Parents

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Parents at Little Gems

Parents are 'children's first and most enduring educators' (Curriculum Guidance for the Foundation Stage, QCA 2000), making partnership with parents and carers essential if early years practitioners are to plan effectively for a child's learning.(Jane Drake, Nursery World, 2006.)

Parents Voice at Little Gems

At Little Gems we provide effective daily feedback stating how your child has been during the day, any toileting messages, what they have eaten and what exciting activities they have enjoyed that day. Daily feedback from you is also essential in a morning when you drop your child off. It is very beneficial for us to know if your child has had a good nights sleep, eaten their breakfast and are generally ok in themselves. This communication and partnership with yourselves as parents enables us to give your child the best possible care.

  • We work closely with our families and build good relationships with them so that we can work collaboratively for the good of our children.
  • We have an extensive list of policies and procedures which we follow at Little Gems. These are available at any time upon request and are given out at the time a child registers with us.
  • Each child is given a dedicated Key Person who takes responsibility for their care and development here at Little Gems. They provide daily feedback and are the contact for you as a parent/ carer. The Key Person will provide fortnightly observations for you to see and update you weekly with our weekly news.

Online Learning Journals

​Little Gems is a forward thinking nursery and we like to make the most of our resources. The nursery has access to Ipads and practitioners are able to use them to do their observations and assessments on our confidential online learning journal program called 'Family' This program also allows parents to see the practitioners observations and photo's they have done and make a comment on them. You can download it for free. To gain your login details please speak to a member of staff.

Useful Links for Parents

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  • Find our Ofsted Registration details on the link – Click here for more information
  • Help paying for childcare - You can get help paying for 'approved childcare' further details on the link– GOV.UK
  • Apply for free childcare if you're working. Click link for more information –  GOV.UK 
  • 30 hours free childcare. Click link for more information – Childcare Choices
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