Information for families when a child starts kindergarten

Outdoor activities depend on appropriate clothing. We go outdoors every day, but in exceptional weather conditions, we may alter the duration of outdoor activities (e.g. thunder, heatwaves). Therefore, we ask you to ensure that

• your child has sufficient spare clothes
• your child has a set of both indoor and outdoor clothes, also during summer
• your child’s rainwear is intact, clean and of the right size – if required, the rainwear is washed at home
• your child has indoor footwear
• if required, your child has sufficient number of diapers
• if required, your child has a pacifier, feeding bottle and sleeping toy labelled with their name
• all of your child’s personal belongings and toys are labelled with their name.

Please check your child’s coat rack on a daily basis as you may have laundry there!

• If possible, take your child to and from daycare at the same times of day.
• Please take note of the daycare centre’s daily routines and let us know if you bring your child to the daycare centre later than usual.
• Please ensure that your child washes their hands when coming to daycare.
• Bid goodbye quickly and clearly.
• Please finish your phone calls before coming to pick up your child.
•  If you are late and cannot pick up your child by the time the daycare centre closes, inform the personnel without delay.
• Please keep us updated of your contact information and that of anyone else you have authorised to pick up your child. The authorised person must be of legal age

Anything can happen with children, and a bleeding nose is not unusual. It is good to keep in mind the following basics:

• A child attending daycare should be able to participate in the activities both indoors and outdoors.
• Please notify your daycare centre’s personnel if your child falls ill. Enter the information also on Daisy.
• If a child falls ill during the day at daycare, we notify their guardians immediately. A sick child should be picked up from daycare without delay.
• In the event of an accident, we notify the guardians immediately.
• Injuries requiring medical treatment are treated either at the nearest municipal health centre or at a private medical centre

At Pilke’s daycare centres, the breakfast and the healthy afternoon snack are prepared by a daycare assistant.

In general, the food served at lunch is prepared by our catering partners before delivery to our units.

Pilke expects its catering suppliers all over Finland to favour local foods.

We remember the children’s birthdays and celebrate them as well as other celebrations of the calendar year. Please discuss birthday party celebrations with the personnel of your daycare centre.

• Open and equal cooperation between the home and the daycare supports the child’s holistic development. However, the guardians have the primary responsibility for the child’s upbringing.
• Dates for a meeting, a service agreement discussion and an initial discussion are agreed on before the child’s early childhood education starts.
• Early childhood education and care discussions, or ECEC discussions in short, are organised annually. In these discussions, we lay down the framework for fostering the child’s individual development, learning and well-being.
• We inform you of your child’s day and activities face to face on a daily basis.
• We also organise trips, celebrations and events, some of which the entire family is welcome to participate.
• Daisy is our important information channel. It is used for care time reservations as well as absence and holiday notifications, for example. We will provide you with instructions and, where necessary, guidance on using Daisy.