OUR REGISTRATION PROCESS
REGISTER FOR A PRIVATE PLACE
Step 1 - Complete the Enquiry Form
Step 2 - Visit Us or Watch the Online Video Tour
Step 3 - Choose Your Start Date By Clicking on Ready to Join or Emailing us
Step 4 - Pay The Full First Month Fees
Step 5 - Email Us to Request the Registration Password Once Full Fees are Paid
Step 6 - Complete the Registration Forms
Step 7 -
Start With Us
REGISTER FOR A GOVERNMENT FUNDED PLACE
Step 1- Check If You Are Eligible For Funded Childcare
Step 2- Obtain Your Funding Code If Required
Step 3-
Complete the Enquiry Form
Step 4- Visit Us if Possible or Watch the Online Video Tour
Step 5 - Pay the First Term Consumable Fee or Apply for a Waiver
Step 6-
Request the Registration Password & Complete the Registration Form
Step 7-
Start With Us
REGISTER FOR A COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY FUNDED PLACE
Step 1 - Apply For Funding With Your College/Uni
Step 2 - Complete the Enquiry Form
Step 3 - Book a Nursery Visit or Registration Meeting
Step 4 - Get College Approval / Link us to the Uni CGPC Portal
Step 5 - Request Uni/College Sessions and Complete the Registration Form
Step 6 - Start With Us
Settling In
We understand that settling in can be a challenging experience for both parents and the child, so we offer a Stay and Play session and up to 3 settling-in sessions to make starting nursery as comfortable as possible. Please arrive on time for your sessions. Please follow our usual collection procedures when you pick up on the first settling-in day.
Please follow our usual drop-off and collection procedures on any other day unless you agree to.
- Our Optional "Stay and Play Session."
Up to 45 minutes. This optional session is aimed at children struggling to separate from their main carers. On this day, ONE parent can stay and play with their child in the room for up to 45 minutes. You will meet the child's key person or special second, discuss your concerns and share tips.
- Our 1st Settling In Session is "Talk About My Child Day."
Up to 3 hours. Parents will watch their children play with staff and other children on this day. This is not a Stay and Play session, so you should leave the setting shortly after coming, leave it to staff to manage your child's behaviour and to confirm your child if they are upset. We encourage you not to hang around and to give the child a firm kiss and goodbye before leaving. You can pick your child up at any time within the 3 hours. You can call us if they are worried about how your child is settling in.
- Our 2nd Settling In Session "My First Independent Day at Nursery."
Up to 4 hours. We encourage you to leave your child for at least 2 hours. You must leave the setting and not be allowed into the play areas. You can call us if they are worried about how your child is settling in.
- Our 3rd and 4th Settling In Sessions "Settling In Boost."
Up to 2 Hours. These days are optional and only offered to children who find it more challenging to settle, and parents can request this session if they believe it will benefit the child. The sessions last for up to 2 hours. Parents can schedule a meeting to review additional questions or discuss concerns.
- Our Video Induction Meeting
Up to 1 Hour. During the Induction Meeting, we discuss the child's likes and dislikes, preferences, and interests, chat about parents' concerns about starting or adapting to the nursery routine, share tips and ideas, and answer any questions you may have.
We will go through our online Parent's Portal and explain our key Policies and Procedures to help you understand how we operate. Please share essential information with us, such as involvement with social services, court orders, attendance in other settings, medical diagnoses and ongoing treatments or pending referrals. We encourage parents to schedule this meeting before the settling-in sessions but within the first week of starting. There's an option to conduct the meeting in the office. You can opt to navigate the portals without the Induction Meeting. If this is the case, just let us know.
Settling In Tips
We strongly encourage parents to make a small "My Special Photo Album" home and bring it in with their child when they start with us. The album can contain photos of people unique to your child, pets, and places they have visited and enjoyed.
We never call parents if a child is crying. Our staff are well trained to deal with children struggling to settle in. Parents can help by bringing in pictures of special people to their child, talking about nursery before coming to nursery, retraining from showing the child that they are worried or upset about them attending nursery, and giving their child a firm kiss and goodbye at drop off, leaving immediately after saying goodbye, allowing their child to walk toward the staff who is welcoming them, read our procedures and frequently asked questions from our website, make trips to and from nursery fun and not make promises to their child they can keep, leaving the staff to manage tantrums at drop off as the longer you stay and more you get involved the longer it will take to settle your child
Comforters
When a child starts with us, we allow them to bring special toys to assist them in settling in. This will usually be allowed for two weeks.
To promote the children's self-esteem, self-confidence and communication, all comforters, including dummies and blankets brought into the nursery, will be removed and placed inside the child's bags or provided boxes. Please take them home with you at drop-off. We ask parents to remove their child's dummies before handing them to us. Parents are encouraged to leave toys such as teddies at home, and please do not bring any toys from home.
Staff have better and more effective techniques to help settle/distract the children.