Introduction/specifics

Our facility exists since 1 July 1993 and is located in the western part of the Hanseatic city of Wipperfürth. The city centre and some playgrounds, such as the "Siebenborn playground", are located near our facility and can be reached in just a few minutes on foot.

In the summer of 2007, our facility began to develop into a family center. In June 2008, it was certified as a family center. Thus, the Kita Rasselbande forms an important node in the social network for the individual promotion of the children and for the care and support of the families. Additional services offered by the family centre include the parents' café, cooking groups, theme parents' evenings, open play afternoons and more.

The action of our institution is determined by the seven principles of the German Red Cross, the institution responsible for the decoration. Thus, it acts according to: Humanity – Impartiality – Neutrality – Independence – Voluntary – Unity – and Universality.

Rooms

Our facility is spread over an elongated building, divided into several floors. In addition to the four group rooms with their associated adjoining rooms, washrooms and storage rooms, our facility offers a small and a large gym, two bedrooms, a reading room, a workroom, a storeroom, a ballroom and other play areas. In some of the groups there is a gallery, which provides additional play possibilities.

In front of each group there is also a cloakroom with shoes, jackets, swap bags and the children’s mud.

In addition, there is another group room, which serves as a cross-group space for additional play in small groups, as a retreat, for promotional work, offers or discussions.

Outdoor Facilities

Our outdoor area surrounds the whole building and is divided in two by a fence, so that there is an area in front and an area behind the building. The front area is divided again by a staircase, so that the younger children are in the lower area and the older children in the upper area. They can also visit each other. The play area of the younger children is equipped with a wooden house, two wooden horses, a sandbox, hiding places and various toys. In the area of the older children there is also a sandbox, a football goal, a climbing scaffold, a water pump and other hiding places and toys.

In order to protect the children from the sun in summer, an additional awning can be mounted over the sandbox.

In the play area, which is located behind the house and is not accessible by the four groups, there is a nest swing, a slide, a wooden house, hiding places, a bed and other play equipment.

Additional trees, shrubs and bushes also provide good hiding and play opportunities and also provide shade.

Daily Schedule

Children can be brought to our nursery from 7.15 to 9.00 am. . During this time, the children can arrive in their groups in peace and have time for free play.

The morning round starts in all groups at 9.00 am. . Here we welcome all children with a welcome song, discuss the weather, the day of the week and the date. Then we’ll see who’s there and who’s missing. In addition, a narrative round takes place and there is time to play or to sing. In our groups with four to six year old children, the group lasts longer than in groups with two to four year old children.

Afterwards, the children have time for breakfast, painting, handicrafts, gymnastics, works, project work on a theme, to look at books and much more. As a rule, all groups go outside during the morning.

Children who do not eat lunch are picked up from 12.00 -12.15 o’clock. After lunch the children are going to brush their teeth. The younger children who still need a midday nap go to sleep in their own bed. The other children sit down for a rest period and look at a book, sing, play, or tell each other something for example.

The block children can be picked up until 2.15 pm. (35h).

In the afternoon, children have time to play or take part in small offers, projects or activities. They can go outside, in one of the gyms, in the ball pool or in other play corners. The offers are often based on the season.

For younger children there is a lunch snack at 2.30 pm. and for older children at 3 pm. . For this purpose, the children gather in their groups at the table and also outside when the weather is fine.

On Wednesdays there is also the ’Pfiffikus-Course' from 2 to 3.30 pm. for pre-school children. Many funding areas are addressed, taken up and integrated into different topics.

Mondays to Thursdays all children are picked up by 4.30 pm. , Fridays by 4 pm. .

Food

On Wednesdays we prepare a breakfast together with the children. Here the groups alternate weekly, so that each group can choose something to eat for breakfast at least once a month.

The rest of the days the children bring their breakfast from home. It is important to us, that it is healthy.

Our lunch is freshly delivered daily by ’Nickut Catering' from Burscheid.

In the afternoon there is a small snack round, which we always make varied. Among other things, there are fruits, vegetables, crispy bread and much more.

Tea and water are available to the children throughout the day. Milk is also served for breakfast as required.

Basics

We work according to the “situation-oriented approach”, which means that the needs, abilities, questions and problems of the individual child are at the centre of our work. The child is unique in its abilities, strengths, needs, ideas and feelings. Close cooperation between parents and educators is considered a prerequisite for the “situation-oriented approach. ” The aim is to actively support and accompany the children in their self-education processes so that they can build up and expand their self, material and social competences. At the same time, the resources of the children are awakened in order to support them in the different areas of development.

We are guided by the seven principles of the German Red Cross: Humanity – Impartiality – Neutrality – Independence – Voluntary – Unity – and Universality.
Thus, we respect the human dignity of each individual. The child has the same status for us as an adult and is respected, accepted and appreciated as his own personality. Respect and recognition are accorded to all persons, regardless of their nationality, religion, social status and physical or mental disability. Furthermore, we take an observant and worthless position and help each other.  

Employee

The team of ourinstitution consists of the management, the deputy management, one person for individual case assistance, a plusKITA specialist, pedagogical specialists, interns, apprentices and a housekeeping specialist. We work according to the “situation-oriented approach. ” Thus, the individual needs, abilities, questions and problems of the individual child are at the forefront of our work.
With a variety of advanced training courses, we are constantly continuing our education.  

Teamwork with parents

The aim of our children’s day care centre, which has been certified as a family centre since 2008, is to support the children individually and to provide comprehensive care, advice, support and relief for the families. The whole family is to be offered targeted care and support.

The Family Center aims to achieve this goal by offering the following services:
- Monthly consultation hours of the educational counselling office
- Placement of parent-child playgroups
- Thematic courses for parents and/or child
- Offers for nutritional and health advice
- Qualified information about daymothers, fathers and babysitters
- Offers in the area of language and movement
- Daily parent’s café / monthly with pedagogical support
- Individual meetings of interest in our premises
- Open afternoons to play, inform and get to know each other

We take care to maintain good contact between parents and educators, so that the child is intensively accompanied and supported by the cooperation between parents and professionals. Regular exchange is important to us and takes place, for example, through first meetings/home visits, development talks, parent meetings, parent-child afternoons, open visiting afternoons, parent-stammtische, parent café etc., instead.