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Welcome to
Closeburn
Early Years
Centre
2017-2018
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Holiday Dates 2017-2018
Term 1 Staff return Thursday 17th August 2017
Monday 21stAugust 2017 to Friday 13th October 2017
October Holiday Monday 16th October to Friday 27tyh October 2017
Term 2 Monday 30th October to Thursday 21st December 2017
Christmas Holiday Friday 22nd December 2017 to Wednesday
Term 3 Thursday 4th January 2018 to Thursday 29th March 2018
Mid-Term Holiday Monday 12th February 2018
Non-Pupil Days Tuesday 13th and Wednesday 14th February 2018
Spring Holiday Friday 30th March to Friday 13th April 2018
Term 4 Monday 16thApril 2018 to Friday 29th June 2018
May Day Holiday Monday 7th May 2018
Non-Pupil Days Friday 1st June 2017
Summer Holiday Monday 2nd July 2018 - Thursday 16th August 2017
Holiday Dates 2018-2019
Term 1 Staff return Friday August 2018
Monday 20th August to Friday 12th October 2018
October Holiday Monday 15th to Friday 26th October 2018
Term 2 Monday 29th October to Friday 21st December 2018
Christmas Holiday Monday 24th December 2018 to Friday 4th January 2019
Term 3 Monday 7th January to Friday 5th April 2019
Non-Pupil Days Thursday 21st to Friday 22nd February 2019
Non-Pupil Days Monday 8th April
Spring Holiday Monday 8th April to Monday 22nd April 2019
Term 4 Tuesday 23rd April to Friday 28th June 2019
May Day Holiday Monday 6th May 2019
Summer Holiday Monday 1st July - Friday 16th August 2019
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Can my child bring their
own toys?
Welcome
The nursery provides a wide range
of activities for your child. These
Closeburn Early Years offers a warm
are carefully planned to help the
welcome to all our pre-school children
development of your child. Children
and their families.
are therefore asked not to bring toys
Our setting is Council registered and an
as they distract from the activities
integral part of Closeburn Primary. Our Early
provided and cause upset to the child if
Years Centre is registered to provide an early
the toy is lost or broken. However if your
learning childcare service for children aged 2
child has a soft toy which may be of support to
years to those not yet attending primary
help him/her settle into nursery please allow
school.
them to bring it along and we will look
The nursery is a secure unit in the flat roofed
after it in their group’s keep safe box,
Complaints Procedure building adjacent to the main school
when they are ready to part with it.
building.
On occasion children are excited to
Although it is our sincere hope that This handbook is designed for you and
show staff and peers a new toy, artefact
such incidents will be rare, a situation your child to share. We hope it contains
or book that supports our topic.
may arise when a parent feels he or all the information you require however
Once again this can be left in the keep
she has a justifiable complaint against if you have any questions please contact
safe box until show and tell time.
a member of staff. Such complaints a member of the nursery team. We are
A lost property box is left in the entrance lob-
should always be made in the first here to help.
by. Please take time to look in this as you will
be amazed at the things we find!! instance to the Nursery Officer or Head
teacher of the school, when an amicable
solution would hope to be reached.
Should this fail; the complaint should
Have you or your be made in writing to the Director for
Education via the Education Officer for
child got a problem? further consideration. Parents also have
a right to make a complaint directly
to the Care Inspectorate. Please refer
Problems or questions that you may to contacts page for details and their
have should be discussed with the complaints procedure on our notice
Nursery Officer. The best time is in the board in the back room.
first 15 minutes of each session or when Child Protection Policy
picking your child up from nursery It is our professional responsibility to
If this is not possible please see the ensure that every child in our care is
Nursery Officer to arrange a suitable safe. Closeburn School & Nursery have
time. (Please don’t feel you need a comprehensive child protection policy
to wait until planned parent/child based on the advice and procedures
interviews) contained within the authority
Mrs Bryden, the Head Teacher is also guidelines. Child protection information
happy to discuss any concerns with you. can be found on the notice board
however if you require any further
details please contact a member of the
nursery team or Mrs Bryden the
Head Teacher.
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year, whatever the weather.
Clothing Emergency Clothing
From time to time “accidents“ involving
soiling or wetting do occur. If this
Contacts
happens to your child, the staff will
Clothing endeavour to deal with the situation
Please ensure your child has a pair of as sensitively and discretely as possible,
Education Authority comfortable soft shoes to play in when and to keep you informed.
at nursery. Slippers are not advisable as The action taken might include:
via Group Manager:
they tend to be less secure and may be • Helping your child to change into
Children, Young People and Lifelong Learning
a hazard during movement activities. clothes that you have provided
School Address: Dumfries & Galloway Council
Aprons are supplied for messy activities, • Offering your child fresh clothes
Closeburn Primary School Education Services
but sometimes despite our best efforts, from a stock held in nursery, and
Closeburn 122-124 Irish Street
clothes do get dirty. Please send your support to wash or wipe themselves
Dumfriesshire Dumfries
child in practical clothes, which can in private.
DG3 5HP DG1 2PB
be easily washed. Please also try to • If your child refuses any adult
Telephone : 01848 331240 Telephone: 01387 273600
find clothes with suitable fastenings support supply them with all
Email: gw08officecloseburn@ea.dumgal.sch.uk www.dumgal.gov.uk
that promote independence. This is necessary wipes and clothes.
Care Inspectorate: especially important when visiting the • If your child is unduly upset/or all the
Headquarters toilet. Dungarees and belts are a real above have failed we will contact
Compass House challenge for young children. To avoid you/or your emergency contact to
11 Riverside Drive loss and confusion it would help if all come to nursery to help.
Dundee coats and footwear were named.
DD1 4NY Children should always have outside
Telephone: 0345 600 9527 clothing with them so that they can enjoy
www.careinspectorate.com our outside areas. We have also been
developing an outside classroom (located
next to the church) and have acquired
waterproof boiler suits and spare wellies,
so that we can venture throughout the
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. Helping them develop number skills
H
How can you help? by encouraging them to count and
use numbers e.g. counting up and
down stairs, pairing up socks or
collecting stones and putting them in Early Years Staff
order of size
ow Can you Help? . Supporting, encouraging and
At Nursery listening to them as they express
There is a weekly home links sheet themselves, talk about their thoughts Head Teacher & Nursery
displayed on the notice board to inform and ideas, and how they’re feeling
parents of some of the activities on Manager:
. Play, talk, read with your child: Visit
offer and how these can be extended this website for more ideas Mrs Karen Bryden
and developed at home. Look at our www.infoscotland.com/playtalkread
displays and big book to find out what your child . Singing, dancing, painting and have Nursery Officer:
is learning. fun together Mrs Louise McCormick
The computer in the lobby also displays . Giving them opportunities to use
photos of previous events and activities their fingers and hands e.g. Building
enjoyed by children. Nursery Nurse:
with bricks, cutting with scissors,
Regular newsletters are sent out with fastening zips and buttons Mrs Dorothy Dundas
important dates and when help is . Finding out what they’re doing at
required. Talk to staff working with nursery or school and think about Early Years Assistant:
your child and share information what you can do to build on this. Mrs Donna McGarva
with them especially at parent/carer . Ask for extra help if you think your
interviews. child needs it for any reason. Visit
Your child’s Rainbow Folder with Janitor:
www.infoscotland.com/justask
individual target sheets will also give . Remember to praise their efforts and Mrs Erica Cunningham
you regular information about your support them in thinking of ways
their progress and their next steps. they can get even better Secretary:
Help your child to complete the “All Mrs Nancy Logan
about me” section in their Rainbow
Folder. This will form the first section
of their folder which will record their Parent Council Chair;
progress while they are at nursery. Mrs Shona McKinley
Parents are welcome to look at their
child’s folder at any time and mutually Students:
convenient meetings are arranged with We often host student teachers
the nursery team throughout the year
and Nursery nurses. Please refer
to discuss progress and strategies to
extend learning. to newsletters and notice board
At Home for details.
You can help your child to learn by
playing together and
. Encouraging them to be independent
e.g. getting dressed and washinghands.
. Giving them opportunities to share
and join in with other children.
. Going out for walks or visits and
talking about what you see.
. Helping them develop literacy skills
by reading familiar words to them
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Aims with messy materials, looking at books,
jumping, climbing and building.
As a member of our nursery she/he will
learn through play to communicate
Our children have agreed that: with adults and children, listen,
Our aim is that you and your child concentrate, share, think, reason,
should look forward to coming to follow the nursery routine and become
nursery by providing a broad range independent.
of fun experiences that develop skills Our nursery is child centred.
with a focus on literacy and numeracy
and promotes an active and healthy All equipment, furniture, cloak stands, taps
lifestyle. We trust that your child will and toilets are at the appropriate level
enjoy being a member of a bright, to enable and encourage independence.
happy group who are excited, curious We would like him/her to experience
and interested in sharing their ideas to the beauty of nature, to have a caring
develop knowledge and understanding. approach to all living things and to
Every child is special. The eight appreciate music, drama and dance.
Wellbeing indicators (SHANARRI) As the most important influence on a
are fully embedded in our practice so child’s development we value all our
we know that children have their own parents and carers and the trust they
unique personalities and therefore it put in us. We hope to work closely with
is up to us as qualified, understanding them to provide the very best start for
adults to provide the necessary our children.
Administration of Medicine
materials and activities to encourage We are fully engaged in the
your child through play to develop implementation of the Curriculum for
socially, emotionally, physically and Excellence. More information can be Medication where possible should be
intellectually in his/her own way and found at administered by a parent/carer however
at his/her own rate. In the safe, secure www.curriculumforexcellencescotland. occasionally your child may require
environment of our nursery, she/he will gov.uk/parentzone, from members of medication at nursery and we are happy
enjoy making friends, experimenting the nursery team or our notice boards. to co-operate. Authority policy requires
the following conditions:
• The parent/carer must personally
deliver the medicine to nursery
• The parent/carer must have
completed and signed an
Administration of Medicine form.
• The medication must be prescribed
by a doctor (not over the counter) it
must be clearly named and labelled
in it’s original container.
Full details of conditions and procedures
contained in our health care policy.
If your child has a medical condition
that requires specialised treatment
we will work closely with health
professionals involved to, where
possible, enable your child to access
the nursery curriculum and activities.
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Where to Park Sickness / Absence?
In the interests of safety please use the top gate If your child is unwell the best place for him/her to
(i.e. the one next to the dining room) to drop off be is at home. Please inform the nursery if your
and pick up your child from nursery. child is likely to be absent for a week or more.
Please do not park in or walk through the school When your child returns to the nursery please let
playground. a member of the nursery team know the
The nursery is opposite a busy farm please don’t reason for your child’s absence.
block the exit because of farm traffic needing If your child becomes ill at Nursery they will be
access. made comfortable and be cared for by a member
of staff until we can contact you or your
emergency contact person and you can collect
Do I need any money? him/her.
Your child will receive immediate attention for any
minor injury that may occur at nursery. A report
There is no charge for your child’s nursery will be entered in the accident record file and
education but a small contribution would be very you will be informed when you come to nursery
much appreciated. 40p a day would be a and by letter.
suitable sum. This money is a voluntary If your child has had sickness or diarrhoea, please
donation, however, it is essential for us to provide do not bring him/her to Nursery until 48 hours
snack, baking ingredients and many other items after their last bout of illness.
that enrich your child’s days in the nursery. It also Your co-operation in this matter is very
covers the cost of a small birthday celebration for much appreciated.
each child. It is unnecessary therefore to send any A full list of exclusion times for the most common
party fare on your child’s special day. illnesses can be found in the entrance lobby.
In the case of accessing wrap around sessions,
Money may be required for school dinners. A free
school meal form is available and children can also
Curriuclum for Excellence
. Science
bring packed lunches. . Expressive Arts
. Religious & Moral Education
. Social Studies
. Technologies
Play and active learning is central in our
The purpose of the Curriculum for
nursery curriculum. We hope to create a
Excellence is encapsulated in the four
learning environment which encourages
capacities, to enable each child to be:
young children to fully engage in their
. A successful learner
learning and development.
. A confident individual
We offer children experiences and
. A responsible citizen
opportunities to develop their
. An effective learner.
knowledge and skills related to the
We keep a record of your child’s
following curriculum areas within the
progress based on our observations.
Curriculum for Excellence.
This is called their Rainbow folder which
. Language/Literacy
is available for you to view at any time
. Numeracy / Mathematics
Health & Wellbeing
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Holidays Education for a
Times
Multi-Cultural Society
Morning Session 8.45am - 11.55am The Early Years class is part of the school
Afternoon Session 12.15pm - 3.25pm and keeps the same holidays. A list of
this year’s holidays is contained within
this booklet. Holiday dates are also We at Closeburn Primary School and Early Years
displayed on the nursery notice board. are committed to an active policy of discouraging
racist and other discriminatory attitudes
and practices. Where the potential for
Arrival and discrimination in current policies exists we are
Collection Emergency Closure attempting to build in safeguards to prevent
discrimination taking place. In order to assist
Children to become responsible members of
We ask that you bring your child into society provision will take account of the need to
the nursery and supervise them as In the event of the nursery having to develop awareness and understanding of the
they hang up their coats. close in an emergency, for example lifestyles of people out with their direct
It would be appreciated if you could adverse weather or service failure. experience.
ensure that your child has been to the • A group text will be sent out as soon To ensure that a multi-cultural education will
toilet before entering nursery. as possible permeate all stages of learning and teaching the
Before leaving the nursery please • The closure will be posted on the Head Teacher has responsibility for monitoring
support your child to self register and council website and reporting on its place within the
be sure that your child’s key worker is • If you are in any doubt please phone curriculum framework
aware of your child’s arrival and any the school (local staff will be on site
concerns/changes that may have from 8am to keep you updated)
arisen.
It is essential for the safety of our
children that they are delivered and
collected by a responsible adult and Equal Opportunities
that the front door is never pinned
back at the beginning or end of a
session. Please ensure that your child’s From Nursery onwards our school has a unique
key worker has an up to date list of all opportunity to provide an environment within
adults who have permission to pick up which sex discrimination does not occur and
your child and phone the school if within which steps are taken to counteract the
there is a change of plan. pressures often placed on children by the home,
media and fellow pupils to conform to traditional
Children can be collected from 11.45- roles. It is therefore important that at the centre
11.55am in the morning session and of our curriculum, teaching methodology,
3.05-3.25pm in the afternoon if not teaching materials and structure of the
accessing wrap around provision. timetable is examined carefully to ensure they
Collection time for wrap around support and are not working contradictory to the
sessions is at 3.05pm. provision of equal opportunities.
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