what do we Provide?
Fresh food delivered from Sainsburys on a Monday & Wednesday each week. Organic meat, fruit and vegetables; where possible due to substitutions. Vegetarian and Vegan menu available
Breakfast, 2 course lunch & substantial afternoon snack
Pampers nappies, pull ups, wipes & nappy creams
Milk and all formulas including Kendamil Organic, Aptamil, Cow&Gate, SMA etc
Secure entry system and CCTV in all playrooms and nursery environment
Extra curricular learning experiences at no additional cost
- Spanish lessons, French lessons, Sport classes, Intergenerational Project with our local Care home
Outings and trips for the children at no additional cost
Parent/carer evenings every 6 months, a full report on your child/children’s development
Professional nursery photographer who attends seasonally
Events fully catered by us such as family fun days, Easter events, graduation ceremonies, Christmas carol concerts etc
Highly skilled and qualified Early Years Practitioners, including 2 Primary Teachers registered with General Teaching Council based within our Pre-school Departments
Our Menu
Food is so important at St Margaret’s Nursery & Pre-school, It’s fuel for energy and growth, but also important in social interaction and learning about your own and different cultures.
We have a 3 week rolling menu which changes seasonally. Our menu was created in consultation with one of our parents who is an NHS nutritionist at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children & Young People. We used the knowledge and experience from our parent along with the Early Years documents: Food Matters & Setting the Table.
We always include feedback from the most important critics, our children! The children often express their likes and dislikes with staff by conversations, surveys and during circle time. We incorporate the feedback from the children to amend our menus to keep them fresh and exciting.
Example Menu - Week 1
DUTY OF CANDOUR REPORT
Duty of Candour Report 1st April 2024 - 31th March 2025
All health and social care services in Scotland have a duty of candour. This is a legal requirement which means that when things go wrong and mistakes happen, the people affected understand what has happened, receive an apology, and that organisations learn how to improve for the future.
An important part of this duty is that we provide an annual report about the duty of candour in our services. This short report describes how our care service has operated the duty of candour during the time between 1st April 2024 - 31th March 2025.
We hope you find this report useful.
1. How many incidents happened to which the duty of candour applies?
In the last year, there have been no incidents to which the duty of candour applied.
2. Information about our policies and procedures
Where something has happened that triggers the duty of candour, our staff report this to the nursery manager who has responsibility for ensuring that the duty of candour procedure is followed. The manager records the incident and reports as necessary to the Care Inspectorate. When an incident has happened, the manager and staff set up a learning review. This allows everyone involved to review what happened and identify changes for the future.
All new staff learn about the duty of candour at their induction. We know that serious mistakes can be distressing for staff as well as people who use care and their families. We have occupational welfare support in place for our staff if they have been affected by a duty of candour incident.
Where parents or children are affected by the duty of candour, we have arrangements in place to provide welfare support as necessary.
If you would like more information about our nursery, please contact us using these details:
Danielle Robertson, Senior Manager
Telephone: 0131 667 0778
Email: danielle@stmnursery.com
Outdoor Learning
For us, healthy living means thinking about everything – physical and emotional care, spaces to play, explore and rest, outdoor areas for action, creativity and learning, people who care and protect, as well as nourishing food for healthy growing children. We offer all this and more.