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Our Setting Aims

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  • Provide high quality care and education for children below statutory school age;
  • Work in partnership with parents to help children to learn and develop;
  • Add to the life and well-being of the local community; 
  • Offer children and their parents a service that promotes equality and values diversity.

Parents

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Parents are regarded as members of our setting who have full participatory rights. These include a right to be:

  • valued and respected;
  • kept informed;
  • consulted;
  • involved; and
  • included at all levels

    We aim to ensure that each child:

  • is in a safe and stimulating environment;
  • is given generous care and attention, because of our ratio of qualified staff to children, as well as volunteer parent helpers
  • has the chance to join with other children and adults to live, play, work and learn together;
  • is helped to take forward her/his learning and development by being helped to build on what she/he already knows and
    can do;
  • has a personal key person who makes sure each child makes satisfying progress;
  • is in a setting that sees parents as partners in helping each child to learn and develop; and

  • is in a setting in which parents help to shape the service it offers

     

Child Development & Learning

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The provision for children’s development and learning is guided by the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation
Stage 2012.
The framework outlines the learning and development, assessment, safeguarding and welfare requirements for the early
years.
Working together for your children
In our setting we maintain the ratio of adults to children in the setting that is set through the Welfare Requirements. We also
have volunteer parent helpers where possible to complement these ratios. This helps us to:
  • Give time and attention to each child;
  • Talk with the children about their interests and activities;
    §  Help children to experience and benefit from the activities we provide; and
    §  Allow the children to explore and be adventurous in safety.

Parents Involvement

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Our setting recognises parents as the first and most important educators of their children.  All of the staff see themselves as
partners with parents in providing care and education for their child. There are many ways in which parents take part in
making the setting a welcoming and stimulating place for children and parents, such as:
  •  Exchanging knowledge about their children’s needs, activities, interests and progress with the staff;
  • Helping at sessions of the setting;
  • Sharing their own special interests with the children;
  • Helping to provide, make and look after the equipment and materials used in the children’s play activities;
  • Taking part in events and informal discussions about the activities and curriculum provided by the setting;
  • Joining in community activities in which the setting takes part; 
  • Building friendships with other parents in the setting

Special Needs

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As part of the setting’s policy to make sure that its provision meets the needs of each individual child, we take account of
any special needs a child may have. The setting works to the requirements of the 1993 Education Act and Special
Educational Needs and Disability Code of Practice: 0 to 25 years (2014).
Our Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator is Zoe Pearson

Safeguarding

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Our setting has a duty under the law to help safeguard children against suspected or actual ‘significant harm’.
Our employment practices ensure children against the likelihood of abuse in our settings and we have a procedure for
managing complaints or allegations against a member of staff.
Our way of working with children and their parents ensures we are aware of any problems that may emerge and can offer
support, including referral to appropriate agencies when necessary, to help families in difficulty.

Starting at our setting

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We want your child to feel happy and safe with us. To make sure that this is the case, the staff will work with you to decide on
how to help your child to settle into the setting. The setting has a policy about helping children to settle into the setting:  a
copy is enclosed in this prospectus.

Literacy Development

Children to link sounds and letters and to begin to read and write. Children must be given
access to a wide range of reading materials (books, poems, and other written materials) to
ignite their interest.

Mathematics

Opportunities to develop and improve their skills in counting, understanding and using
numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems; and to describe shapes,
spaces, and measures.

Understanding the World

To make sense of their physical world and their community through opportunities to
explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology and the environment

Art and Design

Enabling children to explore and play with a wide range of media and materials, as well as
providing opportunities and encouragement for sharing their thoughts, ideas and feelings
through a variety of activities in art, music, movement, dance, role-play, and design and
technology.

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What Our Families are Saying

My daughter has just finished her time at Bow Lane after 2 years & I couldn’t be happier with the progress that she has made. She was always extremely excited to see her friends and teachers & was always happy at the end of each day. I couldn’t have asked for a better platform for my child to grow & learn before leaving to start primary school. We will miss everybody at Bow Lane so much. Thank you all x

My second son is coming to the end of his time at bow lane, we are so sad to be leaving such a wonderful nursery. All the staff have been so supportive and nurturing. Every child should have the privilege of attending Bow Lane.

We absolutely love Bow Lane! Our little girl started just after she turned 2, and has loved every moment spent at this wonderful establishment. My husband and I are former teachers, so we were apprehensive when deciding on which school would be best for our daughter – how lucky we were to find Bow Lane. Gaye, Zoe & Lauren are an amazing Management Team – putting the children’s needs first at all times. The care and attention to each child, from all the staff (even the teachers that aren’t her keyworkers) is impeccable! It’s no wonder the school received an outstanding Ofsted Report! Highly recommend!