Welcome
Your Staff Hub 🌱
Everything you use day-to-day at JLK — learning, timesheets, culture, policies. Bookmarked here so you never have to hunt.
Our non-negotiable core statement
Every adult in JLK must understand and be able to explain:
“At JLK, we see behaviour as development.
Children communicate through behaviour, and we guide skills step by step through calm modelling and consistent support.”
The JLK Voice → · Behaviour as Communication → · Co-regulation →
👀 Look out for today
The same at every nursery today. Spot it, and write it up with Write an observation.
📋 Finish your induction first
Continue induction →
Every JLK staff member starts here. It only takes a few visits and unlocks the rest of the platform.
📣 For you 0
All notices →🛡️ Something happened — record it
A worry about a child, an accident, behaviour. Tell the right person first where the form says so — then record it here.
Safeguarding: cause for concern
Worried about a child? Tell the DSL in person first, then record it here. Anyone can. You do not have to be sure.
SEND: something noticed about a child
Noticed something and want the SENCo to know? Anyone can raise one. Not for safeguarding — that goes to the DSL, in person.
Support plans: when and how
When a child needs a SEND or behaviour support plan, what you do if you notice something, and your part as key person. Reviewed at least termly.
Care plan review
Before, now and next across eight areas — the settle check at 2 weeks, the first full review at 6, every room move, and three times a year. The parent reads and signs every version.
Noticed
One line when a child does something worth noticing — and, more importantly, who hasn’t had one lately. Every other form here opens because something went wrong.
Medication
Medicine handed in, every dose given, and the parent’s signature at hand-over and collection. A senior gives it, a second person checks it. Nothing is given without written permission.
Report an accident or incident
Someone hurt, something that happened, or a near miss — a child, a member of staff or a visitor. If you saw it, it’s yours to record. Your manager reviews it.
Behaviour record
Unkind words, swearing, discriminatory words, hurting another child. Record it from the first time — your manager reviews it.
Which form do I use?
A child’s behaviour, language or something that worries you — find where it goes, from our own policies.
Paper forms (if the Hub is down)
A blank paper copy of every form: sign-in sheet, register, visitors, checks, sleep chart, accidents, concerns and more. Kept on your phone for when there's no connection.
📝 Observations & EYFS
Spot it, write it, link it to the EYFS — then into Ovivio.
Write an observation
Spotted something? Write it while it’s fresh, link it to the EYFS statements it shows, then copy it into Ovivio. Nothing is saved here.
EYFS moments & observations
Pick a Development Matters statement and see ordinary moments to look out for, with a short example observation for each.
Observation tips & traps
Short practical tips, the 7 traps poster for your room, and the Observing Well course.
How to use EYFS moments
The 20-minute course: finding your way round, from a moment to Ovivio, and using it well.
📋 Planning & the day
The shape of the day, and the activities you plan for it.
Daily Timetable
The shape of every day, 8:00–18:00 — with the block happening right now highlighted. Print to A4 for the wall.
New activity plan
Full detail — EYFS statement picker, per-age adaptations, focused children, prints with QR code. Sent for manager approval.
Activities
888 activity ideas by age and EYFS area: what you need, your job while it happens, what tells you it worked, and the course that goes with it. Plan any of them in one tap.
Plan my week
Fill Mon–Fri activities in one sitting. Each becomes an individual plan pending approval — add detail later.
Plan my month
Sketch out a whole month across 4–5 weeks. Progress bar shows how many days you've filled.
Planning archive
Every plan across every site — filter, view, duplicate. Managers approve pending plans here.
How to run a focused activity
The 30-minute course: planning it from your children's next steps, setting up safely, delivering it, and what to write afterwards.
⏱ Time & pay
Clock in and out on the nursery tablet. Check your hours, review your timesheet, submit to payroll.
My hours
Your shifts this week. Clocking in and out is on the nursery tablet only, and it feeds your monthly timesheet.
Report an absence
Phone the manager on duty first, then record it here: still off, back on, and your self-certification when you return.
My rota
Your shifts and room for this week and the next three, once your manager publishes them.
My Timesheet
Your month, pre-filled from clock-in. Add leave, request extra-hours approval, submit to office.
📚 Learning & development
Your induction, courses, CPD hours and career growth.
Induction
Your first days at JLK — pace yourself, save progress, print your certificate.
New-starter check-in
30 / 60 / 90-day reflection — how you're settling, what's clicked, what's still fuzzy.
JLK Academy
Full course library — safeguarding, EYFS, SEND, behaviour, leadership. Earn CPD hours.
EYFS Masterclass
Deep dives into the seven areas of learning and how we live them at JLK.
Training records
See what you've done, what's coming up for renewal, and what's still to complete.
My CPD
Your CPD hours running total + printable file for interviews, appraisals, or Ofsted.
My certificate
Re-download your JLK induction certificate any time (once you've completed induction).
Career pathway
Where you are now, what to aim for next, and how to get there at JLK.
📖 Policies & guidance
How we do things at JLK, and where it is written down.
Policies Library
All 92 JLK policies — safeguarding, SEND, behaviour, health & safety, and more. Search + print.
When is a risk assessment needed?
Rooms, new equipment and activities, outings, a child, a member of staff, after an incident. Who writes it, who signs it off, and what it means for you.
Risk assessments
Room leaders and managers: write one for your room, an activity or an outing, tick off actions, record reviews. A director signs it off.
The JLK Voice
How we talk to children: the five habits, the 13 swaps (say this, not that), scripts for hard moments, and a poster for your room.
My supervisions
Read your supervision records and sign them, or add a comment if something isn't right. Every two months, with your nursery manager.
Staff Handbook
Your terms, conduct and daily routine — dress code, holidays, sickness, ratios. 38 sections, print or save as PDF.
Daily tools guide
Full reference for Discord + Timesheet — channels, rules, monthly rhythm, walk-throughs, FAQ. Bookmark it.
Pocket cards
Print, laminate, keep in your apron. Safeguarding · First aid · Behaviour · Key contacts.
Culture library
Ceremonies, kids' voice, and the mistakes we've learned from. The unwritten JLK, written down.
💬 The team
Messages, thanks, pairing up, and having your say.
Notices
Everything sent to you — messages from management, course updates and training reminders. Nothing is deleted once read, so you can always find it again.
Team Discord
Join the JLK team chat — announcements, celebrations, birthdays, day-to-day.
Peer observations
Your monthly pair-up and debrief form. Focus area rotates each month.
Ask a Director
Send a question straight to Kimberley, Maxine or Rowan — anonymous option available.
Site improvements board
Propose changes. Upvote others. Top-voted trialled monthly.
Refer a friend · £300
Know a qualified practitioner who'd love JLK? £300 bonus after they pass probation.
🔍 Quality & audit
Self-audits, room walk-throughs, JLK practice standards.