Safeguarding:
The safety and wellbeing of children is important to us all. If you are concerned about any child talk to any member of staff or call our Family Support Team on 0121 777 2722.
The Behaviour Policy is in line with the Children’s Act in regard to NO PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT allowed, NO RAISED VOICE wherever possible, a quiet peaceful atmosphere is aimed for at all times.
To build self-esteem and confidence in the children we encourage co-operation between all the children in any group, we positively re-in force and encourage good behaviour and children will be praised as much as possible. Once the children have learnt how to negotiate about turn –taking, then they don’t need to call on adults in situations like this. They will talk to each other and come to an agreement.
Children need their own time and space. It is not always appropriate to expect a child to share and it is important to acknowledge children’s feelings and to help them understand how others might be feeling.
Acceptable behaviour – in any group children are encouraged to act in an acceptable way, this includes taking turns, following instructions, and joining in group activities, as appropriate to their age and stage of development. In order to achieve this:
- The rules of the group and the expected behaviour of the children will be explained to all newcomers, both children and adults.
- All adults will try to provide a positive model for the children with regard to friendliness, care and courtesy.
- Adults will encourage children to talk and resolve the dispute (problem solve).
- All adults will praise and endorse desirable behaviour such as kindness and willingness to share.
- We will take positive steps to avoid a situation in which children receive adult attention only in return for undesirable behaviour.
Children will be encouraged to say sorry, but not forced. Bad language will not be tolerated, and parents informed if their children use it. Children must be encouraged to recognise that bullying, fighting, hurting and discriminatory comments are not acceptable behaviour. We want children to recognise that certain actions are right and that others are wrong
If a child’s behaviour is detrimental to the learning or well being of others the nursery may, at their discretion, reduce the number of hours on offer to that child.
No aggressive behaviour will be tolerated from children or parents.
This MAY lead to exclusion.
All staff has responsibility for issues concerning behaviour. We require all staff to keep up with legislation and attend PSED training to enable a further understanding of children’s behaviour.
Staff are role models for children and must ensure that their behaviour and language used is always appropriate and professional in front of children. Staff will not use negative language to describe children and children will not be labelled in nursery based on their behaviour or reactions.
In Nursery we will manage children’s behaviour in the following ways:
Expectations
- Teaching routines for certain activities e.g. story time, tidying up, sharing toys etc.
- Promoting children to follow expectations and gradually reducing prompts.
- Using stories and songs as a strategy for encouraging/supporting positive behaviour
- Stickers, stamps, high fives and verbal praise for encouraging positive behaviour.
- Teaching the children to be independent in their dealings, with each other and their feelings.
Consequences
- Removal from the group or activity if behaviour is disrupting other children or threatening their safety.
- Allow the child is self-regulate and calm down
- Discussions with the child – helping the child to problem solve.
- Talk to each other and come to an agreement.
Parents will be informed by the child’s key person of any persistent problems with their children’s behaviour and we hope to work together to solve these.
If problems persist we will seek advice from outside agencies.
Physical intervention will only be used to manage a child’s behaviour if it is necessary to prevent personal injury to the child, other children or an adult, or to prevent serious damage to property. Any occasion where physical intervention is used to manage a child’s behaviour should be recorded and parents should be informed about it on the same day.
Bullying takes many forms. It can be physical, verbal or emotional, but it is always a repeated behaviour that makes other people feel uncomfortable or threatened.
Any form of bullying is unacceptable and will be dealt with immediately. At Mini Springers Nursery, staff follows the procedure below to enable them to deal with challenging behaviour. We will not tolerate any discrimination against children or adults that relate to their protected characteristics.
This Policy was reviewed March 2025 by Nursery Manager
Review date: February 2026
