Behaviour Management
Our member of staff appointed to monitor and give special assistance in the area of behaviour management is Julia Gaskell.
Our behaviour, sanctions and discipline policy is as follows:
Children need to have set boundaries of behaviour for their own safety and the safety of their peers.
We aim to set these boundaries in ways that help children to develop a sense of the significance of their own behaviour, both on their own environment and those around them. Restrictions on the child’s natural desire to explore and develop their own ideas and concepts are kept to a minimum. Praise and encouragement are a significant part of motivating good behaviour. We wholeheartedly support The Childcare Act 2006 guidelines on behaviour and sanctions, namely that sanctions applied in the case of unacceptable behaviour, eg bullying, must take account of the age and stage of development of the child, be given at the time, be relevant to the action or actions and be fair.
Corporal punishment (slapping, smacking, or shaking) and emotional chastisement (humiliation of children) never have been, and never will be, acceptable practices at Playaway Day Nursery. They will not be used at any time; it may however prove necessary in an emergency to take physical action of a restraining nature to prevent personal injury or serious damage to property.
Time out, distraction, re-direction of attention span, giving alternative choices and other such similar accepted techniques are our chosen ways of handling children who are using unacceptable behaviour (bullying is just one facet of unacceptable behaviour covered by this policy).
A record of all significant incidents, and sanctions applied where appropriate, is maintained in the sanctions / incident record book and a copy of the entry about a child is given to the parent / carer. This record book will record all incidents where there is physical intervention by any member of staff.
It is Day Nursery policy to involve the parent or carer so as to ensure that there is where ever possible consistency of action both at Playaway and at home.
This sets out the principles by which we reward good behaviour, control and discipline poor behaviour when caring for children at Playaway Day Nursery.
