Opening hours and funding
- Opening Hours
Little Bunnies is open for 50 weeks of the year,
Monday – Friday between 7:30am – 6pm
(excluding Bank Holidays).
- Depending on the age of your child, we offer hourly or sessional rates and have a small number of term time only spaces.
- All rates include morning/afternoon snacks and nappies.
- We can provide breakfast, lunch and tea at an additional cost.
- Please call for our current availability and pricing structure.
- Government Funding
Two-year olds
- If you are eligible, we can claim this funding on your behalf.
Three-year olds
- Government funding, 15 hours per week (term time only) is available to ALL children the term after their 3rd birthday.
- Parents who are eligible can apply for an additional 15 hours per week; making a total of 30 hours per week (term time only)
- It is possible to stretch your 30 hours entitlement by taking fewer hours over the 50 weeks of the year.
- We are registered with all the current childcare voucher schemes including the Government Tax-Free Childcare Scheme.
- For further information on funding and the Government Tax-Free Childcare Scheme – please refer to www.childcarechoices.gov.uk
- The Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum (EYFS)
At Little Bunnies, we follow The Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum (EYFS). The EYFS outlines expected development stages from birth – 5 years old. The curriculum ensures our activities, resources and environment is challenging as well as stimulating. This gives the children the very best start to their education. The children’s progress through the EYFS is documented on Tapestry, an online journal. Each child has their own profile which parents/carers have access to view and interact with the nursery. This is password protected.
Policies & Procedures
September 2022
Policies and procedures are essential to help you provide good quality provision that is compliant with the Statutory Framework for the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS). They do this by making clear to staff and parents what sort of setting you are and what actions you take to make sure that this happens. The EYFS requires providers to have written policies and procedures and to ensure that staff are given training at induction about them and that they are accessible and explained to parents.
- Childrens Rights
- Approved Safeguarding Policy
- Looked After Children
- Uncollected Children
- Missing Child
- Use of Mobile Phones, Cameras and Social Media
- Employment
- Student Placement
- Introduction of Staff, Volunteers and Managers
- First Aid
- The Role of the Key Worker and Settling in
- Staffing
- Administering Medicines
- Infection Control, Managing Children who are Sick, Infectious or have Allergies
- Recording and Reporting of Accidents and Incidents
- Nappy Changing and Toilet Training
- Food and Drink – A Healthy Child
- Food Hygiene
- Achieving Positive Behaviour
- Health and Safety, General Standards
- Maintaining Childrens Safety and Security on the Premises
- Supervision of Children on Outings and Visits
- Risk Assessment
- Fire Safety and Emergency Evacuation
- Animals in the Setting
- No Smoking
- Valuing Diversity and Promoting Equality
- Supporting Children with Special Educational Needs
- Admissions
- Parental Involvement
- Childrens Records
- Providers Records
- Transfer of Records to School or New Setting
- Confidentiality and Client Access to Records
- Information Sharing
- Working in Partnership with Other Agencies
- Making a Complaint
- Lone Person Working
- Bomb Alert
- Equipment and Resources
- Intruder Policy
- Safe Handing of Children
- Sleeping Children
- Staff Appraisals and Supervisions
- Sun Cream
- Holiday Provision
- Touch Policy
- Whistle Blowing Policy
- Charging and Funding Policy
- Heat Exposure
- Prevent Duty
- CCTV System
- Staff Conduct
- E-Safety
- Teaching and Learning
- COVID-19 Procedures
