My son is 2 yrs 9 mths and is going through the settling in period at nursery, up til now he has been at home and when I was at work 2 days per week (pre current maternity leave with DD)my mum looked after him.
We viewed the nursery twice for a long time, the Ofsted was good etc.
But, on our first day none of the staff introduced themselves or gave their names, though they all said hello (7 staff, 30 children). They seemed to know his name.
I wasnt given information about his key worker, though they seemed to put him with the same lady most days.
When i go to collect him, which is still quite quickly, after an hour or two, I dont usually speak to the same person- whoever answers the door feeds back- though sometimes they dont really seem to know how he has been- they always say 'hes been ok, a bit sad but fine'.
Am i being unreasonable to expect to be told who his keyworker is? And to get more specific/ formal feeddback every day during this first settling in period? I still dont know the names of all the staff!
I went to collect him yesterday and from a distance watched him playing in the garden for about 30 mins. He was more or less on his own for this time, looking very lost and not playing. To be fair, he didnt seem upset just a bit sad and lost. Given that it was only his third time there without me, I would have expected a member of staff to be with him, even some of the time???
On the positive side, the children do seem happy. I visited a couple of nurseries before we chose this one where the children seemed very sad and fed up.
What should I do? what questions should I ask? Some of my concern stems from anxiety at leaving him, but I dont think its unreasonable to expect some clear information.