You and your little one will attend the setting for half an hour to an hour today, sometimes a little bit longer. Management will welcome you and we will take you to the settling area. If possible, we will introduce you to the whole team, but at this given stage you will meet one practitioner whom will support you. This practitioner could potentially be your Key Practitioner unless your little one settles with someone else within the team. You will not be able to enter the class with your child for the duration of the visit. The purpose of today is to familiarise yourself with the practitioner(s) and letting your child explore the garden while they feel safe with you. A staff member will spend some time with you getting to know you and your child. We will ask you to complete some paperwork so that we can get to know your child and be made aware of any special requirements.

Today your child will spend one hour up to two hours in the setting within the room. We understand that this could be emotional, but we promise we will give you a call if your little one finds it too challenging or a general update. Before you leave, we encourage you to say goodbye to your child and explain that you will return. The purpose of this visit is to demonstrate to your child that their parent will return. Please find the following link supportive to understand separation anxiety

Your child will be attending the setting for about three to five hours, all depending on how your little one is finding settling-in with us.  He/ she will be having snack with his/her peers and if possible lunch as well.  The purpose of today’s visit is to extend the length of time your child is present in the room and let them have the freedom to explore their new environment and importantly start to build relationships with the practitioners and other children in the room. We would request that you stay near the setting in case your child becomes unsettled and too distressed. There are some good coffee shops in the area.

Today we will aim to have your little one most of the day. Your child will have snack and lunch/ tea with us, which would be a lovely nearly full day with us. Today we will support the bonding that will take place as well as support your little one to form friendships.

Your child will be attending the setting as a full day. We make use of this day, as a “practice” run for parents returning to work the following week. We request parents to drop children off, as per time they would do the week coming as well as collecting. We request that parents drop off and collect their children, as they would expect to do in the coming week. Your child will follow the room routine and join in for morning snack, lunch, sleep time and afternoon snack.

*Please share any detailed information – if your little one sleeps at different times we would like to stay within your child’s routine as at home.