Dear Parent, Thank you for choosing our childcare for your child. We would like to take this opportunity to welcome you and your child to Westlake Childcare Center. Our daycare program works on the Montessori Method of Education. This method was founded by Dr. Maria Montessori when she started her first school called ‘Casa de Bambini’ in Rome in 1908. We hope that through our effort we would be able to introduce you and your child to the Montessori Method of Education which looks at providing your child a head start in education. In line with our desire to provide quality schooling and daycare for your child at our facility, we would like parents to read through our ‘Parent’s Little Handbook’ in order for you to know more about our program and how you and your child can benefit fully from this program. Please read our Enrolment Policy and Agreement for these details during registration. We look forward to working with you, the parent/ guardian for the school year ahead. Thank you.
Sandra Lee, Principal
Dr. Montessori created her environment based on her observation of the children. When she started the Casa di Bambini in 1907, she had already qualified as a doctor and her experience from the psychiatric clinic was all she had with her to work with. Little did she know that the chance to start the Casa di Bambini was to have a life changing effect for the future of early childhood education. Here at Westlake Childcare we hold true to the Montessori philosophy by making observation a crucial part of our teaching and learning philosophy at Westlake Childcare.
The various Montessori materials used at Westlake Childcare gives each child an opportunity to build their understanding of the experiences they have from around them. Activities of Everyday Living are explored to give them the skill they need to function everyday like learning how to serve themselves, how to wait for their turn, how to carry materials, how to hold and cut with a small scissors or perhaps even just to wear their own clothes. The sense education provides the child with opportunity to use their senses to learn about their environment that will help them to build upon the senses they are receiving from around them. Language and Mathematics are taught through the use of materials that gives them a head start in early language literacy and early maths.
Parents must provide their child’s necessary needs. These may include:
Two clean shirts/blouse/t-shirts
Two sets of clean undergarments
Two sets of clean trousers / skirts
Body wash
Shampoo
Toothbrush
Toothpaste
Body towel
Comb
Milk powder
Milk bottle
Any other food intake that is required by the child alone
Child’s pillow
Child’s favourite blanket/comforter
Each child is to be carefully inspected every morning upon entering the school.
Should the child be seen ill during the day, the child shall be isolated immediately and parents contacted.
Parents are required to notify the school whenever a child has been exposed to a contagious disease.
All new students are required to produce a copy of the immunization booklet.
Any visitations are encouraged but a time needs to be arranged for this to take place. Visitations during school hours may disrupt school flow and this may cause upsets for some children.
An observation chair has been placed around the room for parents to observe their children at work if necessary.
Discussions about the child must not be conducted in front of the child. This can be pre-arranged and be conducted after the school hours between 12.30pm to 2.00pm.
This is done in the hope that it will not disrupt any lessons being carried out for the day.
From time to time, we may have good articles that we may have read. This will usually be posted on the bulletin board. Parents and staff are encouraged to contribute to this corner. You can also contribute items like an interesting plant, challenging mind boggling puzzles or anything that you think would be of interest to any adults or children.
We aim to make the parent’s corner a lively and a relaxing corner to greet the parent’s as they bring their children into the school each day.
The daycare provides meals for all children at specific times of the day as indicated in the enrollment form. Parents are also required to list their child’s eating habits or food intake.
This is to prevent any untoward incidences with regards to any allergies that may cause distress to the child. We realize the importance of having a balanced meal and therefore will make all necessary arrangements to have this met in the planning of our menu.
Pick-up time is at 12:00 p.m. for morning students and 5:00 p.m. for whole day students. A 15 minutes grace period will be given for each session.
TASKA will administer a charge of RM 5.00 for every delay of 15 minutes.