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to ask WWYD re Nursery ...

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WiddlinDiddlin · 27/07/2019 02:03

Really my sisters WWYD but she's not net savvy..

God daughter taken to Nursery this morning, handed over, all fine though staff in normal clothing not uniform.

They have her mums number obviously, but know that when shes working she can't answer so they'd need to call her work (which they have the number for) or her emergency contact (my sister).

Mum turns up at nursery at pick up time.. to find it closed, no kids, no staff, nothing. After wandering around the building she eventually found a cleaner, who said all the kids had gone with the staff to a fun day at the local park!

When mum gets there to collect small person, staff just acted like this was perfectly ok.

No permission slips, no mention of it in the morning at drop off, not even a note on the door.

WWYD? The nursery is closing in a month due to lack of funding, so is this worth reporting and who would you report to, because these staff members have obviously decided its ok to do this... and they are almost certainly going to go and work in some other nursery!

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dancingrobot · 27/07/2019 08:22

When DC was at nursery, we had to sign a paper to give permission for them to play in the park which is outside but no other trips were consented too. They don't take them on trips anyway but considering people pick them up at different times it would be tricky.

With childminder we agreed to trips within reason, so NT near us, park, train station 😁

But I can always ring the childminder if I need to pick up early. She sometimes mentions her plans but other she tells me at the end of the day. I am fine with that, it was all agreed before hand.

However. I do find it very odd that a nursery wouldn't plan a trip with an entire class before hand and that they left nobody on site to pick up the phone or be there for parents.
Or that they didn't mention it.

BeanBag7 · 27/07/2019 08:32

She must have missed a message about it, otherwise all the other parents would be standing around looking confused as well.

Oysterbabe · 27/07/2019 08:33

I bet she was picking up early.

Slippershoes · 27/07/2019 08:39

I'd have said at the time because i'd find it unusual to pick up from somewhere else. I'm assuming that she missed a message to parents though.
When our nursery go on a whole group trip locally they ask for parent helpers in advance. If they go to the post office or something its usually a smaller group and they're back by pick up time.

WiddlinDiddlin · 27/07/2019 11:42

Messages are normally handed to parents/carers on pick up, not emailed, not put in bags, and Mum definitely wouldn't have missed one.

She did ask what was going on when she picked up, and got a shrug of the shoulders and an 'i dunno we tried to ring you' type of response but couldn't find a manager to speak to at the time. (Yes she had a missed call but no message left, no message left with her work, nor with her emergency contact.)

She does pick up earlier than most, but so do a few others - however we think that because her daughter isn't in every day, she wasn't there the day they informed parents.

This wasn't a walk out, this was all day they were at the park Fun Day thing.

I think she's going to speak to the manager and find out why no one left a message and why she wasn't informed.

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Teddybear45 · 27/07/2019 11:49

Free ‘walking’ trips are usually mentioned in your contract. For example a lot of ‘forest nurseries’ where the forest /woods are a short walk away etc. Many nurseries also include provisions walking visits to local parks / post offices / free museums / religious places, and you then only sign permission slips for anything you need to pay for.

MyDcAreMarvel · 27/07/2019 11:57

Right so she was there early soperfectky normal not to be back yet.

WiddlinDiddlin · 27/07/2019 12:00

No, she was there at her usual pick up time, same as every day child is at nursery.

Her pick up time is earlier than some but there are a couple of others that go at the same time.

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Whynotnowbaby · 27/07/2019 12:07

When dd went to preschool two days a week I frequently missed out on quite important information about trips and events as they were written on a note by the door the day before and verbally communicated the day before there didn’t seem to be any method or attempt to communicate with parents who (say) were not there on a Monday that something was happening on Tuesday. I mentioned this to dd’s keyworker and she told me I should ask other mums what was going on - not really their job to tell me and I didn’t really know any of them as I dropped her off early and she was picked up by childminder.

Thehop · 27/07/2019 12:10

Very strange

We have a blanket permission signed on joining for trips away from nursery but there will always be staff at nursery and the staff with the children take a nursery mobile for communication.

I would email in that you think it could have been handled more professionally.

They’ve clearly switched off!

HauntedPencil · 27/07/2019 13:03

We don't sign permission slips for just going to the park. I'd be pleased they were out and scout getting some outdoor time not all nurseries are great at that.

HauntedPencil · 27/07/2019 13:04

Saying that they would be back by pick up time unless you were especially early so that element is rather unusual I'd say.

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