Index

Security
Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S)
Equipment
Other

At Berkeley Gardens Kindergarten we have many rules and regulations to ensure full protection of your children. These rules are a compilation of legal requirements and in house decisions which are aimed at enabling staff to complete their job to the best of their ability whilst providing a safe environment so your children can enjoy themselves whilst learning.

Security:

1. All children must be signed in & out and the beginning and end of each care session. This must be done in front of a BGK supervisor before the child is allowed to leave the premises. Upon signing in or out parents/carers must present photograph id, and sign their name on the prescribed 1A form.
2. Prior to starting care at BGK all children must undertake a full medical examination by an approved Physician and results must be shown to the BGK supervisor prior to signing the child on.
3. All staff are required to have undertaken the working-with-children check and any further background checks which may be deemed necessary based on the work requirements.

Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S):

1. All people who enter the premises must have an initial OH&S outline including location of fire extinguishers, exits, any high risk areas and other OH&S concerns as outlined by the management.
2. At least one staff member on the premises at any one time must hold the OH&S green card. This staff member will be the fire leader and first aid officer on duty at that time.
3. No parents are allowed in the areas mark "staff only" under any circumstances.
4. Once a month a meeting will be held with the staff in regard to OH&S, at this time any queries regard OH&S can be addressed by both staff and management..

Equipment:

1. All equipment is to be sterilized once a month, either in the In-house sterilizer or to be sent away. Also it should be cleaned daily using prescribed methods (see cleaning chart B2).
2. All equipment used is to be of ISO and AS compliance.
3. All children are to be fully supervised at any time when using any equipment.
4. All equipment must be stored in its appropriate storage facility prior to and after use.
5. No child over the weight of 60Kg's is to use the Grade B equipment, for the child's own safety.
6. Any child may borrow equipment over night if it is signed out using the appropriate C33 form, and parent who does so uses the quipment at their own risk..

Other:

1. All dietary concerns are taken care of by our in house nutrition, should there be any confusion, all enquiries are to be directed to him/her.
2. Bullying will NOT be permitted under any circumstance and children who undertaken in any form of bullying will be suitably punished under our standards (see Policy R2).
3. These policies are valid from the 01/01/05. Any other rules or regulations are address by the Childcare Safety and other associated acts of Parliament.