Toilet Policy

EYFS key themes and commitments

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Policy statement

Check every morning to ensure toilets are clean and clear form spills.

Ensure there are toilet paper, soap and paper towels to aid the children in their toileting requirements.

Two members of staff accompany the children when going to the toilet, One to support the child/children and one to ensure safety.

We support the children with toileting requirements, providing stools for them to stand on.

We support their hygiene, encouraging them to try and flush the toilets and to use soap and running water to wash their hands. Paper towel are provided for hand drying.

Children have the opportunity to go to the toilet throughout the course of the session. We shake a tambourine to ask the children (as a reminder) if they need to go to the toilet, especially those who get engrossed in play and forget.

Procedures

• Ask child/children to wait by the door
• Turn door alarm off, open and check the corridor is clear.
• Check the toilets are clear and clean from spills.
• If toilets have spills they need to be dealt with straightaway or cornered off and dealt with once the children return back into the Hall.
• Two members of staff at all time to accompany the children to the toilet
• One member of staff to stand outside of toilet, to support children and hand out paper towels.
• One member to stand further back in corridor to ensure the children return to the hall safely, especially important when we hare the building with others.
• Once all the children are back in the hall, ensure toilets are flushed and check all is clean, ensure hall door is closed and alarm placed back on.