Nursery & Preschool
Everything you need to know about settling your child in at Scallywags.
Everything is included in your fee apart from formula, breast milk, bottom/nappy cream and pull up nappies.
Every child is allocated a key worker. This may change if your child develops a better relationship with another member of staff in your child's unit.
Settling visits and creating a care plan with you, the development and progress of your child, parents evenings, and a friendly dedicated person to go to if you would like advice or to talk about your child's development.
Every child has an individual care plan which we follow during the day.
Alongside music sessions, each unit has a specialism to enhance your child's day: Snowdrops, Baby Yoga, Sunflowers, Buttercups.
All staff who have been with us for at least 6 weeks are booked onto level 3 paediatric first aid training.
We encourage healthy eating through offering a varied and balanced diet, all our meals are made from scratch by our chef. Fruit and veg are offered as part of our snacks and each child has access to their own water bottle.
We have 2 dedicated outside spaces to ensure all age groups can access outdoor play. We go outside in the morning and afternoon, no matter what the weather, with time outside depending on conditions.
We don't automatically send your child home for one small case of sickness or diarrhoea, as there are many reasons for young children to have loose nappies or vomit. If we feel your child may need medical attention we will make an appointment to see a chemist.
All our staff are given a safeguarding induction alongside completing Sheffield Children's Board safeguarding training. We also make sure our daily risk assessments are complete to ensure the children are safe.
When a child is in their last academic year with us, we focus on making your child school ready, building up their social, communication and independence skills, and hold a school readiness workshop for parents.
When you feel your child is ready for toilet/potty training, we work with you to ensure that your routines are still in place at nursery, with the option of potties for your child to use.
We offer an older child 10% sibling discount, if the older sibling does not receive any other discount, offer or funding. We also offer Aviva employees a 10% discount.
