We recognise that a child’s first impressions of the world begins at home and it is therefore vital that both the nursery and parents work together. Parents are encouraged to share their ideas with us to help shape the service we offer to the children.

We value the contributions made by parents and will actively seek a partnership through which the children will benefit by having continuous and consistent care. This is an essential ingredient in supporting their confidence and developing their learning potential. At the Wishing Tree Nursery we understand that parents are the first and most enduring carers and educators of their children.

Regular communication and exchange of information is the key aim of our parent partnership which we will achieve in the following ways:

• Our parent handbook.
• Our web site (www.wishingtreenursery.com).
• The parent and carer notice-board.
• Daily written and verbal reports about each child (eating, sleep, learning and care updates).
• Long term reports about each child based on observations.
• Nursery policies published in our reception area.
• The nursery quarterly newsletter.
• General notices and signs around the nursery.
• Parent and carer evenings.
• Social events such as parents evenings, summer fayre and open days.
• Travel plan to assist with dropping off and collecting children from nursery.
• Training sessions for parents such as behaviour management and child protection.
• Suggestion box.
• Complaints procedure (on parent notice board).
• Key person allocated to each child.
• Links with schools, health centres and local businesses.

PARENT COMMITTEE

Our Parent and Carer Partners, Wendy, Janet, Grace and Gaynor meet with nursery management on a regular basis to discuss how we’re doing and what improvements we could consider. We have had many helpful suggestions and ideas to come out of these meetings and it really helps us maintain our focus on what it's like being a parent at our nursery.

Bearing in mind parents and children could be with us for many years, it is essential we establish an environment that makes it easy to exchange information and views. We also want to make it easy for parents as well as children to make new acquaintances and friends and we will provide lots of opportunities for this to happen.