Welcome to Cromarty Childcare Centre

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Location

Cromarty Childcare Centre

Cromarty Primary School

9 Braehead, Cromarty

IV11 8XR

Telephone

07516737138

Email

[email protected]

Opening hours

8.45am – 6pm (Term time only)

What we do

Cromarty Childcare Centre operates from East Hall and offers Early Learning and Childcare in the mornings with an After School Club running in the afternoons.

Early Learning and Childcare currently offer funded places to 3 and 4-year children, and eligible 2s. The service offers a large space where children have access to a wide range of activities to promote play and learning. They also have a large garden area where the children can use larger equipment and explore nature. ELC is open from 9am to 3pm, but there is the option to stay on during the OOS session.

The Centre – The centre is where the older children come for after school care where they have their own space upstairs in the building consisting of a large playroom and a smaller quieter room. Younger children are collected from the school with the older children having the opportunity to walk to the club. Snack is provided which includes fruit. The centre operates Monday – Friday during term time, from 3pm to 6pm.

Manager contact details:

Anita Soos

Telephone: 07801249066

Email: [email protected]

We are registered with Care Inspectorate. Click on the button on the right to access our most recent report

Our registration number is: CS2010278953

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Handy Parent Guide for Cromarty Childcare Centre

This booklet has been designed to provide parents with a quick guide to all useful information about starting at our setting.

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Our latest news

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January 2024

Our children are currently interested in building, diggers and all things construction!

Through discussion and planning with the children we are going to explore this more, finding out about all the different vehicles used in building and getting creative with lots of different resources for building and designing!

April 2023

Welcome back to all our families.

We are looking forward to a busy summer term. We have our settling in Sessions for the children moving up to school.

The children are shown an interest in the fire Brigade and we are going to look and expand on this interest through creative activities and learning.

March 2023

This term we have been developing our numeracy and maths, working on number recognition, and counting, through our Hungry Caterpillar Theme, counting the foods he eats each day.
We have also been learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar and expressing our learning in this creatively

We have also been learning about the life cycle of a caterpillar and expressing our learning in this creatively

January 2023

Welcome back to all our families, we hope you had a lovely Christmas and New Year.

We have been settling back in this week and seeking out our interests.

We have been out lots of walks around Cromarty saying hello to the locals and searching for dolphins.

December 2022

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January 6th 2022

Meet our team

Anita Soos

Childhood Practice Manager

Early Learning and Childcare Team

Senior Early Years Practitioner – Joanne Wallace

Assistant Early Years Practitioner – Louise Young

Assistant Early Years Practitioner – Claire Munro

School Aged Childcare Team

Senior Childcare Practitioner – Louise Young

Assistant Childcare Practitioner – Claire Munro

Our vision, values and aims

Our Vision

To provide high quality Early Learning and Childcare and a secure foundation for learning in an encouraging nurturing environment. Promote learning and development through meaningful play experiences for our children in line with national frameworks and guidance for ELC and embedding children’s right to play, ensuring children’s lifestyle aspiration’s and choices are supported in a caring, safe, secure and stimulating environment. Working closely with parents and school to support children through transitions and changes.

Our Values

Effective Communication
Trust
Professionalism and Teamwork
Safety and Security
Wellbeing
Effective Transitions
Care
Love
Inclusiveness
Support

Our Aims

To use Self-evaluation to identify priorities that focus on improving transitions and wellbeing outcomes for children. Using ‘How Good is Our Early Learning and Childcare’ as a benchmark for good practice.
We will work closely with parents, carers, partners to ensure easy transitions, and wellbeing needs of all children.
We will make the best use of available resources to create, sustain and enhance a motivating, safe and secure environment for effective learning.
We will strongly promote equality and challenge all forms of discrimination. Following the SSSC codes of practice to ensure that all service users rights are protected.
We will provide a high-quality curriculum framework for children that is very well, matched to the stages of development of our babies, toddlers and young children.
We will ensure our curriculum framework based firmly on play and active learning and a stimulating environment that offers all children challenge and enjoyment. Using SHANARRI to promote, support and safeguard children and young people’s wellbeing.
We will ensure the ethos and culture of our setting demonstrates a strong commitment to children’s rights ensuring all children feel valued, safe and secure. Embedding the “Health and Social Care Standards” into daily practice to provide high-quality care.
We will strive to form respectful relationships and strong positive relationships with families from first contact.
We will carefully support children and families to make successful transitions when they first start, and as they move to another stage of learning or a new setting. We will ensure that transitions are carried out sensitively and are a positive experience for children and their families.
We will use innovative approaches to encourage children to be inquisitive, imaginative and to take risks in their learning, using open-ended play materials to extend their thinking and creativity.

What our parents say about our setting

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