Montessori Nursery Regulations
ENROLLMENT
The enrollment application can be submitted to the nursery’s administrative office at any point of the year; there is no established priority criteria for the acceptance of enrollment applications, which will be accepted in order of arrival until there are vacancies. The order of arrival will determine also the calendar of the academic insertion. By the end of February of the current year, parents whose children already attend the nursery will have to make a pre-enrollment for the following year, and renew the enrollment by the end of June. Application will have to be written on pre-made forms with the following documents attached:
- Copy of the legally mandatory vaccinations list, released by the ASL (Local Healhcare Authority) in charge; subsequently, the parent is required to update the document held by the school stating the vaccinations that have been done.
- Certificate of possible food intolerances and/or allergies. If there is any different food requirement, as compared to the diet we have planned (SPECIAL), the same will have to be certified by the Paediatrician of choice and shared with the school’s Head Office which, at the same time, will submit it to the ASL in charge;
- Personal data (copy of ID) and parent’s contacts;
- Declaration stating the parental responsibility on the minors. If there is any variation during the year, parents must promptly inform the school;
- Authorisation form and copies of the documents of people who could occasionally come and collect the child at the end of the day;
- Personal data treatment authorisation;
- Waiver for photos and videos;
At the moment of enrollment, regardless of the month where the same will take place, family will pay a mandatory annual fee, as established in the Contract for School Services undersigned by the families, which in no case will be refundable, even in case of renouncement of services before the beginning of the school year.
Enrollment implies the obligation to pay all the monthly fees of the school year (10 months from September to June). If the family decides to include the month of July the mandatory fees will be 11.
COST OF THE SERVICE AND PAYMENT METHODS
As established in the Contract for School Services, the payment of the fee will have to be made through RIB (bank account identification document). When subscribing the RIB model at the administrative office, the family will be able to decide the terms of payment of the fees (monthly payments, on the 5th of each month, bimonthly payments, annual payments, etc.).
In case the RIB results to be unpaid, bank expenses will be charged to the family on the following fee.
Exonerations, suspensions or reductions on payments due to absences are not possible, even if they are due to major causes. In no case discounts on payments can be applied, except in case of siblings attending school at the same time. In that case, a 10% discount on one fee is allowed if there are siblings enrolled in the Institute.
Included with the fee, the nursery provides personal hygiene products for the child, activities related material, insurance, bilingualism.
Meals are paid outside the fee after actually being consumed, and will be counted and paid for at the beginning of the following month (ex. Meals of September will have to be paid at the beginning of October after counting the ones the child has actually had).
The cost of a single meal is 6.00 Euros.
In case of definitive withdraw of the child from the nursery until the end of the school year, the family will have to share a written notice with the administrative office situated in Via Fonti Copeerte 38/Z (location of Middle School and High School). From that day, the obligation to pay the fees will end.
CALENDAR
The nursery is opened from September to the 30th of June, with closing days according to the school calendar decided by the Head Office, which will be shared with the parents at the beginning of the year.
It is possible to also include the month of July in the service if at least 20 families make a request. In that case, the parents who are interested will have to inform the Head Office by the 30th of April so as to allow the organisation of the service.
DAILY SCHEDULE AND ACTIVITIES
The nursery is opened from Monday to Friday from 8.00 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
8.00 – 9.00 a.m. reception
9 00 – 9.30 a.m. good morning activities
9.30 – 10.00 a.m. breakfast and changing of clothes
10.00 – 11.30 a.m. children’s activities
11.30 a.m. -12.30 p.m. lunch and personal hygiene activities: hands, teeth, nappy
1.00 – 2.00 p.m. first handover
1.00 – 3.00 p.m. nap for those who stay
3.00 – 3.30 p.m. waking up and changing of clothes
3.30 – 4.00 p.m. snack time
4.00 – 4.30 p.m. second handover
With respect to both the children’s rhythms and work, and the organisation of daily activities we require maximum cooperation from the parents in respecting rigorously the established schedule: entrance no later than 9.00 a.m. and exit not before 8.00, and exit no later than 4.30 p.m.
Children cannot come in or leave outside of the established times, except, in exceptional circumstances, with written request valid all year through, motivated by parents and approved by the Headmistress.
For organisational reasons (particularly for meals arranging) we ask to communicate absences before 9.00 a.m.
VISITS: during the school year, small groups or single people could be present at school to observe the didactic, according to the Montessori method.
Such visits will be determined according to times and modalities decided each time by the school itself, careful not to interfere with the children’s work and activities.
EXITS AND AUTHORISATIONS
At the time of handover, the teacher will accompany the child giving the parent the information on their day at the nursery.
To exit the nursery, teachers will handover children to the parents or to adults that have been previously authorised with a written authorisation from the parents along with a copy of ID.
For the possible occasional collection from another adult, it is essential to have a written authorisation from a parent and for the person collecting the child to show an ID. There will be no exception.
To avoid regrettable episodes often told by the news and to ensure the maximum safety of the children, parents and those who are authorised to bring in and collect children will sign a book where entry and exit time will be registered.
ACADEMIC INSERTION: WELCOME AND ADJUSTMENT
The aim of the insertion is to help the child to become familiar with the new environment and to make new connections with adults and children. It is fundamental for the parents to have a meeting with teachers who will take care of the child. In that occasion a form will be filled with the information of the child like: diet, sleep habits, relations etc. It is fundamental to create a situation of emotional peace for the child and a relationship of reciprocal trust between staff and parents.
The period of insertion can vary according to the child’s situation and can last up to two weeks from an initial period of 30 minutes until the insertion is gradually completed for the child’s turn. This gradualness is fundamental to protect the child and their rhythms, it is a necessary time for the child so that they can experience the trust passage from the parents to the reference teacher in the best way. During the insertion the presence of the parent is required to accompany the child for the entire path.
The insertion of the children during the course of the school year will be carried out with the modalities indicated by the teachers.
CLOTHING AND SUPPLIES
At the moment of the insertion the child will have to be provided with the following items:
- Two small towels (with central buttonhole), two bibs and two cloth satchels for laundry, everything with the name of the child written in cursive.
- A pair of slippers or non-slip socks;
- A complete change of comfortable clothes;
- N.3 photographies 10×15 cm;
- Nappies
- Creams (if the children have particular needs), excluding cortisone- based ones.
Every Friday the teachers will hand over the laundry satchel used during the course of the week to the parents.
FOOD
The nursery is equipped with an internal kitchen according to the health regulations of the Regione Umbria. The menus we serve, different based on age (0-12; 12-36), are established by the ASL in charge and adequate to the age of the child.
No food brought by the parents from outside is allowed in the school (beverages, yogurt, etc.).
For children’s birthdays, cakes can possibly be brought in from authorised commercial exercises which will certify the absence of preservatives, liquors, creams, zabaglione, whole cream, food colouring and dried fruit (nuts, walnuts, peanuts, pistachios, etc.). Parents who bring cakes in will have to give the receipt to the kitchen (to allow them to check the traceability of foods).
HEALTH REGULATIONS
MEDICINES OF ANY KIND CANNOT AND MUST NOT BE GIVEN TO CHILDREN ATTENDING THE NURSERY.
Providing medicines during school hours is allowed only for serious and rare particular pathologies that will have to be documented by a certificate from the paediatrician following the child’s case. Said certificate should have the indication of the medicine, the posology, time and methods of administration; it will also have to state the medicine is essential during the hours where the child is at the nursery.
Moreover, providing any therapy always needs both a written request-authorisation from a parent and a specific medical certificate which states the prescription; both documents will be kept in the specific folder in the administrative office.
In order to put in place all the necessary sanitary norms to reduce the spread of possible viruses among the children, every time a child stays home the parent has to:
- Warn the staff the same day of the absence (before 9.00 a.m.);
- in case a virus comes up, immediately tell the staff of the nursery so they can take the necessary measures for the community;
Preventing the child from attending school must be done if the child shows:
- Fever (armpit temperature equal to or higher than 37,5° C or rectal temperature equal to or higher than 38° C);
- Diarrhoea (2 or more episodes of liquid faeces) in the same day;
- Persistent cough with trouble breathing;
- Sickness (2 or more episodes) in the same day;
- Purulent pinkeye (defined by conjunctiva with yellow secretions of the eye);
- Extended skin rashes with unidentified elements like bugs bites;
- stomatitis and sialorrhoea (heavy salivation) and/or trouble eating;
- Persistent crying, unusual for said child;
- Unusual apathy, hyporesponsiveness.
- Pediculosis (please refer to the ministerial notice n.4 of March 13th 1998)
In these cases, teachers will phone to warn the parents and they will have to immediately go to nursery and collect the child.
The child will be allowed to resume regular attendance after 2 days of absence from school (beside the day absence has started).
Children are not allowed to enter if they present evident symptoms that teachers can easily recognise as of contagious diseases (ex. Pinkeye).
In particular cases (ex. Casts, extended bandages, etc.) the Headmistress and teachers will evaluate, for each case and based on the situation, if they can allow the child to attend School, if their physical limitation does not require care the staff could not be able to provide without compromising other children’s health and safety.
HEAD OFFICE AND TEACHERS ENSURE MAXIMUM ATTENTION SO THAT INFECTIONS ARE REDUCED. IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN WE ASK MAXIMUM COOPERATION FROM THE PARENTS TO COME AND COLLECT THE CHILD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
In case of significant variations (regional health laws etc.) the health regulations could be amended throughout the school year.
For all that is not included in the present rules please refer to the Laws in force.
