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Nursery concerns unfounded?

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Bdayupset · 05/04/2018 08:16

Ds 3 has just started nursery. I had a couple of concerns before he started, but dh reassured me and we went ahead.

In their policy it stated that all visitors have to sign a book and wear a badge. When we went to look around the nursery that didn't happen.

Now he's there, when he arrives we don't have to sign in. Is that normal? What if there's a fire and they have no records of who is in the building?

When we pick him up we just grab him and go. I don't know what is normal or not because he's my first dc that has gone to nursery.

Aibu to be concerned? My husband thinks I'm overreacting, as usual

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PotteringAlong · 05/04/2018 08:18

Maybe they sign him in? I neither sign my children in or out at nursery but they have a clock in/out thing for each child that the nursery staff do.

Nannyplumssillyoldelf · 05/04/2018 08:18

The staff should be signing him in and out.

Sirzy · 05/04/2018 08:19

The staff will have a register of which children are in.

In most cases by the time a parent has signed themselves in they could have dropped off the child and been on their way anyway

GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat · 05/04/2018 08:20

I’m a childminder and I (have to) sign children in and out. I do it after I’ve closed the door (because I need to write the time) usually so Parents may not be aware.

coffeeforone · 05/04/2018 08:31

We don’t sign in or out at pick up or drop off. We did sign in when we went to look round though. I don’t think parents or anyone on their pickup list is classed as a visitor.

I think the staff sign DS in/out though as part of their daily paperwork - they record nap times, nappy changes, what he did/didn’t eat etc, etc, so I guess when he comes in and leaves too!

QueenOfMyWorld · 05/04/2018 08:33

At ours a key worker stands at the door and marks each child in

JaretsGirlfren · 05/04/2018 08:33

I worked in a nursery for a long time, the staff often signed children in and out. All sounds very normal

coffeeforone · 05/04/2018 08:34

When you say ‘grab and go’ is there a handover, so you speak to a member of staff and they know you are taking him? If not then that’s unusual.

MissP103 · 05/04/2018 08:34

My son is 20 months and at his nursery you need to provide id proof of whoever will be picking and dropping of your child. So presumably they know the parents to the child?

waterrat · 05/04/2018 08:50

signing in and out is not usual from my experience. In my kids pre school there is a register they sign the kids as they arrive - I think signing a book and wearing a badge is unusual too? They probably know when they have visitors - regarding pick up what did you think would happen?

They should be strict about WHO collects - but if they know you then yes you would want to take your child and go. However they should be very aware of kids leaving - they come out one at a time at our nursery and then there is a second member of staff on the gate making sure no child escapes the playground without a parent while its busy with people coming and going.\

One thing I would be concerned about is if there is any laxness that might lead to a child wandering off.

NerdyBird · 05/04/2018 09:59

At our nursery the parents sign their child in and out. There's a buzzer to press for your child's room which has a camera so they can see who it is and let you in. You go into the room to collect and usually a staff member will update us on their day, but they also have a board saying what activities they did and what food was served. They are generally quite aware of who is being picked up even if they can't chat.

Visitors do have to sign in, but they don't class existing parents as visitors even if you are going for some other reason, meeting etc. I think I had to sign in when I first looked round it.

piercinggelo · 05/04/2018 10:07

Surely you don't literally 'grab and go' in the sense that you can't just walk in, lift child and leave? Without any contact with staff?

CatLadyToddlerMother · 05/04/2018 10:14

My DDs Nursery have a register of the children which they sign them in and out on, you can ask to see it if needs be. It's a good idea as they have 40 children in across 5 days (all doing different combinations of days) so they only have the children that are supposed to be in that day on the register

BlaaBlaaBlaa · 05/04/2018 10:15

We don't sign in and out - parents aren't classed as visitors. What they mean are trades people etc.

We don't sign DS in but the nursery does. I've seen them writing down the time he arrived and the time we pick him up. Just because it's not explicit doesn't mean it isn't happening. I run a class for kids on a weekend. The kids or parents don't 'sign in' but I take a register quietly on my ipad.

SharkSave · 05/04/2018 10:55

Ours has a finger print buzzer thing at the front door. They have to register anyone who regularly picks up/collects so you can't get into the nursery unless you either use your finger print or you ring the doorbell and a member of staff let's you in.
They also manually fill out a register when the child comes in/out. I didn't know they did this until a few months ago and my DC has been there for 18 months!

ineedwine99 · 05/04/2018 10:59

We don't have a sign in at our daughters nursery, but to access the building there is a fingerprint scanner.
We always get a handover at collection time as to what she's done during the day etc and at drop off they always come over to greet her and ask us how she is/anything they should know.
Visitors have to ring the bell and a member of staff will meet and escort them.

Twickerhun · 05/04/2018 11:03

By grab and go what do you mean? That could be all kinds of wrong

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