Information for Families

"Engages with parents, useful information is displayed on the boards. E-mails are easy to read and lots of them."

Anonymous, Parent Survey July 2022

Tapestry - Online Learning Journal

When your child starts at Norcot you will be given a link to log in to Tapestry, an online journal of your child's life at Norcot. Key workers will upload milestones, events and photos here and we encourage parents to do the same to celebrate what you and your child have been up to when at home or out and about.

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Festivals and Traditions

As part of our Cultural Capital and our diversive and inclusive approach to education we celebrate a range of Festivals and significant events. If you celebrate these events yourself at home, we invite you to come and share your experiences with the children.

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Celebratory events

We welcome parental involvement at Norcot, whether it is coming in to read, to bake something or to help with a Forest School walk. We regularly invite parents in to join in with calendar events such as Harvest Festival, Chinese New Year and Easter.

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Mobile Phone Use

Please note that mobile phones may not be used in any of our buildings, this is for the safety of the children in our care.

Electronic Info Communications Policy

Sickness Exclusion Period

Due to the easily transferable nature of certain illnesses, the government has issued guidelines on the period that a child should be excluded from any childcare setting in order to try to prevent these illnesses from spreading. Please see the attached document to find the exclusion period for an illness.

Exclusion Table of Illnesses

Fundraising for Norcot

Money raised for Norcot is used to enrich the children's learning experiences that we would otherwise be unable to offer.

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Easy Fundraising

Don’t forget to use easyfundraising next time you shop online!

It’s a really simple way to raise money for Norcot Early Years Centre through your everyday online shopping with retailers like Amazon, Argos, John Lewis, ASOS, Booking.com, eBay, Boden, and M&S and it’s completely free!

Over £27million has already been raised for good causes in the UK by easyfundraising shoppers so please help us get our share! https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/norcoteyc

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Stamptastic!

Name all your children's clothing the easy way!

"Stamptastic is the fastest way to name your kids belongings. Step away from the ironing board and put that needle and thread away. Stamp instead with Stamptastic. Stamptastic’s magic ink withholds 50 washes on care labels without fading. You can even customise your own Personalised Name Stamps!"

As an added bonus, Norcot receive a small commission when you purchase through the following link so you'll be helping to fundraise for Norcot as well!

https://stamptastic.co.uk/pages/school-welcome#a_aid=5dc53f376e2e0

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Clothes Recycling Bank

Having a clear out? We have a recycling bank on site which can be used to recycle adult and child clothing, including underwear, as well as linen, handbags and shoes in pairs. All items collected will raise money for Norcot Early Years Centre so we're very grateful for any recycling you do!