At Jacquie’s Place we provide an alternative environment to the child’s home environment. Your child and you need to know at all times that they are in a caring, loving environment, surrounded by attentive staff committed to providing the very best care and education. The ultimate test for this is how comfortable you feel on a visit to the nursery. We understand how difficult it is for you to entrust the care of your child to someone else, and your need to know that your child is loved, safe, nurtured and stimulated. We’re parents as well. We designed our nursery as an environment for our own children.
Our vision of being the nursery of choice has been met by high occupancy levels and long waiting lists, but most importantly we always want to be the first nursery on parent’s lips when they begin considering where to place their child.
We develop collaborative and collegiate relationships with our competitors and if we have no places available will try to recommend an alternative nursery.
Staff retention is an area that impacts heavily on children and parents. Children form important relationships with our staff, as do parents, and if staff members leave it can be unsettling. We hire the best-qualified staff, with the right mindset and focus on quality education. We require that they are enthusiastic for their chosen vocation and passionate about working with children. Historically we have considerably low staff turnover than other nurseries.
Many nurseries are not familiar with the complex, often daunting, process of choosing the next school for the children in their care and leave this to the parents to sort out.
All too frequently families, especially young families are unaware of how early they need to consider the next step for their child for certain schools, to even have a chance of getting a place or what the schools are looking for in their child at the 4+ assessment or readiness test. The assessments focus on a child’s self-confidence, social skills, problem solving ability, ability to articulate and communicate and ability to follow instructions and complete tasks.
Part of our responsibility as the first educators of your child is to ensure that we help you to make informed choices, and, based on our knowledge of local schools and your child’s needs, talents, interests, and abilities we work together in trying to help you understand the best options for your child.
