Arrivals and departures can be busy times and parents must take responsibility for their child and any siblings that may be with them until their child is settled and they leave the building.
Notice to Parents
When arriving at your child’s session parents should try to bring their child on time, allowing the child to participate in all aspects of the session. Parents/carers should bring their child into the setting and help them to partake in self-registration and to help them put their coat/bag on their peg. Then hand over to a member of staff – to ensure that your child is marked on the register, ensure that your child is settled, and that staff are aware that you are leaving. (Up until this point the parent/carer is still responsible for the child.
(If we were in a pandemic we would consider limiting the number of parents at one time in the building so at the start of the session parents are to hand over their child to a member of staff who will be at the door, and staff will encourage the child engage in self-registration – this will be reviewed accordingly)
When you are collecting your child – parents should arrive on time to collect their children. This reinforces the child’s confidence about attending the pre-school and allows staff to share aspects of the session with the parent/carer. Children are then handed over to the parent/carer and immediately become the responsibility of their own parent/carer. If someone else is picking up your child, parent/carer should notify staff, this can be verbally at drop off, a phone call to the office and information can be noted. Any adult collecting your child must be over 16 years old and be aware of the procedures, including the password you have given.
It is important that the emergency contact numbers on your child’s Entry Profile form are kept up to date as only adults identified by you will be allowed to take your child out of the setting.
Late Collection The staff, the setting’s insurance and the setting’s registration only enable the group to provide care within the times stated above, therefore it is important to inform the setting if you or the person collecting your child are likely to be late. This will enable staff to alleviate any distress caused to your child as well as make any necessary arrangements to care for your child until you arrive.
Continual lateness (more than 10 minutes) in collecting children cannot be tolerated, as this causes distress for your child and can be very unsettling. Persistent lateness of more than 3 times will incur a £10.00 charge and each subsequent thereafter.
As taken from our Arrival and Departure Policy
