Question Q - "How do people feel about staff taking expensive gifts from their key children's family" Answers A – “I worked in a private school nursery where we would receive very generous gifts from parents. Fortnum and Mason hampers, White company gift cards, pandora jewellery etc... It was only ok if the nursery managers received them … [Read more...] about Can i accept gifts from key children’s families?
FAQS Parent Partnerships
Should we have CCTV with parent cam in our early years setting?
Question Q – “Having CCTV installed indoors and outdoors with the possible intention of a parent cam system at a later date. What is everyone's views on the parent cam?” Answers A – “Parents can abuse it and become overly obsessed with the smallest concerns and can not always see the bigger picture. Resulting in constant concerns taking … [Read more...] about Should we have CCTV with parent cam in our early years setting?
Do nurseries use closed or open facebook groups ?
Question Q - "Do settings use facebook as a closed or open group with photos of children to promote partnership with parents and to advertise? Also do practitioners set up a facebook account for the setting or as a page on their personal facebook profile?" Answers – A – “Some settings have closed groups and others have open ones this … [Read more...] about Do nurseries use closed or open facebook groups ?
Encouraging parents to share child’s interests
Question Q - "How in your setting do you encourage parents to share their child's interests?" Answers A - These simple luggage tags can be placed on a child's nursery bag and parents or practitioners can write quick notes or share interests or new milestones that have been reached. It's a quick and simple method to boost … [Read more...] about Encouraging parents to share child’s interests