Hi all,
We moved house a week ago and have therefore enrolled my 3 year old to a new nursery. In terms of background, my little one is used to full time nursery and thrived at the previous one.
The new nursery is a newly opened branch of a small chain of about 15 nurseries. It has been open for 6 months.
However after my experience so far and spending 1 hour settle time, I’m very disappointed in the standard of care… AIBU?
My observations:
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The first settle comprised of my child sitting in the preschool room next to me as I was told to fill in a ‘all about me form’ on the nursery laptop - the manager didn’t engage with my child nor did the workers. Instead I went round introducing my child to other kids and engaging my child with the activities myself.
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Upon entering the room, I noticed the 7-8 kids were doing their own thing across different activities and the 2 workers in the room weren’t engaging them or supporting learning during activities
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when the kids were let out to play outside, 1 child was told to stop using the purpose built mini water pump in the garden as he’d get wet, catch a cold and the play equipment shouldn’t get wet…surely the nursery worker should just stick some wellies on him and let him play!?! And Or else cover the area up and say it’s not in use. I felt it unfair to let the kids out to play and deny them the equipment/ water pump intended for their play…
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when 1 child did something the worker didn’t agree with - the worker said ‘you’ll go inside if you do that’… I think it’s a bit harsh to go all punitive in the first instance without offering other alternatives or distractions…
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When a child was dismayed at not being able to do something as well as others, the worker just said ‘never mind’ rather than being encouraging or empathetic or helping them…there appeared to be no positive reinforcement for the children…