Preschool arrival and departure

Children will arrive and depart from the Preschool entrance, situated to the left of the main school entrance. At the beginning of a session, we ask that children line up to the front door where a teacher will meet them.

Children are to be collected the same way. Please be ready to collect your child at the end of their booked session. Doors will be opened promptly and your child will be handed over by the teacher. This should always be by a known, named adult. In exceptional circumstances when this is not possible, to avoid unnecessary delays because of identification checks, please contact us in advance to let us know.

Sessions finish promptly at their advertised finish times each day and children should be collected by the end of their booked session’s end time.  If you are delayed, for whatever reason, please phone to let us know as soon as possible.  Late pickups will be charged at £5 per quarter of an hour for the staff time who have to remain late.

Food

• If you have booked the full session, you can provide your child with a packed lunch or have the option of paying for lunches via ParentPay.
• Preschool breakfast and afterschool wraparound both include food.

Illness

If a child becomes ill whilst in our care, we will telephone the Parent/Carer in the first instance to inform them of this. If we are unable to get hold of them we will then call their nominated ‘emergency’ contact to collect them. Please make sure that your contact details are always up to date.

Behaviour

We are committed to maintaining high expectations of good behaviour.  This is an essential contribution to the enjoyment of the children while attending Trinity Preschool.  We follow the school’s policies and procedures in relation to behaviour.

Child Protection

We comply with local and national child protection procedures and ensure that all staff are trained in Safeguarding and have an enhanced DBS certificate.  The designated person for Safeguarding and Child Protection is the Trinity Preschool Early Years Foundation Leader. For further details please refer to the school’s Safeguarding Policy.

Policies and procedures

For more information, please see our Trinity Preschool and Trinity Stars Admissions and Fees Policy (available on request or at the point of booking with magicbooking).

Trinity Preschool operates under the same set of policies and procedures as the school, copies of which are available on the school website.

Absence

It is important that you let us know if your child is absent or cannot attend a booked session.  You must notify Trinity Preschool every day that they will not be attending.

• For Preschool absence, please report your child’s absence by sending a message via StudyBugs or telephoning the school 01789 205811.
• For Trinity Preschool Wraparound absence, please report in every day they are not attending via Trinity Stars Wraparound 07729 422941.  Lines are only open 7.30am - 9.00am.  This number is not manned during the day and is not for general queries.  For any queries please email trinitypreschool@welearn365.com or call the school office 01789 205811