Sweet Peas Nursery

Tel: 01443 566700, Mob: 07442484148

Email: cf81nursery@gmail.com 44-46 High Street, Bargoed CF81 8RD

Our Aims And Objectives We (the nursery) will ensure every child is given the best possible care to the highest standards, following our policies and procedures. The staff ethos is to care for every child as if they are their own. We feel it is important that children have lots of fun filled and memorable experiences, also for the parents too. We want parents to feel confident leaving their children, and to feel that our staff are approachable and feel confident asking questions and voicing any concerns. We want parents to feel relaxed and comfortable leaving their child with us. Every Child matters to us here at Sweet Peas Nursery. We aim to provide the highest standards of equality and an exceptional quality of care, by treating every child as an individual and ensuring we look after each child to the exceptional standard that we would want our own children looked after. To provide a child friendly environment where children are able to feel safe and secure, by ensuring risk assessments are conducted thoroughly to minimise risk. We provide a stimulating environment where children are encouraged to develop at their own pace, by providing resources that are stage appropriate and fulfil each child’s potential and individual needs. To ensure we continually monitor the quality of care our staff have continued support and training. This is achieved by performance reviews, appraisals, and official training. We also continually monitor the progress of children’s development by doing spot checks on observations. We aim to contribute to the local community, by allowing student placements, and links to the local schools. To be guided by parent feedback, to enable us to make provisions to take into consideration parent suggestions.	“Our task, regarding creativity, is to help children climb their own mountains, as high as possible. No one can do more.” Loris Malaguzzi
Details About The Service We provide childcare for a maximum of 55 boys and girls, aged between 6 weeks, and 5 years old. Sweet Peas Nursery is open 8am – 6pm, Monday – Friday. We are closed for the period between Christmas and New year, and for all Welsh bank holidays throughout the year. We aim to support the parents’ childcare needs whether this is full or part time, full sessions or half days. At Sweet Peas Nursery the main language is English, however, we aim to use the child’s first language wherever possible. We will not discriminate against any staff member, child, parent or visitor who speaks any other language, and will aim to find alternative methods of communication and inclusion. Incidental Welsh is used throughout the setting, and members of staff are encouraged to incorporate basic Welsh into their day-to-day routine, planning, during activities, singing, circle time etc. We hope to introduce fluent Welsh speaking members of staff at the nursery to spend some part of the day with the children emphasising the Welsh Language. Around the nursery there is work displayed on walls communicated in both English and Welsh. This allows and encourages staff, visitors and parents to see and use the Welsh language.
Large outdoor and indoor spaces Each nursery has a large secure outdoor and indoor spaces that promotes gross motor and fine motor skills. These contain a mud kitchens, that are a fantastic sensory experience, promoting role play and a community amongst the children. They also contain climbing frames and vehicles to support gross motor skills.
Details About The Service Range of needs of relevant children to be met We are able to care for children with a range of individual needs. These include (but are not limited to) children with; physical needs, social and emotional needs, and medical needs, as well as religious and cultural needs. We aim to complete relevant training as needed where children require medical intervention for conditions such as severe allergic reactions, diabetes, etc. Each child is treated as an individual and respected through their religions and cultures. Every child is offered the same activities and toys regardless to developmental needs and gender. Non – stereotyped images are promoted through books and posters. The children are encouraged by positive role models, which is displayed through imaginary roleplay, and displayed through toys. We also celebrate cultural events in the nursery. Children will not be discriminated against for any reason, no matter their physical, emotional, medical, religious or cultural needs. Children and families are treated with respect throughout their time at Sweet Peas Nursery. This is through mutual understanding and respect. Staff treat every child with the same standard of care, no matter what their individual needs are, cultural needs or religious. Every child matters. We have an ALNCO in the nursery who will assess the child and their individual needs. The ALNCO liaises with both parents and staff members. The child’s progress will be recorded in a diary and filed away in the Office. The ALNCO coordinates provision for the child. The ALNCO provides information and support to staff to help the smooth running of the child’s day to day life in nursery. Our managers have lots of experience of children with additional needs. Mainly Autism, Speech and Language difficulties, and medical conditions. With 34 years of combined experience in childcare settings, we have overseen a number of additional needs and multicultural diversities. Our service is also able to cater for a wide variety of dietary needs. All food, drinks and resources that children with dietary requirements are in contact with will be checked for unsuitable ingredients before being given to the child. Photos of children with dietary requirements are displayed on the wall of the dining room, so that everybody is aware and can ensure the children are given the correct food. Photos are colour coded to specific dietary requirements, with matching colour coded plates and cups for the children.
Full Details Of Our Provision Facilities available Our downstairs areas consists of Rising 3’s and Pre-School. We have free flow areas consisting of role play, mark-making, and lovely cosy book corners. These areas contain toys to develop various areas of learning, such as dolls, building blocks, discovery toys, etc. Upstairs in the baby room, we have stage appropriate toys such as sensory toys, soft toys, large building blocks. The outside area has space for the children to enjoy planting. We also have a play area where the children can use their physical skills to burn off energy. Some of the resources available outside are bikes, skipping ropes, and stepping stones. Services offered: Half day (AM/PM) and full day. All meals, snacks, nappies, creams and resources will be provided by the nursery. For children with dietary requirements, parents are to provide the details in the enrolment form when registering their child and also on the child information sheet given on every group transition. For changes in dietary requirements that happen after these are initially completed we ask parents to communicate with the nursery staff and management team, to get the information updated. All meals are prepared and cooked by the cook in the kitchen. We cater for children with medical dietary requirements, cultural preferences, vegans, vegetarians etc.
Staffing Staffing at Sweet Peas consists of a nursery manager, Abi (level 5 qualified), two assistant managers, Becca and Kerrie (one being level 5 qualified, and one working towards level 5), and a team of nursery nurses qualified to level 3 (or level 2 working towards level 3). Every member of staff within the nursery has an up-to-date enhanced DBS check, including any admin or maintenance staff. Every member of staff has also completed and are up-to-date with safeguarding training, or are booked to attend upcoming training. The role of the nursery managers is to ensure the safe running of the business, completing all the relevant paperwork, and covering shifts and staff lunches where needed. The managers are there to ensure every child is receiving the highest quality of care and kept safe. They are there to ensure that the staff are providing planned, stimulating play experiences which meet the child’s individual needs. Also, the managers need to ensure the practice and provision in the nursery meets the requirements of the curriculum. The role of the managers is to open and close the nursery at the beginning and end of the day, to ensure the building is safe. They will also oversee the hiring of employees and voluntary staff to ensure that each employee is suitable for their role. All of our Nursery Nurses in the setting are fluent English speaking but are encouraged to use the basic Welsh Language through the use of songs, books and pictures. Every member of the nursery staff is introduced and made aware of the United Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) for their interaction with children of all ages and its implications for their work. The nursery team are trained to use good eye contact and be at the child’s level to communicate in a friendly and informal manner. We always communicate at the child’s level so the child can feel confident that the adult is always listening. The cook is responsible for preparing and cooking a healthy and nutritious balanced diet for the children. The staff both upstairs and downstairs ensure that the cleanliness of the nursery is maintained each day, both cleaning up after meals and activities, and regularly completing the sterilisation of toys and equipment within their role. Our director will work with the rest of the management team and ensure regular visits to support all aspects of the nursery and members of staff. As part of our commitment to quality, we offer placements to students undertaking early years qualifications and training. We also offer placements for school pupils on work experience. We recognise that qualifications and training make an important contribution to the quality of the care and education we provide. For students on placement with us, we aim to provide experiences that contribute to the successful completion of their studies and that provide examples of quality practice in early years care and education. Students / volunteers / apprenticeships are all welcome within the nursery. Each person is required to have an up-to-date DBS before being allowed to work on the premises.
Activities Offered Some activities offered in our setting are curiosity role play (doctors surgery, hairdressers, shop), messy/sensory play (gloop, shaving foam, jelly, ice), creative play (painting, sticking), music & movement (musical instruments, dancing), cooking, mathematic activities, science experiments, story time (book corner, story sacks, audio stories), seasonal themed activities throughout the year (red nose day, Christmas, Diwali, Easter). Planned activities will be tailored to meet the individual needs of the children, expanding their existing knowledge. Activities will be evaluated on a weekly basis, and plans will be made to develop the activities to further the children’s skills.
Settling in to Sweet Peas Nursery One of the managers will arrange settling in sessions with the parent/carer before the child starts. Settling in sessions are conducted over three separate occasions and staggered times. The first session being between 30 minutes accompanied by a parent. This session allows the parents to read through the policies and procedures, ask any questions they may have, and for us to help complete the enrolment form if needed. The second and third sessions parents are asked to leave their child for 1 hour, and 2 hours unaccompanied by parents to allow the children to familiarise themselves with the staff and environment.
Safeguarding Safeguarding each child is the nurseries number one priority. Each nursery is secure with gated access, with those only authorised able to the premises. Every nursery has CCTV is in operation to ensure the safety of all children and staff on the premises. All of staff have been Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service checked, including extensive background checks and a thorough interview process.

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