Parent Partnership
Leaving your child at nursery can be a difficult process, but by working in partnership with parents we can make it easier. We encourage parents and children to visit the nursery before starting with us, enabling children to gain awareness of the setting, routines within and familiarise themselves with other children. We like parents to be actively involved within all areas of nursery life and promote this. Parents can visit us at any time, and we invite you to come along and share a skill with your little one and their class. Whether that be specialist knowledge on a celebration or festival or to come and read a story. This includes Grandparents and other careers too.
We recognise that working in partnership with parents is of major value and importance when providing a happy, caring, and stable environment for children. We aim to form a good relationship with parents and carers so that information regarding their children (be it developmental, social, or health related) can be exchanged easily and comfortably by nursery staff and parents.
Parent Partnership Hub
At nursery we know that it can be difficult to think of activities that you can carry out with your little ones when at home. We provide an array of activities when the children are at nursery and feel that it is very important for you as parents to be able to support and extend this learning when at home, as well as experiencing some of the wonderful activities that the children participate in at nursery. Within our reception area, we have our parent partnership hub. Here you will find a lending library, treasure baskets and different activity packs that you are able to take home and enjoy with your child.
Key Person approach Kattz Kidz Day Nursery
Research has shown that a key person approach is the most effective way of ensuring children form and build relationships with a significant adult in the setting.
Why is this important?
Children develop best when they feel safe, secure, and cared for, and the responsibility for this is in the hands of adults responsible for their care. This may be a sole responsibility from parents alone or the case where care is shared it also becomes the role of the key person to ensure this is achieved during a child's time in a setting.
At Kattz Kidz, we have an established key person approach, and this is threaded through our ethos, policies and procedures.
Our approach gives children the reassurance to feel secure and cared for helping them to become familiar with the nursery environment and to feel confident within it. The key person has special responsibilities for working with a small number of children and building relationships with you, their parent. In addition, they will talk to you to make sure that the needs of your child are being met appropriately and that any records of achievement are shared with you or any other professionals as necessary.
The key person is also responsible for responding sensitively to your child's needs, feelings ideas and behaviours, meeting all your child's physical care needs where practicable, and planning and recording for your child's education and development. This ensures above all else that your child's individuality, efforts, and achievements leaves them feeling valued and respected for who they are and who they aspire to be.
A key person's role begins from a child's first settling in visit at the nursery or onto the next age group. A key person will be assigned to you on your first visit to the nursery and they will take you and your child step by step through this period and tailor make an induction programme built around you and your child's needs (please see our settling in policy) All children will be assigned a key person on their first settling in visit ensuring you have and your child have a point of contact and more importantly a familiar face from the beginning.
The key person will form part of the key team responsible for the children within this age group. The role of the key team is to provide a consistent approach to the children's care, and to have knowledge of all the children who attend in this age group. In addition, they will take over your key persons responsibilities in their absence for holidays etc. They will be familiar with your child as they will be working closely with your key person and your child on a daily basis. Your child will be comfortable with this staff member as they will support your key person in providing care for your child and this will ensure you also have someone you are familiar with to discuss your child within the key person's absence.
Where children are moving up to a new age group your key person will support you and your child during this period, slowly handing over responsibility to your new assigned key person.
Our staff team heavily endorse our key person approach making this a strong element in our ethos here in the nursery. As such your key person will strive to be the best person to understand your child's individual needs and to share information with you about their experiences here in the nursery.
Famly is an all-in-one nursery management system that we use as a nursery. It simplifies administration, streamlines observations, and optimises the way in which staff can communicate with parents. We use Famly to improve everyday life for parents, staff and most importantly, for the children.
Through Famly you will be able to manage your own account, see your invoices and keep your child’s important information up to date. The staff will be able to share moments from the children’s day, send observations and create learning journeys for you see.
Menus
All food is prepared fresh each day on the nursery premises, by our onsite chef. The chef and the manager work closely together to plan a well thought out menu for the children. All the meals are well balanced and nutritious and will cater for any children who may have a special dietary requirement. Menus are run on a 4-weekly rota.
Fee Schedule
At Kattz Kidz we accept 15- and 30-hour funding!
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Sessions |
Session Times |
Fees |
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Full Time |
8am - 6pm Monday - Friday |
£525 per week |
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Full Day |
8am - 6pm |
£105 per day |
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Morning |
8am - 1pm |
£62.50 per session |
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Afternoon |
1pm - 6pm |
£62.50 Per session |
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Early drop off |
7.30am - 8am |
£12.60 per interval |
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Late Collection |
10 minute intervals |
£12.60 per interval |
Policies and Procedures
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★★★★★ What our parents say
I cannot recommend this nursery enough! The staff are extremely professional, kind and of utmost importance, they are fantastic with the children, especially throughout the Covid pandemic. Our daughter has loved every second at Kattz and wakes up with a spring in her step when it's a nursery day. We love the different activities that they plan and because it's a small nursery that they really get to know your child and their personality.
★★★★★ What our parents say
Kattz Kidz has been a great place for our children - warm, friendly and safe, with a good balance of education, creativity, and play. The staff are both friendly and professional, and we have seen our children come on leaps and bounds under their care, with many happy memories. Our eldest daughter (who started school last year) still enjoys seeing the staff when we drop off her sister in the morning. The management and carers have upped their game even further during the pandemic in order to keep the nursery open and provide a safe and happy environment for children and an essential service for parents. Highly recommended.
★★★★★ What our parents say
Our son joined Kattz Kidz shortly after his first birthday.
We were looking for somewhere that was professionally run but didn’t feel too corporate. It was important to us that our son was left in an environment where we felt the practitioners really cared about the children. We wanted a place where he would develop holistically and most importantly we wanted him to be happy.
★★★★★ What our parents say
Kattz Kidz has a very personal feel about it, he’s greeted enthusiastically every day and the practitioners from all the other age groups seem to know his name and say hello when they see him. It feels like he’s really developed a bond with his key workers and is forever saying ‘Amy and Katy’ at home.
★★★★★ What our parents say
We were concerned about the impact the pandemic would have on his development but the routine he gets from nursery has been immeasurably important and he really has flourished since he’s been at Kattz Kidz. He is growing into a happy confident little boy and I couldn’t recommend Kattz Kidz enough.
Activities
Nature Explorers
Once a week we take the children to our local nature reserve, Norton Common. Some of the activities that the children participate in when at Norton Common are scavenger hunts, climbing trees, bug hunts and observing nature. Our walks lead children down a trail of self-exploration and environmental exploration.
Our nature walks allow the children to build on their self-confidence. They have the freedom, time, and space to learn and demonstrate independence. Their communication and language development flourish through sensory experiences and they become more socially aware when taking part in activities with their peers.