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Policies & Procedures
Equal Opportunities Policy
Country Mice Pre School Playgroup works in accordance with
all relevant legislation, Including
- Disabled Persons Acts 1975, 1986
- Sex Discrimination Act 1975
- Race Relations Act 1975
- Children Act 1989, 2004
- Disability Discrimination Act 1995
- The SEN and Disability Discrimination Act 2005
- Equality Act 2006
- Equality and Human Rights Commission 2007
- The Employment Equality Age Regulations Act 2006
We believe that the group’s activities should be open to all
children and families, and to all adults committed to their welfare.
We aim to ensure that all who wish to work in or volunteer to help
with, our Pre School have an equal chance to do so. We acknowledge
the benefits of a mixed–age workforce and recognise children
can learn about the importance of diversity.
We recognise…
- Each religion is unique and each individuals/families beliefs
are important to them.
- The ethnic origins of staff, children and their families will
be respected and reflected.
- Every persons cultural and linguistic background should be recognised
and celebrated.
- Ability, we acknowledge children attending our pre school have
individual strengths and weaknesses that staff will identify and
support.
- Gender, all individuals entering our pre school will be treated
equally and fairly regardless of their gender.
- Age, we value staff/parents/carers of all ages and recognise
their different contributions are equally valuable.
Families joining the Pre School are made aware of its Equal Opportunities
Policy.
Employment
The Pre School will appoint the best person for each job and will
treat fairly all applicants for jobs and all those appointed. Commitment
to implementing the group’s Equal Opportunities Policy will
form part of the job description for all workers.
Families
The Pre School recognises that many different types of families successfully
love and care for children.
Festivals
Our aim is to show respectful awareness of all the major events in
the lives of the children and families in the Pre School, and in our
society as a whole, and to welcome the diversity of backgrounds from
which they come.
Without indoctrination in any specific faith, children will be made
aware of the festivals which are being celebrated by their own families
or others, and will be introduced where appropriate to the stories
behind the festivals.
Before introducing a festival with which the adults in the Pre School
are not themselves familiar, appropriate advice will be sought from
people to whom that festival is a familiar one. Children and families
who celebrate at home, festivals with which the rest of the Pre School
is not familiar, will be invited to share their festival with the
rest of the group, if they themselves wish to do so.
Children will be encouraged to welcome a range of different festivals,
together with the stories, celebrations and special food and clothing
they involve, as part of the diversity of life.
The Curriculum
All children will be respected and their individuality and potential
recognised, valued and nurtured. Activities and the use of play equipment
offer children opportunities to develop in an environment free from
prejudice and discrimination. Appropriate opportunities will be given
to children to explore, acknowledge and value similarities and differences
between themselves and others.
Resources
These will be chosen to give children a balanced view of the world
and an appreciation of the rich diversity of our multi-racial society.
Materials will be selected to help children to develop their self-respect
and to respect other people by avoiding stereotypes and derogatory
pictures or messages about any group of people.
Special needs
The Pre School recognises the wide range of special needs of children
and their families in the Community, and will consider what part it
can play in meeting these needs. Planning for Pre School meetings
and events will take into account the needs of people with disabilities.
Discriminatory behaviour/remarks
These are unacceptable in the Pre School. The response will aim to
be sensitive to the feelings of the victim(s) and to help those responsible
to understand and overcome their prejudices.
Language
Information, written and spoken, will be clearly communicated in as
many languages as necessary. Bilingual/multilingual children and adults
are an asset. They will be valued and their languages recognised and
respected in the Pre School
Food
Medical, cultural and dietary needs will be met.
Meetings
The time, place and conduct of meetings will ensure that all families
have an equal opportunity to be involved in the running of the Pre
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