A suitable water bottle.

A blanket if your child is sleeping along with any soothers they use at home.

Weather appropriate clothes for rain or shine!

At Little Dragon’s we love the outdoors so please supply wellies so that shoes don’t get ruined.

*Please note we will only apply sunscreen named on the consent form

This is not a problem; you just need to inform us as soon as possible. A password system is set up upon registration; if we have not met the person before we will ask for further security details to be confirmed at the door.

We will not let your child leave without this security check being satisfied by the nursery leadership team.

We are a friendly team so you will quickly see that you are given a thorough handover at the door, and we are always here to answer any questions.

We respond to allergy requirements and are always ready to respond to children’s needs in terms of dislikes of textures and tastes

We take children from 3 months old up until they are 5 years old. 

E.Y.F.S. stands for Early Years Foundation Stage. The EYFS is a curriculum set up by the Government that states how we as early years practitioners do things. Follow the Link to find out more. From the Government website. 

The EYFS is split into seven areas in total with 3 prime areas:  

• Communication 
• Personal social and emotional 
• Physical 

The remaining four specific areas include:  

• Maths 
• Literacy 

• Understanding the world 
• Expressive art and design 

Within these areas we ensure children are making progress in each area. 

Accidents do happen at nursery, while we do try our best to prevent them. If your child has an accident, we will let you know upon collection or beforehand depending on the severity of the accident.

We will fill in an accident form to outline the incident (causes, treatments, outcomes etc). We will provide any first aid needed as all staff members are trained in first aid practices and procedures.

For any bigger incidents beyond this training, we will consult professional advice through 999 or 101. We will keep you up to date throughout this process by call, text or face to face. We fill out paperwork to log all accidents. This in turn helps us avoid further accidents in the future, where possible.

• We have kind hands and feet 
• We take turns 
• We use indoor feet (walking feet) 
• We use indoor voices 
• We have listening ears 

• We use kind words 

We use these rules to help the children understand boundaries at the nursery these enforce life lessons which will hopefully improve the child’s transitions through school life. We model them with the behaviour of our staff and use positive behaviour management approaches to show the children we understand their emotions and build their own understanding of their own feelings too. This supports the development of their own self-awareness and supports them in their learning and social behaviour through supported self-regulation.  

We ask that you ask people waiting to ring the bell or alternatively get a member of staff to come and see the person at the front door.

We also ask that you do not use your mobile phone whilst on the premises for support our safeguarding policy. There are areas within the nursery that you may go to if you need to answer a call such as the office or the kitchen (areas away from the children).