Contributions of a Nursery Nurse: Age-Appropriate Activities to Stimulate Children
Unit 9
1.1
As a nursery nurse you need to contribute to a programme of age-appropriate activities designed to stimulate the children you are working with:
• Keep an accurate record of achievement file on your key children
• Be a pro-active team member, offering appropriate support to your colleagues
• Liaise with and support parents and other family members
• Attend ALL out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parents’ evenings, summer fayre, Christmas party, etc.
• Be flexible within working practices of the Nursery. Be prepared to help where needed, including domestic jobs within the Nursery, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleaning equipment etc.
• Work with the Manager and her team to ensure that the Nursery’s philosophy is reflected
• Record accidents in the accident book. Make sure that parents read and sign the report.
• Look at the Nursery as a ‘whole’, where your help is most needed and how you can most effectively meet the needs of the children in your care
• Make sure that every child is collected by someone known to the Nursery
• Respect the confidentiality of information received
• Develop your role within the team, especially your role as a key worker
• Specified Child Care Tasks:
a. Prepare and complete activities that match the child’s stage of development
b. Make sure that mealtimes are a time of pleasant social sharing
c. Wash and change children as required
d. Provide comfort and warmth to an unhappy or sick child
• Help to make sure that the environment meets the needs of Nursery children, reflecting their cultures and religious backgrounds, and stages of development
• Be aware of the high profile of the Nursery and to uphold its standards at all times.
1.2
In my role I am expected to support the staff, to be reliable and build a good relationship with the children, encouraging them to the best of their ability in their learning, to assist their growth in knowledge and assist in enhancing
1.1
As a nursery nurse you need to contribute to a programme of age-appropriate activities designed to stimulate the children you are working with:
• Keep an accurate record of achievement file on your key children
• Be a pro-active team member, offering appropriate support to your colleagues
• Liaise with and support parents and other family members
• Attend ALL out of working hours activities, e.g. training, monthly staff meetings, parents’ evenings, summer fayre, Christmas party, etc.
• Be flexible within working practices of the Nursery. Be prepared to help where needed, including domestic jobs within the Nursery, e.g. preparation of snack meals, cleaning equipment etc.
• Work with the Manager and her team to ensure that the Nursery’s philosophy is reflected
• Record accidents in the accident book. Make sure that parents read and sign the report.
• Look at the Nursery as a ‘whole’, where your help is most needed and how you can most effectively meet the needs of the children in your care
• Make sure that every child is collected by someone known to the Nursery
• Respect the confidentiality of information received
• Develop your role within the team, especially your role as a key worker
• Specified Child Care Tasks:
a. Prepare and complete activities that match the child’s stage of development
b. Make sure that mealtimes are a time of pleasant social sharing
c. Wash and change children as required
d. Provide comfort and warmth to an unhappy or sick child
• Help to make sure that the environment meets the needs of Nursery children, reflecting their cultures and religious backgrounds, and stages of development
• Be aware of the high profile of the Nursery and to uphold its standards at all times.
1.2
In my role I am expected to support the staff, to be reliable and build a good relationship with the children, encouraging them to the best of their ability in their learning, to assist their growth in knowledge and assist in enhancing