Enrolment Process
Enrolment
Form
After deciding that Daisy Chain is the right place for your little one please contact the nursery and the Manager will directly send you an enrolment form to complete, with all the essential data we need for you and your child.
Await
Approval
Once the Nursery Manager has confirmed that we have the space available to accommodate your little one, we will require you to pay via a bank transfer, the registration and retainer fee to secure your place. Your place is not guaranteed until this payment has been made.
Secure
your Space
Once the form and payment have been received, we will confirm in writing to you that you have your place secured.
Settling-in process
Smooth and positive transition into nursery
Our staff teams follow a ‘settling-in’ process to ensure you and your child experience a happy, smooth and positive transition into nursery. We will send you out a tips and tricks guide a few months before your start date, to help ensure that your start into nursery is a smooth process for you both.
We will then be in touch a few weeks before your start date to arrange some settling-in sessions for you and your child. These are usually comprised of a 1-hour session, a 2-hour session and a 4-hour session.
Getting to know your child
At your child’s first visit we will ask you to complete a “Getting to Know You” booklet. This will help your child’s assigned key person understand your child’s needs from the start and help you and your child settle in with us. Our settling-in sessions also allow us to get to know your child’s likes and dislikes, special requirements, preferred routines, how your child likes to be comforted, favourite activities, stories and songs etc. This will help your child’s key person tailor activities to suit your child’s interests from the very beginning.
Our aim is to ensure your first few months at Daisy Chain are as personal and seamless as possible.
Together we will build up your child’s confidence
You are invited to stay with your child for the first settling-in session. This will help your child to get to know their new surroundings and their key person, whilst still having you nearby. Together we will build up your child’s confidence and you will be able to leave your child for short periods, building up the length of stay to a full session.
Receive your welcome booklet
We will provide you with a “Welcome” booklet for each age group; babies, toddlers and pre-school children. The Welcome booklet includes information about the staff team, the routines of the room, an overview of our curriculum and other details to help you during this settling-in period. You will receive this information each time your child moves rooms to ensure each transition is as positive as possible for you and your child.
Children can start at Daisy Chain at any age from 3 months up to starting school. The settling-in process is the same for all age groups.