child protection
We are constantly providing
extra training to keep all staff up to date and
help stimulate new ideas for play.
We recognise that all
children learn through play and we will guide
your children through the “Stepping Stones”
towards the “Early Learning Goals” as
recommended by OFSTED preparing them for
starting school. |
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Keyworkers
Krayola Kiddies operates a
keyworker system, which means that a member of
staff will be especially responsible for your
child and will develop a close relationship with
you. The keyworker will observe and monitor your
child’s development whilst in the setting and
will be responsible for recording in your
child’s profile which will be available for you
to look at whenever you wish to do so.
Parents should be confident
that any matters discussed with staff will
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Meals
We promote a healthy eating
policy and encourage children to try different
foods to ensure a varied diet. We provide a
nutritional breakfast, light snacks and tea. Our
Onsite cook will prepare meals, drinks are
available at all times. Staff eat with the
children to promote good social skills at meal
times. The weekly menu will be displayed on the
notice board see sample menu included in this
pack. When you register your child you will be
asked if they have any allergies to certain
foods, if this is the case then we ask you to
provide us with a photograph so that we can
display it, along with the information in the
kitchen for the cook to comply with.
Sample
Menu
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Parents
Newsletters and Notice Boards
Our staff will keep
you up to date with the nursery’s topics and
activities through our monthly newsletters; we
also display the weekly activities on the notice
board so that you can see at a glance what your
children will be taking part in. |
Krayola
Kiddies Day Care staff team are
Gillian McMullen
Area Manager
Lisa Scholefield
Deputy Officer in Charge
Tracey Lofthouse
Emma Tierney
Nursery Nurse Nursery Nurse
Naomi Watson Kirsty
Gamble
Nursery Assistant Nursery Assistant
Sarah Ebrey
Tina Morton
Playworker Playworker
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Policies
We have a number of
policies and procedures which govern the daily
life at Krayola Kiddies.
These policies
include Child Protection, SEN/ Disability and
Inclusion, Behaviour, Equal Opportunities for
children and staff, No Smoking, Health and
Safety, Complaints. Parental Involvement and an
Admissions policy.
A copy of the full
policies and procedures can be found on the
parent carer’s information table. If you require
them in another format such as tape, computer
disk, large print or Braille we can arrange this
for you.
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Health and
Safety
At Krayola Kiddies
we follow strict health and safety guidelines.
Risk assessments are carried out daily and
equipment repaired or replaced as appropriate.
We carry out regular
fire drills to ensure the safe evacuation of the
building.
At Krayola
Kiddies we have an intercom entry system and
parents or visitors will only be allowed entry
once they have been identified by a member of
staff.
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Comments
Book
We welcome
parent/carers feedback and on the parent/carers
information table you will find a comments book,
please feel free to make any comments as this
helps us to evaluate the service we offer you
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First Aid
All staff have been
trained in emergency first aid.
Should an accident
occur that requires a hospital visit we will
contact the parents and the emergency services
immediately, a member of staff will accompany
the child and meet the parents at the hospital.
Permission for emergency treatment will be asked
for at the registration of your child and the
consent and registration documents will be taken
to the hospital.
All accidents will
be recorded in an accident book which parents
will be asked to sign on collection of their
child to acknowledge that they have been told
about the accident this is required by OFSTED. |
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Medication
For children who are
on medication and have to take it while in the
setting, parent/carers are required to complete
a medication record form. This gives permission
for a member of staff to administer the
medication. Two members of staff will sign the
form when they have given any medication.
Parent/carers will be required to sign the form
at the end of the session to acknowledge that
they have been told that their child has taken
their medication and the time and dosage given. |
Change of
Clothes
Your children will
be having lots of fun playing with messy
activities so we ask that you provide a change
of clothes for your children’s comfort as our
supply can be limited at times.
If your child
is still in nappies we ask that you leave a
supply for the whole day.
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Work Place
Vouchers
Krayola Kiddies will
accept work place vouchers offered by some
companies please contact our head office for
more information. |
Working
Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit
Many families are
entitled to help with their childcare costs for
day care, out of school and playscheme.
More
information can be obtained from the working
family tax credit help line this can sometimes
be very busy but do keep trying, the help line
number is 0845 300 3900 or on the internet, go
to www.inland revenue.gov.uk/taxcredits
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SEN/Disability
Our staff embrace
the wonderfully diverse community we live in and
we will make every effort to ensure children
with disabilities have the same opportunity to
access all play and learning. Every child has an
individual play care plan this enables us to
monitor each child’s needs on an individual
basis. We will work closely with parents and
outside agencies to help us meet the child’s
needs. Our staff attend speech and language
courses including makaton. |
