About Us
Our Ethos
"At Rascals Day Nursery we thrive to achieve the best possible outcomes for the children in our care. Each child is unique and must be taught in a way that is tailored to them. We do this by using our knowledge on each individual child, their likes and dislikes, their background, and the community to which they are growing up in , alongside Development Matters."
Our Aims
- Provide high quality care and education
- Work in partnership with parents to help children to learn and develop
- Add to the life and wellbeing of the local community
- Make it clear to all we are an inclusive setting who values equality and diversity highly
- Parents to feel valued and respected
- To have good bonds with our families, keeping them informed and involved in the children’s lives and vice vers
- To create a safe and stimulating environment
- Give generous care and attention because of our ratio of qualified staff to children
- Always encourage learning to develop building on skills and interests
- All children to have a key person to build strong bonds and trust with
- Provide positive care
- Encourage a range of foods by having a chef prepare all the fresh food daily
- Promote good oral health
Parent Partnerships
Engaging with parents / carers
- Participate in and plan ways of getting parents involved
- Promote a positive relationship between nursery and home, engage in a positive way, create a bond with the parent/carer
- Help child to settle at nursery, reassure and comfort parent/carer
- Provide daily verbal feedback to parents, supported by my day sheets.
- Messages to the parents/ carers (Medicine/ Accident forms) are the responsibility of the whole room
- Updated parent boards
- Activities for parents to take home, from the home learning box
- We email a monthly learning sheet home with lots of fun ideas and things we have planned to explore.