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Your Child’s Wellbeing
Your child’s health and safety is
of utmost importance to us. We
regularly review our Health and
Safety practices and encourage
parents to actively participate in
these reviews.
Safety
Centre policies on safety
precautions are continually reinforced
by the teachers and children.
Such practices include:
• Maintaining and updating a Centre Hazards checklist.
• Checking the safety of sandpits and outdoor equipment.
• Children’s awareness of personal safety e.g. not throwing equipment.
• The storage of hazardous substances in locked cupboards.
All of our teachers are trained in first aid, and these certificates are renewed every
two years.
Illness
We ask that any child who is unwell be kept at home so illness does not spread
throughout the centre. If a child is deemed unwell to attend, they may be refused
admittance at the Centre Manager’s discretion. Children with severe coughs or
colds, vomiting, diarrhoea, conjunctivitis, rashes or raised temperatures cannot be
brought into the centre.
If a child has had vomiting or diarrhoea, they must remain home for 48 hours after
the last episode.
If symptoms develop during the day, parents will be contacted to collect their child
immediately.
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