Information about our settling and transition procedures

Daycare Settling Week

We have a one-week settling in period which builds to allow the child to see a whole nursery day.

We have a settling week fee, which is a one-off fee of £200.00 for a week of settling.  This is a whole week even if the child does not attend every day.  We feel this is good practice in allowing children to get to know the routine, key people and ease them into their new environment.  This does not get deducted from the fees and is additional in place of charging fees for the settling days.

SESSION 1	SESSION 2	SESSION 3	SESSION 4	SESSION 5
9am-10am	9am-11am	8am-12pm	8am-4pm	8am-6pm

Monday 1 hour (9am-10am with snack) (First settle)

Tuesday 2 hours (9am-11am with snack)

Wednesday 4.5 hours (8am-12pm with breakfast, snack and lunch)

Thursday 8.5 hours (8am-4pm with breakfast, snack, lunch and tea, and sleep time (babies and 2-3's).

Friday 10 hours (8am-6pm) with breakfast, snack, lunch & tea, and sleep time (babies and 2-3's).

We support all children individually to settle & you will support your child alongside the key person.

This week can be adjusted to suit needs and requirements; also if a child is struggling with settling we can extend further.

Sessional Children Settling

All sessional children will settle in either in the morning or afternoon depending on the regular sessions they do.

The sessions are set up as follows:

MORNING SESSION

SESSION 1	SESSION 2	SESSION 3	SESSION 4	SESSION 5
9am-10am	9am-10:30am	9am-11am	9am-11:30am	8:30am-11:30am

AFTERNOON SESSION

SESSION 1	SESSION 2	SESSION 3	SESSION 4	SESSION 5
1pm-2pm	1pm-2:30pm	1pm-3pm	1pm-2:30pm	12:30pm-3:30pm

Transitions

All children will automatically transition to the next age range after their birthday.

Transitions are arranged by John Coggin Nursery Operations Manager, in conjunction with the room leaders and key person, to make sure there is a smooth transition between rooms within the nursery.

Children may move up to the next age range once they have had their birthday, or when the nursery has the next main admission intake.