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Milton of Leys Primary School ELCC Nursery Handbook 2021 – 2022 Contents Welcome to Milton of Leys Primary School ELCC Page 3 How to Contact Us Page 3 The Staff Page 4 The Aims of the Setting Page 4 The Early Years Curriculum Page 4 What is Early Years Education About? Page 5 Setting Hours Page 5 Flexible Hours Page 6 Term Dates 2021/2022 Page 6 Enrolments and Admissions Page 6 Transition Page 6/7 Allocation of Places Page 7 Clothing Page 8 Toilet Training Page 8 Illness and Attendance Page 9/10 Setting Closure Page 10 Visits Page 11 The ELCC Day Page 11 What Will Children Learn in the Setting? Page 12 Snack Page 12 Parents and the Setting Page 13 Reporting to Parents Page 13 Additional Support Needs Page 14 GIRFEC Page 14/15 Child Protection Page 15 Emergency Planning – Major Incident in Schools Page 15 Comments & Complaints Page 16 Milton of Leys Early Learning and Childcare Centre Welcome to Milton of Leys ELCC Thank you for expressing an interest in Milton of Leys Early Learning and Childcare Centre. We very much hope that both you and your child enjoy your time with us. Our setting is the main provider of pre-school education for the children in the Milton of Leys area. Play is central to a child’s life in the ELCC. The ELCC setting is managed and operated by the school. 2 Your child is at a very crucial stage of his/her development as it is now accepted that children learn more rapidly in the first seven years of their lives than at any other time. Therefore, it is really important that your child is given every opportunity to fulfil their potential. As a parent you play a vitally important part in the process. We in the ELCC setting, will play our part by treating your child as an individual. We also aim to offer him/her a variety of experiences and activities which we hope will be both enjoyable and create valuable learning opportunities. How to Get in Touch with Us We welcome meetings with parents or enquiries about the Setting. We can be contacted as follows: Milton of Leys Primary School Leys Square Milton of Leys INVERNESS IV2 6HF Telephone 01463 773020 The ELCC Staff The staff work as a team to plan and deliver the best provision for the children. We are here to help and assist you and your child. Please do not hesitate to speak to us at any time. The ELCC Team consists of Acting Head Teacher: Mrs Meg Snedden Acting Depute Head: Mrs Mari-Louise Macaulay Childcare Manager: Mrs Emma Arnold Childcare Administrator: Mrs Katie Cameron Nursery Early Years Practitioners: Support Workers: Mrs Natalie Fraser-Lee Mr Ryan Mackenzie Mrs Fiona Adams Miss Kelly-Anne Patterson Miss Sarah Watson Miss Gemma Urquhart Ms Rena Cruickshank Miss Hannah Baxter Mrs Sher Almond Miss Olivia Morrison Mr Michael Longmuir Mrs Kerry-Ann Jones Breakfast Auxiliary’s: Mrs Laura Nicol Mrs Collette Adamiec Mrs Karen Newlands Miss Lynne Murray Mrs Louise Young Out of School Care Assistants: Out of School Care Auxiliarys: Mrs Sheila Macleod Ms Moira Campbell Miss Caitlin Mackintosh Mrs Catriona Nesbitt Ms Nikki Macrae 3 ELCC Setting Aims At Milton of Leys ELCC, we aim to: • Provide a safe and stimulating environment, in which children could feel happy and secure • Encourage the emotional, social, physical, creative and intellectual development of children • Promote the welfare of children • Encourage positive attitudes to self and others and develop confidence and self-esteem • Create opportunities for play • Encourage children to explore, appreciate and respect their environment • Provide opportunities to stimulate interest and imagination • Extend the children’s abilities to communicate ideas and feelings in a variety of ways • Offer parents / carers opportunities to become involved in their child’s pre-school learning and development and provide regular information about their child’s progress and development • Arrange appropriate professional development and training for all staff. The Early Years Curriculum The Early Years Curriculum is all about the development of the individual child and is based firmly on play and active learning. Staff currently plan activities and experiences that promote and extend the children’s learning in all eight of the Curriculum for Excellence areas: Literacy and English Numeracy and Maths Health & Wellbeing Social Studies Technology Science Religious and Moral Education Expressive Arts 4 Since August 2011 Milton of Leys ELCC has been delivering experiences and outcomes from Curriculum for Excellence. These guidelines provide a flexible and enriched curriculum for all Scottish children aged 3-18 years. By providing structure, support and direction to their learning a Curriculum for Excellence should enable the children to become: • Successful Learners • Confident Individuals • Responsible Citizens • Effective Contributors We will continue to further develop the nursery curriculum according to Curriculum for Excellence, Realising the Ambition and the Health and Social Care Standards guidance during 2021-22. What is Early Years Education All About? We work with each child at their individual level building on the skills which they have learned and continue to learn at home. In the ELCC setting we hope to promote your child’s ability to: • Develop strategies for learning • Seek out and respond to learning opportunities • Choose and plan their own activity and take control of their own learning • Collaborate and reflect with others • Think and share ideas • Acquire knowledge, skills and understanding to use in situations • Communicate with peers and adults • Express themselves through the medium of art, craft, music, drama and movement • Develop self esteem and be more tolerant of others • Have fun and enjoy themselves Setting Hours The ELCC setting will be open Monday to Friday 8.00am – 5:55pm. This is for flexible Early Learning and childcare for children aged 3-12 years. This includes both unfunded hours and also government funded ELC hours, of which the entitlement for 3-5yr old children is 1140 hours per academic year. The setting is currently closed for public holidays, in-service days and school holidays. 5 Flexible Hours For session 2021/2022 there will be provision for you to take up to 1140 hours of funded early learning and childcare per academic year. You can therefore tailor your child’s free entitlement to match your requirements. You may also purchase additional early learning and childcare if you need to and if spaces are available. Once you have decided on a pattern of hours, and this has been approved by the Childcare Manager, then this must be adhered to for the whole year (unless there are exceptional circumstances which require it to be changed). Any changes must be discussed and agreed with the Childcare Manager in advance It is important that you try to be as punctual as possible to your allocated days and times, both when dropping off and collecting your child, as all parts of the ELC day contain valuable learning opportunities for your child and it would be unfortunate if your child missed an important part of their session. School Term Dates Enrolment and Admission Procedures Early Learning and Childcare Nursery enrolments usually take place in February. Adverts will be placed in the Local Press, the local shops and on our Milton of Leys social media pages (Facebook, Twitter and our elcc blog) Parents are required to produce their child’s Birth Certificate when they register and proof of address. Transition from Home to the Setting Children are invited to attend a settling in session prior to starting as a 3-year old, to meet with staff and children and become familiar with the ELC environment. 6 Parents and carers are involved in the ‘settling-in’ period. This can vary considerably for different children. Initially the parent/carer may stay to support their child for a short time building up gradually to a separation. *However, due to current restriction’s with Covid this is currently not possible. Please see end of Handbook. Buddies Transition from the ELC nursery setting to Primary One The excellent relationship between the ELCC and the main school makes the transition as smooth as possible: • Pre-school children have many opportunities for contact with Primary 1 including open play sessions and topics. All ELC children also participate in many whole school events. • Pre-school children follow a structured transition programme carefully designed to ensure their transition to Primary One is a very positive experience. • Pre-school children are paired with Primary 6 children as buddies. • In June, each child’s Learning Profile, progress report and any documentation relating to contact with another agency, is passed to the child’s Primary One teacher along with a verbal report. Deferred Entry to Primary One An additional advantage year may be recommended by staff or requested by parents. Consultations between parents, Childcare Manager, school Management team and the Early Years Practitioner will be arranged. An amicable consensus based on what is believed to be best for the child should be reached. A deferred entry request may be made on behalf of a child whose birthday occurs between the commencement of the August session and the last day in February. Allocation of Places Priority of ELC Nursery places are for children living within the catchment area. If our setting is oversubscribed, the criteria for prioritising allocation of places is as follows: • Catchment children • To those with siblings in school • To four year olds • To three year olds Allocation of School Places Parents of children enrolling from outwith the school catchment area will be required to make a placing request to the Local Education Authority in the following year if they wish their child to transfer into Primary One, 7 Attendance at Milton of Leys is no guarantee that a placing request for this school will be granted.

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