Settling into Preschool

We want your child to feel happy, stimulated and safe at our preschool. We also want parents and carers to feel happy about leaving their child in the care of other adults outside the family. Children need to know that other adults care about them and will help them to play and work with the activities offered at the preschool.

We encourage parents to visit St Matthew’s with their child, to stay for part of the session, before admission.

You may stay until your child is happy to be left.

We operate flexible admission procedures to help individual families.

You can help to prepare your child for preschool by helping them to become independent in taking care of themselves,

such as encouraging them to wash their hands after going to the toilet.

We will reassure parents who are anxious about their child by telephoning to assure you that your child is happily involved;

Or we may suggest that you collect your child earlier than the others.

 We aim to make our preschool a welcoming place where children settle quickly and easily.

The preschool operates a key worker scheme; your child will be allocated a member of staff who will keep a record of observations and assessments in their Learning Journal.

There is a list of children and their key worker available to see at any time. If you wish to talk to your child’s worker or see their records please speak to the key worker to arrange a convenient time.