In the recent nursery quarterly questionnaire we had some feedback that our sick policy was a bit heavy handed and so we’ve reviewed this. At the nursery we have always wanted to stay pretty much in line with the Health Protection Agency guidelines and stay in keeping with best practice, having said this we have [...]
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The Nursery Sick Policy – what’s in and what’s out?
January 31st, 2012
Creative Play
January 31st, 2012
You will often see from our weekly round up emails or the rooms monthly planning the mention of gak, which is made from cornflour and water. The gak has a funny texture to it, enabling them to squeeze it into their hands and watch it drip from their hands into pots or pass it to one another. We [...]
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Would you like to save up to £900 a year on your childcare costs?
December 23rd, 2011
At The Wigwam we are registered with all Nursery Voucher Schemes you ask us to, so if your employer is signed up to the government’s childcare voucher scheme you could start to take advantage now! If your company uses a scheme we’re not already signed up to we’ll be happy to register with them. Both [...]
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Parent Group Minutes
November 29th, 2011
The Wigwam parent group held on 21st November 2011 Topic: Pram Store Attended by: Emma Tennant, Rebecca Platt, Nicole Odell, Rachel Norris Cervetto, Charlotte Corrish, Carolina Pereyra, Emma Formoy, Naomi Cameron Wyatt, Clare and Simon Ward. Issues: Too many prams, too little space Corridor too tight Difficult with non walkers to put pram up or [...]
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Feeling the pinch – the pressure Day Nurseries are Under
November 24th, 2011
There has been so much in the press recently about the economy and household finance and it doesn’t paint a rosy picture!!! As a Day Nursery offering high quality childcare we feel this pinch just as much, if not more.
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Childcare and Infant Nutrition
November 24th, 2011
After reading a recent article in Nursery Manager Today I was struck by how little we know about infant nutrition and the long term effect processed food has on our pre-school babies and children in the UK. Research published this year by the University of Bristol’s School of Social and Community Medicine showed that three [...]
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Return to Work Sessions
November 9th, 2011
In July of this year at our sister nursery in Bracknell we ran a set of sessions on returning to work, after maternity leave and are planning to run another set over the winter at the Wigwam for all of those who are going back to work in January. This is a set of three sessions which [...]
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Small is Beautiful Health and Safety Training
November 3rd, 2011
As you may know, we run three internal training days each year at the nursery and the next one is on Saturday 5th November. We get both the teams at The Teepee and The Wigwam together, so people can share their thoughts and experiences. This time we will be refreshing ourselves on our internal values [...]
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Want to book at The Wigwam and not pay the registration fee? Well read on!
October 14th, 2011
From experience we know when anyone is “in the market” for something, we all tell our friends, it’s only natural
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Parent Group 10th October- Your Nursery Needs You…
September 23rd, 2011
Fancy having an input into the way your child’s nursery is run?
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