Aims and Ethos of Home From Home Childcare

The aims of Home from Home can be broadly categorised as:

To recognise and further develop the learning that has taken place within the family and community.

To develop, within the premises, a caring group which has concern for the respect and welfare of others.

Also, encouraging the development of the caring environment in which each child can flourish.

To provide a warm, friendly, safe, secure and caring environment in which the children can become happy, confident and independent.

To promote a positive attitude towards learning and society in general.

To be approachable for parents, carers and children to communicate with us.

To enable, young children to realise their physical, intellectual, academic, emotional and social potential through a broad curriculum which is designed to stimulate each individual.

To develop early reading and numeracy skills and to extend language and communication skills.

To provide an environment which will encourage the children to be creative, foster an enquiring mind and to care for others.

To cultivate an atmosphere of mutual respect and trust by encouraging young children to participate in the decision-making processes of this establishment.

To welcome parents, carers and other members of the community to work in partnership with us to achieve our aims.

The overall ethos of Home from Home is one of clear structure and boundaries operated within a homely environment and family atmosphere. A sense of safety and security is the prime aim and, accordingly, supervision of young children is close but with due respect for privacy. Independence in activities and the conduct of relationships is negotiated as mutual trust and confidence develop.

We work hard at encouraging the children to think about what is safe behaviour and what is not.

We carry out regular safety checks on equipment, indoor and outdoor play areas.

When on outings we ensure that every child is buckled correctly into their baby seat/booster seat or buckled up with the car seat belt.

We politely request that parents enforce issues of road safety such as this as it assists us when children are out and about with us. In further promoting road safety, high visibility tabards are provided to be used where necessary eg. when walking to and from nursery/school during the winter months or other outdoor activities.