Looking after our Children

Children

At Park Hill we aim to enhance and enrich children’s learning both indoors and outdoors by providing stimulating play opportunities and ensuring that suitable resources are always accessible and available.

Files

Every child at Park Hill will have their own file kept on them throughout the time they are with us. This file will consist of photos, special memories and events, achievements and any targets or goals set. Parents are welcome to access the files whenever they wish and are easily accessible to them. Parents are welcome to take the files home for a read if they want to. When the children move on from the nursery the files leave with them. Parents can either take them home to keep or take them to the next nursery or pre-school that their child attends.

Key worker systems

Here at Park Hill each child has a key worker, we use this system to ensure that every child is cared for and that files are completed. A child will be assigned to a member of staff who is then responsible for building a positive relationship with the parents and completing their files. Parents are then welcome to speak to their child’s key worker at any time. A key worker list is displayed in the main lobby so that parents know exactly who to speak to.

Observations

Here at Park Hill we carry out observations on the children. These observations allow us to see exactly what the children enjoy playing with, and how well they are progressing, i.e. their physical development or their personal, social and emotional development. We then use the observations to help us during our planning; they allow us to plan activities that we know the children will enjoy. The observations are then kept in the children’s key worker files.

Open door policy

The office door is always open for parents to talk to the managers and times can be arranged should a parent wish to speak with their child’s carers. At Park Hill we have an open door policy; parents are free to pop in for a chat any time they wish.