Nursery Policies

Thank you for visiting our page of Nursery Policies.

We are involving children, parents and staff to evaluate and update our policies and practices. Please do respond to surveys, questionnaires and/or feedback sheets so that your contributions can be valued and included.

We will post more policies up here as and when they are updated, and all nursery staff have been consulted and then agreed to the final draft.

Many thanks for your continued support.

Here is our Nursery Policy Updates Calendar for session 2019/20, so far.

Nursery Policy Updates Calendar – Session 2019-20

Month	Policy/Procedure (Review/Maintenance)	Policy/Procedure (New Development)	Links to other policies/things to consider	Ongoing Developments/ Things to Finalise
August	Annual Updates/ Recap for new school session: · Induction Booklets · School Handbook · Child Protection · Data Protection · Missing Child Policy · Dealing with incidents of biting · Infection Prevention & Control · Administration of Medication · Positive Relationship & Behaviour Policy · Anti-Bullying Policy · Key Worker Policy	—	—	Indoor and Outdoor Environments & Pupil-friendly Risk Assessments
September	Risk Assessment Calendar Supervision & PR&D	Clarify Risk Assessments for new developments (water butt, outdoor toilet, mud kitchen, sandpit, woodwork and tinker table) Self-Evaluation/Quality Assurance	Nurturing Approaches
October	Staff Induction	Nurture Statement Additional Support Needs Statement	Relationships, Anti-Bullying, Key Worker, Staff Induction
November	Healthy Eating & Snack Policy	Play, Learning & Teaching Policy (continue drafting from previous session)	Care Inspectorate guidance: Food Matters Setting the Table
December	First Aid Policy & Procedures	Curriculum Rationale
January	Management of Head Lice Prevention and Infection	Play, Learning & Teaching Policy (to agree)	School Nurse Play charter, out to play, play types tool kits, updated loose parts guidance, our creative journey, my world outdoors, animal magic	Outdoor Development & Wee Green Spaces Information Pack
February	· Policy for Adult Volunteers · Positive Relationships & Behaviour · Nursery Induction Policy	Parental Engagement Statement & Curriculum Workshops	Nurture statement
March	Early Learners’ Aims Missing/Absent/Lost Person Policy	Assessment, Recording & Reporting (to continue drafting from last session)	Observations, Highland Developmental Overviews, Reports, Learning Journeys
April	Emergency Evacuation Procedures	Language & Literacy (to begin drafting, linking to developments so far)	Business Continuity Plan Emergent Approach to Literacy
May	Key Worker Policy & Procedures		Positive Relationship & Behaviour Policy Nurture Statement
June/July

National Guidance:

NURSERY POLICIES

General Application Information:

Click here: https://hanover.aberdeen.sch.uk/our-school/apply-for-a-nursery-place/

Nursery Induction Information:

Nursery Induction Policy – June 2018

Beginning NURSERY Booklet – Miss Forbes – 2019-20 – PDF File (updated due to change in May Day Holiday)

Beginning NURSERY Booklet – Miss Forbes – 2019-20 – Word File (updated due to change in May Day Holiday)

Click HERE for translatable link. (text only)

Nursery Induction Letter for August/September 2019 new starts: here

Nursery Induction Letter for January 2020 new starts: here

Nursery Induction Letter for April 2020 new starts: here

Child Protection:

Aberdeen City Council Child-Protection-Corporate-Policy-and-Procedure November 2017 – Review November 2020

HSS Full Child Protection Policy & Guidelines – August 2019 – Review August 2020

HSS Child Protection Policy Summary – August 2019 – Review August 2020

HSS Updated Child Protection Notice – February 2019

HSS The 5 GIRFEC Questions February 2019 – portrait

Health & Wellbeing & Health & Safety:

Anti-Bullying Policy – August 2019 – Review August 2020

Anti-Weapon Knife Crime Policy 14.9.17

Management of Head Lice Prevention and Infection – January 2019 – Review January 2020

HEALTHY EATING & SNACK POLICY

INFECTION PREVENTION & CONTROL – September 2019 – Review September 2020

Dealing with Incidents of Biting September 2019 – Review September 2020

Adult Helper Policy – February 2019

Missing-Absent Lost Persons Policy&Procedure – April 2019 – Review April 2020

Relationships and Behaviour:

Positive Relationships & Behaviour (Nursery) August 2019 – Review February 2020

Other Policies:

P1 Induction Policy – June 2018

Staff Supervision and PR&D Policy – February 2019

Key Worker Policy & Procedures – February 2019

What is a Care Plan – Leaflet for Parents – May 2019 – translatable link here: https://wp.me/p8rVKS-3Dy

#There are more policies in our nursery – we are uploading them to this site as appropriate and/or as updated.

Complaints Procedure

Please speak to the nursery team in the first instance – your key worker, Senior Early Years Practitioner or Class Teacher. If you’d prefer, contact Miss Forbes (DHT) or Mr Markey (HT); they have an open door policy. Otherwise, click on these links for information:

Unhappy about a care service and https://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk/services/have-your-say/make-complaint

National Guidance:

The Scottish Government:

Care Inspectorate:

Education Scotland:

Play Scotland:

Other Guidance:

Our Most Recent Education Scotland Report:

Our Most Recent Care Inspectorate Report:

Previous Care Inspectorate Reports:

Aberdeen City Council Guides: