Children See Magic Because They Look For It
South Hills Nurseries
Taking Care of Your Child’s Health and Wellbeing
At South Hills Nurseries, we pay close attention to your child’s needs, ensuring they have warm and supportive relationships with their key worker. Following the 5 key principles of the Every Child Matters policy ensures that every child is supported during their time at our nursery.
online safety
South Hills Nursery recognises that more children in the early years and now more digitally savvy than ever before. We all play an essential role in helping young children learn the foundations of safe online behaviour. Even if children don’t have access to technology within our settings, they may be using it at home, with their friends or in other public spaces. Children are naturally curious in understanding the world we live in; it is South Hills staff’s responsibility to enable them to do so, including helping them to recognise the value of technology and use it safely. Role modelling safe use of the internet should become part of our everyday practice. Children play online games, use apps, have household items with voice control, and have access to watches and phones, all with online access. Technology is everywhere, and healthy practices will be used in our settings, along with parental guidance, should ensure children know how to keep themselves safe online.
Click the link below to read our policy and further support for parents ans staff.
The Unique Child
Children are born ready, able and eager to learn. They actively reach out to interact with other people, and in the world around them. Development is not an automatic process, however. It depends on each unique child having opportunities to interact in positive relationships and enabling environments. At South Hills Nurseries, we pay close attention to your child’s needs by putting their emotional and physical well-being first, supporting them to be resilient, capable, confident and self-assured. Our practitioners:
understand and observe each child’s development and learning, assess progress and plan for next steps
Support babies and children to develop a positive sense of their own identity and culture
identify any need for additional support
KEEP CHILDREN SAFE
value and respect all children and families equally
Staff Wellbeing
As part of our commitment to health and wellbeing, we also work closely with our staff to create a work culture where everyone is treated with respect and kindness. Our teams support each other with open and honest communication.
Barnardo’s ‘See, Hear, Respond’ Service
See, Hear, Respond is a service provided across England by Barnardo’s and other national and local community-based organisations in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Supporting children, young people, and their families who aren’t currently seeing a social worker or other agency, this service provides help with the emotional impact of COVID-19.
Available for children from pre-birth up to 18 years of age and those with special needs under the age of 25, See, Hear, Respond will contact every referral made, so no child is missed. Services include:
- An Online Hub of Support and Information
- Online Counselling and Therapy
- Face-to-Face Support for Those Most Affected and at Risk from Some of Today’s Most Pertinent Issues, including Criminal Exploitation
- Helping Children and Young People Reintegrate Back into School
You can access via the See, Hear, Respond self-referral web page or call the freephone number 0800 151 7015.