Parent partnership Policy

Recognise and support parents as their child’s first and most important educators
and to welcome them into the life of the nursery.
Welcome all parents into the nursery at any time and provide an area where parents
can speak confidentially with us as required.
Welcome nursing mothers. The nursery will have a breastfeeding area to offer space and privacy to nursing mothers.
Ensure that all parents are aware of the nursery’s policies and procedures. A detailed
parent prospectus will be provided and our full policy documents will be available to
parents at all times.
Maintain regular contact with parents to help us to build a secure and beneficial
working relationship for their children.
Support parents by conducting informative webinars and sessions helping them to develop their parenting skills. This can be done through ongoing workshops for parents and family members that help them understand the all-round development of young children, know about the importance of practicing a healthy lifestyle, understand what eating a balanced diet means and the nutritional value of different foods, health checkups and immunisation schedules, physical/emotional safety of children, handling behaviour issues etc.
Operate a Key Person system to enable parents to establish a close working
relationship with a named practitioner and to support two-way information sharing
about each child’s individual needs both in nursery and at home. Parents are given
the name of the Key Person of their child and their role when the child starts.
Inform parents on a regular basis about their child’s progress and involve them in
shared record keeping.
Parents’ meetings will be held at least once a term. The nursery will consult with
parents about the times of meetings to avoid excluding anyone.
Actively encourage parents to contribute to children’s learning through sharing
observations, interests and experiences from home. This may be verbally, sharing
photographs or in written form.
Have open communication method with parents e.g. email, face-to-face, telephone,
communication app, whatsapp.
A communication app will be used as a daily diary to update parents about child’s
routing during the day including food, sleep time, toilet routine etc.
Consider and discuss all suggestions from parents concerning the care and early
learning of their child and nursery operation.
Inform all parents of the systems for registering queries, compliments, complaints or suggestions, and to check that these systems are understood by parents.
Share information about the Early Years Foundation Stage, young children's learning in the nursery, how parents can further support learning at home and where they can access further information.
Respect the family’s religious and cultural backgrounds and beliefs and
accommodate any special requirements wherever possible and practical to do so.
Inform parents how the nursery supports children with special educational needs and disabilities.
Find out the needs and expectations of parents. We will do this through regular
feedback via questionnaires, suggestion system and encouraging parents to review
working practices. We will evaluate any responses and publish these for parents with
an action plan to inform future, policy and staff development.
Providing written term reports on children’s progress and achievements at the nursery.
Communication with parents through social media platforms such as Facebook, the company website, and so forth.