Nursery Assistant

6 months ago

York, United Kingdom Cundall Manor School Full time

**About us**

Cundall Manor is a thriving co-educational independent school, catering for boys and girls between the ages of 2 and 16 years of age. The school is situated in a magnificent 28 acre site in the Vale of York, between Ripon and Thirsk in North Yorkshire.

A community of committed and enthusiastic teaching staff, visionary governors and supportive parents, our aim is simply to ensure that each and every child who comes to Cundall is fully prepared to embrace the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

Members of the Nursery team are expected to carry out the tasks appropriate to them as outlined in their contract of employment and this job description.

The key person is a named member of staff who has responsibilities for a small group of children, they are there to educate the child while helping them feel safe and secure. The role is important for both child and parent and it is an approach set out in the EYFS. The key person will respond to children’s needs and help them settle into a new environment, communication is paramount between parent and key person as these discussions hold vital information about the child. A key person will be a point of contact for parents

**Engaging with parents/carers**
- Participate in and plan ways of getting parents involved e.g. coffee mornings, parents evening, informal occasions; stay and play, themed weeks, trips.
- Promote a positive relationship between Nursery and home, engage in a positive way, create a bond with the parent/ carer
- Help child to settle in the Nursery, reassure and comfort parent/carer e.g. take photos in their absence to aid feedback.
- Settling questionnaire sent home after 6 weeks / phone call / meeting
- Provide, where possible, daily verbal feedback to parents or carers
- Messages to parents/ carers (medicine and accident forms) are the responsibility of the key person, but the Nursery staff should also support the key person in this.
- Update parents with information that will relate to their child
- Make the best effort to familiarise themselves with their prospective pupils on entry by reading notes, previous reports and learning journeys
- On entry ensure that you communicate with the child’s parents/ carer that you are Key Worker for their child and the associated roles and responsibilities of this
- Ensure a minimum of once weekly observations are made of all of your Key Worker children. Observations, next steps and ways to help the child achieve these next steps are to be placed in their Learning Journeys (Tapestry) and shared with parents/ carers;
- Attend Parents’ Evenings, Staff Meetings and other school functions as required by the Head outside the normal school day;
**Meeting child’s needs**
- Planning, based on what is felt their key child would enjoy/ benefit from to progress further.
- Use characteristics of effective learning statements when planning for children’s individual needs
- Key person is inclusive, they are aware of the child’s individual needs, related to their culture, background, any learning disabilities, ability, dietary requirements and sensitivities, to pass the information to the rest of the staff and ensure they are met.
- Make other staff and kitchen aware of key child’s allergies and requirements
- Personalise sessions effectively to ensure all pupils are challenged and engaged;
- Set high expectations for pupils in terms of both their academic standards and aspirations and their behaviour;
- Adhere and contribute to the relevant Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum;
- Be aware of the detail of any IEP’s and next steps for all children that they are Key Person for and respond to the advice given in an effort to enable the pupils fully and effectively;
- Carry out duties relating to the supervision of pupils in accordance with their allocated supervision duties and responsibilities;
- Administer Rewards and Sanctions as laid out in the Whole School Behaviour policy

**Keeping records of the key child**
- All room members (including cover staff) to collect evidence of child’s progress if they observe it, this can be photos, written observations e.g. post it notes or narrative observations, or the child’s work.
- Keep a record of child’s Learning Journey and update regularly
- On trial session Key person to complete ‘All about me’ form with parents, this starts the beginning of the child learning journey
- Progress summary sheets are completed and shared with child’s other setting if they attend a dual setting.
- Tracking sheets are complete when a child starts the Nursery (on Entry assessment) and then completed termly.
- During the end term of Pre School, Practitioners will complete a transfer profile to the Reception teacher either at CMS or at another Primary School if the child is leaving
- Complete reporting for all of your Key Worker children. This includes a full written report at the end of each term which outlines the children’s achievements again

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