These are in place for the following areas to ensure the delivery of high quality childcare.

Health and Safety: a register is kept for children showing each child's full details, medical information and emergency contact numbers. All staff are fully trained in First Aid. No child may attend when seriously ill or suffering from an infectious illness. However as a service to the working parent/carer, children with minor ailments may attend the nursery.

Curriculum: The Nursery aims to facilitate the child's experiences by having an open and structured environment that allows free scope for creativity and expression. In this way the children grow with confidence through activities at their own pace. From an early stage the children are offered activities that are stimulating and challenging. Our philosophy is to ensure that each child and their work are accorded full respect.

Curriculum and Activities:

The curriculum is designed and delivered using themes, which incorporates the wider world of science and the environment. Each child works within the "Birth to Three", "Early Learning Goals" and the "Stepping Stones" footprint appropriate to their individual stage of development.

Curriculum Planning:
Long term planning – provides an over view of the areas/themes to be covered during the coming year.

Medium term planning – provides a mind map of a particular area/ theme.

Short term planning – illustrates the details of individual planning sheets, completed outline activities and the learning goal outcomes.

Each area of the Early Learning Goals and "Birth to Three" is evaluated and assessed against the suggested activity.

Record keeping: We maintain the necessary records, policies and procedures that are required for efficient and safe management of the Nursery. Individual child's records are shared with the parents/carers. We keep developmental progress reports on the children and these follow them during their time at the Nursery. This information is informative rather than competitive and the parents/carers are invited to attend regular meetings to discuss their child's progress.

Information to Parents/Carers:
Daily Diaries inform parents of the following:
What the child has eaten,· What activities the child has engaged with
How long the child has slept for· Toileting and personal hygiene routines
General comments on the day·
Key worker: At the end of the child’s session the key worker makes time to talk to the parents
Pre visit: Parents/carers are encouraged to visit the nursery prior to the child being registered
Visitors: Visitors to the Nursery are welcomed at any time. However we do ask prospective parents/carers to avoid lunch times and where possible to give us some notice.


Children's requirements: Prior to the child joining Learning Curve, the staff meet with the parent/carer and the child to discuss the needs of the child. This assists the child in "getting to know” their Childcare co-ordinator. This can be done at home or in the nursery.

At Learning Curve each child’s day is planned according to its age, needs and development.

Terms and Conditions: Every parent/carer registering their child receives a copy of terms and conditions covering various issues such as Admissions Policy, Accident Procedures, Contact Information, Illness, and Security etc.

Equal Opportunities: In promoting equal opportunities, Learning Curve has regard to admission and access to the resources, activities and facilities available to children in its care. All children and adults are treated with equal concern and the Childcare Co-ordinators have due regard to relevant anti-discriminatory good practice. The Childcare Co-ordinators liase with parents/carer to ensure that all children's records contain information that enables appropriate care to be given.

Data Protection (Data Protection Act 1998): Confidentiality of information is maintained at Learning Curve Day Nursery in accordance with the code of confidentiality and the Data Protection Act.