Dragonflies Daily

We would like to make your child’s time at Dragonflies enjoyable and will endeavour to make this a rewarding experience. Below is a small insight to how we run but please feel free to come along and visit us to see if we are the right preschool for your child.

Noticeboards
There is a noticeboard next to the left of the big blue gates and also inside the preschool room, to the left when you walk in the door. Please take time regularly to read both as it informs you of activities the children are doing, as well as important information about the setting.

Key person
Your child will be allocated a key person that will see them through their time at preschool, this helps to aid the smooth transition from home to preschool and then eventually preschool to school. You are able at any time to chat to your child’s key person, and talk to you about your child’s progression just let them know you would like to talk to them and they will make time.

Learning log
Whilst your child is with us we will record information on an online Learning journey.  Staff will record observations showing their progression, which may contain photos, photos of their drawings, on our online system, Famly.

Book bags
Children are given a book bag to use during their time at Dragonflies – these are a way of us passing information onto parents such as letters, invoices, children’s drawings and reading books from our preschool to home reading library, please check these on a regular basis.

Uniform
Whilst at preschool your child will probably get messy playing with paints and pens etc. We do sell T-shirts, polo shirts and sweatshirts for the children from £8 to £10.50 each, if you would like to purchase one then just let a member of staff know, email Zoe or message her on Famly.
Each child has a bag with spare kit which is left on their peg for those times when they need to change into dry clean clothes, shoes or socks!

Lunchtime
The children go up to the school hall to have their lunch at the same time as the school children.  Please provide a healthy packed lunch for them in a plastic tupperware style box or cool bag. We provide them with water to drink so there is no need to include drinks in their lunchbox. For more information on lunches, please see our healthy eating policy: https://preschoolaxminster.co.uk/policies/healthy-eating/

Snack time
The children are able to have a snack every day – we set snack time up café style so they are able to choose from a selection of items and we encourage them to chop up fruit and vegetables with a safety knife. Water is available at all times and at snack time they are also offered milk. Snack and consumables are invoiced in advance of the term at £25 per child per term.

Toilet/potty training

The toilets are situated right next to the preschool room, it is easier for your child if you send them in in clothes that are easy to undo and pull up to aid independence.

We also have a separate private nappy changing area nearby. If you are sending your child in nappies, please bring in wipes and nappies for us to change your child into.

If you are starting potty training and would like some support please speak to your child’s key person.

Illness
We do have an illness policy, which can be viewed at any time, it is kept in the policy file.

If your child feels unwell whilst at preschool after they have been dropped off, we will contact you and if necessary call the appropriate emergency services.

All accidents are recorded and you will be asked to sign the sheet at pick up. We also have Bumps & Bruises book that we record any bumps or bruises that a child comes into preschool with.

Below is a short list of common illness and the minimum time that you are required to keep them off preschool:

IllnessMinimum period of exclusion
Chicken PoxUntil spots are completely dried out
ConjunctivitisUntil treatment is received
Head LiceUntil treatment is received
ImpetigoUntil the sores all healed
MumpsUntil swelling has subsided
Measles7 days from onset of rash
Sickness or diarrhoea48 hours from last bout