PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT and EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION February 2008



We want you and your child to feel welcome in our home.

We believe that successful childcare stems from having an honest and communicative relationship with parents.

We see our relationship with you as a partnership - we are sharing the care and early education of your child. It is essential that we have similar values and ideals.

Acceptable behaviour, basic table manners, tolerance of others, sharing and learning through play in a safe and nurturing environment are all-important concepts of early learning.

We respect your rights as parents and welcome your input. We are aware that you know your child best and need as much information from you as possible to enable us to meet your child's needs.

Please update us in writing of any additional immunisations.

Please let us know if your child has had a bad night, if there
are any changes happening at home, if your child has been unwell,
is undergoing any treatment or has been given any medication.

We in turn will welcome the opportunity to discuss your child's day, including food, drink and activities provided, and your child’s progress with you and this is usually done when you collect your child. However, if you wish to discuss anything in greater depth, please arrange a mutually convenient preferably child-free time.

We keep informal records of the above by jotting down details
relating to all the children in our care on a daily basis,
together with photographic records and notes concerning behavioural issues, mood and appetite, which we are happy to share with you.

We make formal observations of all the children individually at regular intervals throughout the year and would appreciate the prompt return of the questionnaires we send out at these times to ensure we have all relevant information about each child for planning purposes to enable us to support your child as required


If there are any aspects of care about which you have a reservation, please feel free to raise the issue with us.


Wendy & Louis Bernardelle