What do you expect from your pre school?

[totalmadness]

We have recently moved and as a by product of that ds has changed pre school. His new pre school rely doesn't compare to his old one at all and it is making me anxious as it is the schools preschool. However a small part of me thinks I'm being precious so what do you expect from your pre school?

For me it is every parent getting a greeting from a teacher.

Having someway of letting the parents know what has been happening that day.

And lots more but I'm still in my morning fog!!

well ... we don't get either of those and I wouldn't expect them. A member of staff stands on the door as we go in but she normally prioritises saying hello to the children! And if a parent stops to ask her about something then she obviously stops saying hello to anyone.

In terms of what is going on that day we never know exactly but we DO get a weekly newsletter saying what the theme is for that week and some activities they will be doing. however DD does not necessarily do the planned "main" activity - as it is child led choice.

I think it's unreasonable to expect a school nursery to tell each parent on a daily basis what their child has done.

I would expect the staff to provide you with more information/details if you ask them a specific question. And to highlight (unasked) any particular concerns.

how many children in her class? there are 30+ in the nursery sessions at DD's school nursery - was your other pre-school smaller?

I say hello to the teacher if I catch her eye and if I need to speak to her I will go up to her.

DS tells me what he has been up to although sometimes he forgets what he has done even though he only did it an hour ago!

Hia

At our pre-school the key workers are on hand to talk to parents in the morning or evening if you want them. However, whilst they will not have time to update every parent every day they will ask to speak to us if something major happens.

The children get a book bag with a pre-school/parent home book so parents can ask questions via the book if need be.

TP

a while since I did this bit, but I think my expectations were:

for my child to be happy

for him/her to be encouraged to socialise

for him/her to be encouraged to try some new activities

Hi, your pre-school will have apolicy on 'working with parents' which you are allowed/encouraged to read. This should give you an understanding of what they plan to do in terms of welcoming, giving info etc so you can see if they are delivering on their own promises. Don't feel embarassed about asking to see their policies, all pre-schools have to keep them for Ofsted.

is it a morning or afternoon session or an all day session and is it within a school? at dd's playsessions I just expect them to say hi to dd not me, although we usually have time for a quick hello/chat. I don't get an update on progress unless I ask but I assume if they don't tell me anything that it's all going fine

I expect my child to enjoy himself and be safe.

that's it really.