Caring for your Child 

At Wellies we promote both free and structured play which will be both indoors and outdoors, weather permitting. Your child will be able to help with planting and growing flowers and vegetables and can watch the animals on the adjacent farm where we visit from time to time and day to day farming activities are easily viewed in Preschool. 

 

As well as looking after your childs development and promoting a fun loving environment we also take utmost care when it comes to the security and safety of your child. We follow the guidelines for childcare defined in the EYFS Statutory Framework . 

 

Wellies is run on a day to day basis by the Owner/Manager.  

 

There is a Management team - Deputy and 7 Team Leaders who all have an active role in childcare & developing systems at Wellies. They have achieved NVQ 2/3/4/5 in Early Years Educationi and Management. 

 

We have 21 Level 3 qualfied Early Years Practitioners. We have 8 apprentices who are training towards NVQ level 3 in Childcare and 3 Nursery assistants. All of our childcare team hold Paediatric First Aid, which is updated every 3 years. 

 

Wellies has an on site Cook - who prepares fresh, nourishing, and appetising meals daily, following nutritional guidelines. A kitchen assistant supports with day to day kithcen tasks and steps in when the Cook is on annual leave. We also have a House Keeper - who helps to serve meals & wash up, along with managing the Laundry at Wellies. The Cleaner comes to clean Wellies in the evenings - when all of the children have gone home! 

 

We support work experience students in yr 10 or 11 who enjoy the opportunity to find out about the world of work in childcare and many go onto further training in their career progression.