An important date for your diary:
Bank Holiday Closing May 2018 Please note that the nursery will be closed all day on Monday 28nd May. We hope you all have a brilliant break and for those with school aged children a restful half-term.
Notices for Parents
Sunny Weather
Sun cream and clothing reminder – if you haven’t filled in the consent form to allow us to apply sun cream, and you wish us to do so, please complete and return it to us as soon as possible in this warm weather. Also, please ensure that children have appropriate warm weather clothing, such as shorts, sunhat and sandals (fully labelled). No crocs or flip flops please, due to the risk of trips and falls.
Holidays
Please let us know of any future holidays that you have booked as it helps us plan staff annual leave during the busy summer months and ensuring we maintain a strong staff to children ratio.
In addition, we do ask that you let us know your child’s last day at nursery before starting school. The terms of our notice policy are set out below:
Withdrawal: I agree to provide ONE CALENDAR MONTH’S NOTICE (i.e. 1st to 31st of the following month) to leave or to pay the fees in lieu thereof. (Please note that no exceptions will be made. Notice of withdrawal or to change hours, must be received by the Riverside Day Nursery by the 1st of the month for the calendar month ahead. Notice periods of withdrawal or changes cannot be given mid-month to mid-month).
Data Protection
Data Protection has changed. As you are probably aware, new Data Protection laws came into force at the end of May. To comply, we have issued new registration forms to all parents. Please ensure that if you haven’t already returned the completed form to us that you do so immediately to allow us to continue to communicate with you in writing. Many thanks.
Notices for Parents
Policy Reminder: Data Protection
Data Protection is changing. As you are probably aware new Data Protection laws will come into effect later this month. We have issued new registration forms complying with the new laws to all families. Please ensure that if you haven’t already returned the completed forms to us that you do so as soon as possible. Thank you.
Spare Clothing
Getting messy! Part of the children’s learning experience involves occasionally getting messy at nursery. If you don’t want your child’s clothes to get wet or a little bit messy through art and sensory play, please either send them in to nursery in old clothes that aren’t best or provide them with an old top to wear at these times. We do pop aprons on the children, but they often manage to wriggle out of them!
Development Folders
Child Development Folders You are very welcome to view your child’s development folder at any time or indeed take it home. Please can we remind you that we do need them back within a couple of days so that we can continue to populate them with your child’s ongoing achievements and developments.
Notices for Parents
Policy Reminder: Private Babysitting and Child Care Arrangements
Can we kindly remind parents that any personal babysitting or child care arrangements made with a member of the Riverside team that occur outside of the nursery premises are the sole responsibility of the parents and that individual. The Riverside Day Nursery’s insurance and registration certificate do not extend to cover any private arrangements made directly between staff and parents. As with booking any private babysitter, it’s important to carry out appropriate checks beforehand, for example, seeing references and, if this is something you require, ensuring they have relevant insurance coverage in place.
Invoice Payments – Late Payment Fee
Please may we remind all parents and carers that invoice payments are due in full by the 15th of each month. Payments after that date will incur a late charge of 10%.
An Extra Special Announcement!
Our Nursery Manager, Nikita, turned 30 in February. To celebrate, she enjoyed a trip to Las Vegas with her partner James. However, while they were there they decided to get married on the spot – Vegas style!
Huge congratulations to Nikita and James, we wish you every happiness both now and in the future!
Viva Las Vegas! Big, big congratulations Nikita and James.