All parents have daily communication notes available through our FAMLY® nursery software. Family® allows our staff to document your child’s Learning Journey and provide details of your child’s day at Nursery, including toileting, meals, sleep and activities, as sharing how they have been throughout their day. We encourage our parents to use the Famly® app on a daily basis as a form of communication with the staff looking after your child. Famly® allows parents to add notes and comments for your child’s key worker regarding changes in your child’s routine.
Peace of Mind
My Sunshine Day Nursery Parent Partnership
Consistent communication with parents is a vital part of daily Nursery life. Through using the Famly® app (that can be downloaded on to any smart phone or tablet) we can keep all parents updated on a real time basis about their child’s activities during the day and their general overall development at Nursery. In effect it allows the parents to both closely follow and take part in their child’s Learning Journey. As part of our partnership with parents and to maintain our ‘Family feel’ at Nursery, we encourage parents to occasionally join in our Nursery activity days with workshops, training and talks.
Safety and Security
The safety and security of our children is of paramount importance to us. Our Nurseries operate a double security gate/door system operated by digital key pads or a FOB. Access to the nursery is strictly controlled and monitored at all times. We also have separate entrance doors to each room setting.
Visitors
All visitors to the Nursery are required to sign the visitor’s book on arrival and present photographic identification. Any persons on the premises, be it for maintenance/servicing, visits or meetings, are always chaperoned by a member of staff at all times.
Collection of children
Our Staff adhere to strict policies and procedures regarding the authorisation for collection of children. We have a parent sign in / sign out procedure through our Family® App and request any additional guardians / friends who are collected children must bring photo identification and nursery password. Prior notification of a new person collecting needs to be emailed through to the management team.
Staff Vetting
All My Sunshine employees have undergone a strict vetting process including the Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Update Services (DBS). It is also compulsory for each new employee to go through a formal induction process, where, amongst other things, training is given on each of our Nursery Policies and Procedures in order to guarantee consistency of care and in Health & Safety to ensure a safe working environment for staff and children alike.
Health and Safety
My Sunshine has a well-defined Health and Safety Policy in place, with associated procedures designed to guarantee your child’s safety and security at all times. Each of our early-years rooms; our outdoor areas; external service providers and all off-site walks and activities are fully risk assessed on a regular basis to ensure the nursery environment is always safe and secure. A significant part of our Duty of Care is to teach the children about keeping themselves safe. Regular discussions and activities around subjects including road safety and stranger danger’ are built into our early-years curriculum.