Description and Stations

The St. Georg daycare centre is located close to the Rhine right next to the St. Georg chapel and is easily accessible by KVB bus lines 131 and 134.

Introduction/specifics

The St. Georg daycare centre is a Catholic facility with a musical focus. Music accompanies us in everyday life at the daycare centre.

Our guiding principles:

• St. Georg Catholic Daycare Centre is a daycare centre that works according to the guidelines of the KiBiZ (NRW Child Education Act).
• The children are at the centre of our pedagogical thinking and actions.
• The staff are our most important asset.
• Educational partnership with parents means trust, respect and transparency.
• Our work is characterised by faith and the teaching of Christian values.
• Our everyday educational programme is accompanied by musical elements.
• The atmosphere in our daycare centre is friendly and open.

Rooms

Dragon group on the ground floor / Crocodile group on the first floor

Areas of both groups:

• Group room
• Group adjoining room
• Sleeping room
• Corridor with cloakrooms
• Sanitary and nappy-changing area

Each group area is designed in such a way that the children have the opportunity to withdraw while playing, but at the same time maintain visual contact.

Activity areas in the groups:

• Breakfast table
• Table groups
• Building and construction area
• Role play corner
• Colouring and creative area
• Reading or book corner
• Area for U3 children

Outdoor Facilities

In the outdoor area, our day-care centre offers children the opportunity to live out their urge to move:

• Large sandpit
• Water slide / mud table
• Paved area for the use of various vehicles
• Climbing frame
• seesaw
• slide
• Playhouse

Daily Schedule

• The daycare centre opens at 7.30 a.m.
• Bring time until 9 a.m.
• Free play / planned activities
• Free breakfast
• Free play on the outdoor area
• Morning or lunch circle
• Lunch 12.15 p.m. or 12.30 p.m.
• Lunchtime / quiet time until 2.00 p.m
• Free play / planned activities
• Pick-up time from 2 p.m. to 4.30 p.m.

Food

• The children bring breakfast from home
• Drinks (water, tea) are provided by the daycare centre
• Lunch is provided by the caterer (cook and chill)

Basics

The daycare centre management, the school management, the educational team at the daycare centre and the teaching staff are in professional contact with each other.

Employee

Staff qualifications are based on the regulation on the principles of qualification and staffing ratios (KiBiz staffing regulation). Our specialised staff are assigned to the two groups, but also work across groups. The management is partially released from group work. In addition, the team of specialised staff is supplemented by trainees (interns/PIA trainees) and/or employees on voluntary service.

A housekeeper supports the team in the kitchen area.

Additional Offerings

Early musical education for children in the last two years of nursery school, singing groups for all age groups.

Quality Assurance

Quality assurance measures:

• Further education and training for educational staff
• Concept days
• Continuous evaluation of the concept in dialogue with the educational team.
• Evaluation measures for parent satisfaction
• Cooperation with technical colleges and universities of applied sciences
• Supervision of interns (student and block internships)
• Training of professional interns and PIA interns
• Regular, professional exchange between the pedagogical team in meetings and in everyday life regular team supervision

Cooperations

The St. Georg daycare centre works closely with the Cologne-Weiß youth and cultural centre, which is located directly opposite the daycare centre. This means that the rooms and outdoor area of the youth centre can be used for daycare activities if required (exercise activities for daycare children in the large sports rooms of the youth centre, St. Martin's Day celebrations and bonfires on the outdoor area of the youth centre, summer parties, etc.).

Teamwork with school

There is close cooperation between the St. Georg daycare centre and the Albert Schweitzer School in Cologne-Weiß. Regular meetings are held to discuss topics such as how to organise the transition from nursery to primary school. The daycare centre management, the school management, the daycare centre's educational team and the teaching staff are in professional contact with each other.

Teamwork with parents

Close cooperation between parents and educational staff is a prerequisite for good educational work.

Parents are the experts in the family and the educational professionals are the experts in the daycare centre. Through continuous communication between the professionals and the parents, we create a close educational partnership in order to jointly and sustainably support the child's development.

Overview

Criteria that are taken into account:

• Catholic baptism (not mandatory)
• Church affiliation of the parents (not mandatory)
• One more year in the daycare centre
• Sibling in the daycare centre or in the 1st school year
• Catchment area
• Special family circumstances (single parent, many children, ill...)