Apprentice Early Years Educator at RYDAL DAY NURSERY LTD

Key Person
• To complete observations both singular and group
to a high standard and upload to the children’s
online diary in line with managers expectations
• To sit with new families during their first settling in
session to discuss the childs starting points/
interests, likes and dislikes completing their ‘All
about me’ profile and permissions before the
parents leave.
• To complete a review around 6 weeks after key
child’s start date and share with parents at a
scheduled review meeting.
• To complete termly reviews summarising key
child’s learning and development, celebrating their
successes and devising targets to support their
next steps.
• Following reviews, complete tracking for parent/
child manager to create nursery overview.
• To attend each parents evening (three times a
year), discussing key child’s progress and
encouraging parent input for next steps.
• To monitor key children who are on an IPP,
ensuring written observations are completed each
week on any planned IPP targets.
Practitioner
• To arrive ten minutes before the shift commences,
to ensure that you are ready to begin at your
allocated shift time.
• To arrive 15 minutes early when rostered to
complete daily opening checks effectively and
signing of every check.
• To ensure the handover board is always up to date
and visible to parents at both drop off and pick up
times.
• To implement planning, in line with the EYFS and
provide exceptional learning opportunities for the
children.
• To attend monthly room and staff meetings,
sharing ideas and actively partaking in ideas to
develop the nursery forward, taking notes and
signing to say you have read the minutes following
the meeting.
• To correctly complete accident, incident forms and
disclosure forms and ensure they are signed by
the parent and handed over at the end of the
session.
CPD/ Supervision
• To complete regular supervisions and annual
appraisals and work towards targets set between
yourself and the management team.