Illnesses/Absence

Please notify Pinewood Family Group Pre-school if your child is ill and cannot attend the session. If you pay for the sessions, payment will still be required as per our fees policy. If you child is absent with an infectious childhood illness please advise the pre-school so that other families can be informed via the parent notice board.

Diarrhoea and Vomiting

If your child has suffered diarrhoea or vomiting, please ensure they do not attend the pre-school until 48hours after the last onset of symptoms.  To read the NHS advice, please click on the link below:  

Head Lice

Please keep your child at home until all the live lice and eggs have been completely removed to avoid the risk of spreading them to other children. Your Pharmacist can advise you on the best method of treatment.  To read the NHS advice, click on the click below:  

Chickenpox

Your child is welcome to return to Pre-school once they are feeling well, have no raised temperature and the sores have formed a dry scab.  To read the NHS advice, please click on the link below: 

Accidents

As a precaution, all of our staff are qualified paediatric first aiders.  A first aid kit is kept stocked and on the premises at all times.  Accident details are recorded in our Accident Record book which you will be shown and asked to sign at collection.  This is to acknowledge that your child's injury/accident has been reported to you.  For more serious accidents/injuries, it may be necessary for you to collect your child and seek further medical advice, e.g. from your GP.  Staff will notify you immediately if this is the case.  In emergencies, staff will contact 999 as well as parents/carers.  

Medications

All long-term medication needs to be provided/kept in a clear, sealed container.  We are only able to give medications that have been prescribed and provided that parents/carers have completed permissions form.  This will be kept in a folder for quick reference by pre-school staff. Each dose of medication given to your child will be recorded on a register (including date/time given) by the member of staff who administered it.  We also carry an emergency inhaler and Piriton syrup for adverse/allergic reactions.  You will be required to give permission for us to use these (in the event of an emergency only) when your child starts pre-school.