Nursery supervision of children policy

At The University of Dundee Day Nursery Ltd we aim to protect and support the welfare of the children in our care at all times. The Senior Nursery Manager Jacky Jones and Junior Nursery Manager Malgorzata Mazanka are responsible for all staff, students and relief staff receiving information on health and safety policies and procedures in the nursery to supervise the children in their care suitably.

Supervision

We ensure that children are always supervised adequately, whether children are in or out of the building; they must always be supervised:

• Making sure that every child is always within the sight and/or hearing of a suitably vetted member of staff. Monitoring staff deployment across the setting regularly to ensure children’s needs are met
• Ensuring children are always fully supervised when using water play/paddling pools as we are aware that children can drown in only a few centimetres of water
• Taking special care when children are using large apparatus e.g. a climbing frame, and when walking up or down steps/stairs, including having one member of staff supervising large outdoor play equipment always.
• Making sure staff recognise and are aware of any dangers relating to bushes, shrubs, and plants when on visits/outdoors
• Supervising children at all times when eating; monitoring toddlers and babies closely and never leaving babies alone with a bottle or food. Babies are always bottle fed by a member of staff
• Supervising sleeping babies/children and never leaving them unattended
• Never leaving babies/children unattended during nappy changing times
• Supervising children carefully when using scissors or tools including using knives in cooking activities
• Strictly following any safety guidelines given by other organisations or companies relating to the hire of equipment or services e.g. hire of a bouncy castle. A member of staff MUST always supervise the children
• Ensuring that no dangerous items are left unattended in children’s reach

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