TRANSFER POLICIES AND ARRANGEMENTS

STARTING AT MILLER ACADEMY THREE BEARS NURSERY

The Three Bears Nursery takes children in their Pre-School year.  The Nursery in the main accommodates pupils from the Miller Academy delineated zone but not exclusively.  Sometimes parents from other areas of Thurso and the surrounding countryside find it more convenient to enrol their children in the Nursery.  Those children are welcomed to the Three Bears on equal terms with the children from within the Primary School Zone.

Children come to the Nursery from the Playgroups from within and outwith Thurso and sometimes from outwith the county.  Occasionally children who have not previously been to any playgroup are enrolled.

ENROLMENT

Enrolment normally takes place in March of each year for entry in August and is in response to an advertisement placed in the local press by the Area Education Manager.  Many parents need to know at an early date if entry has been obtained so that they may make other arrangements if their application proves unsuccessful.  To assist parents in this regard letters offering or refusing a place usually go out within two weeks of the end of the enrolment period.

Information regarding the entry arrangements is sent to parents in late May.  At this time parents and children are invited to the Nursery to meet the staff and other parents and children and to receive final details for starting in August.  Usually children at first attend for a shortened session which slowly extends as they settle into their new environment.

The formal procedure for enrolment/transfer and induction can then be summarised:

·       information on enrolment is issued to the local community/play groups through an advertisement placed in the press by the Area Education Manager,

·       enrolment and issue of Nursery Brochure takes place in March,

·       Nursery Teacher and/or Deputy Head Teacher visits the providing playgroup/s,

·       the playgroup are invited to school sports, Nursery assembly and other school events,

·       information Meetings are held for parents in June,

·       enrolled children visit Nursery class for visits prior to their entry date.