Policies & Procedures
Strong Governance
Statement of Purpose & Function
At Little People’s Academy our mission is to take advantage of the teachable moments that happen every day by fostering the intellectual, creative, social, emotional, and physical growth and development of all our children who attend our service and to
inspire a lifelong commitment to learning.
Child Safeguarding
Little People’s Academy is a registered preschool service providing full day care and early childhood education for children aged 12 months to 6 years within our Hill Street branch; and providing sessional preschool care and education for children aged 2 years and 6 months to 6 years of age within both our Gardiner street branch and our Bray branch.
Infection Control Policy
The aim of our Infection Control policy is to ensure an environment is provided in which children and adults are kept safe and staff members may safely carry out their roles.
Policy for Transitions & Settling In
Settling-In, in relation to an early-years service, means the procedures in place to facilitate the integration into the service of a child when they first attend the service; their progression within the service; and their transition from the early-years service to the primary school.
Administration of Medication
Little people’s Academy’s Policy Statement for the administration of medication outlines the principles, values and the purpose of the company’s Administering Medication policy. Little people’s Academy’s policy statement on administering medication is included in the
Parents/Guardians Handbook.
Safety, Health and Welfare at Work
The policy of Little People’s Academy is, in so far as is reasonably practicable, to ensure the safety, health and welfare at work of all our employees and further to ensure that persons not in our employment, who may be affected by the work activities are not thereby exposed to risks to their safety and health.