時間又是一個飛快，我也回到職場一陣子，而小屁孩也大到都能去上課了呢!
而我先生AKA室友表示，既然都花時間找nursery，他想要幫我寫一篇分享文章。
說幹就幹，一個周末他就寫好，搞得我不分享都不行了(苦笑)。
先生的原文在下方: (不想他寫就是因為還要翻譯🙄，如果是中文當然多多益善)
How did we choose a nursery?
When visiting nurseries around our area in Greater London, our experience of it all was the following:
- One of the first things we did was to take a look at Google maps in some locations that were close to our home or workplaces, and searched for ‘nurseries near me’ or ‘nurseries in (name of hometown/workplace)’.
首先，我們在谷歌地圖上查看了我們家附近或工作地點附近的一些地點，並蒐索“附近的幼兒園”或“（居住地/工作地點的名稱）的幼兒園”。
- You’ll find a list of available nurseries. These listings generally show a customer review and star rating. So one of the first things we did was to look at the rating of each of the nurseries near us and read what people had to say about them, but some of reviews we would see invalid if they are left during similar time.
會找找到一個附近幼兒園的總列表。這些列表通常會顯示用戶的評論和幾個星。所以我們首先過濾每個幼兒園的評級，並閱讀了它們的評價，當然有些評論我們會視為無效，尤其是評論在在相近的時間留下(那種兩天內有五六個評論)。
- We checked out the websites of the ones we were most interested in. When on their site, we learned as much as we could about their particular school; what hours they provided, nursery fees, what experiences your child will have when there, staff credentials and qualifications, meal options, health and safety, how child updates are communicated (the staff will let you know how your child is getting on; what they’ve done that day and what they’ve eaten for example. Some nurseries provide updates via an app), Ofsted reports etc.
查看了我們最感興趣的幼兒園的網站。在他們的網站上，可以了解學校的各種情況；上課時間、幼兒園費用(通常是現場拿到)、孩子在那裡可以得到什麼體驗、員工的證書和資質、餐食選擇、健康及安全、以及如何與家長溝通孩子的最新情況，例如他們今天做了什麼和吃了什麼，目前多數的幼稚園都使用App或是網站(需登入資料); 以及Ofsted報告等。
- Ofsted is the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. They are an official department with the purpose of inspecting service providers. Places they inspect generally are those that provide education and skills to people of all ages e.g. children & learners.
Ofsted是教育、兒童服務和技能標準辦公室。他們是一個官方部門，目的是檢查服務提供者。他們檢查的地方通常是為各個年齡段（如兒童和學習者）提供教育和技能的機構。
- We used their reports to see how the particular nursery school we’re interested performed during inspections, included history record. They provide nurseries a score for overall effectiveness but they also break this score down into separate sub categories. The sub categories include; quality of education, behaviour and attitudes, personal development, leadership and management, and the previous overall effectiveness score. We use this report because we want to see how one nursery compares with another we’re interested in and also how the nursery has improved over time. In addition to the scores, Ofsted reports also provide a lot of detail into how the nursery is run, what they do well, and what needs improving. This helps build a more vivid image in your head of what your child will experience if they attended this nursery.
透過ofsted報告可以查看幼稚園在哪些我們有感興趣的項目的表現，包括了往年記錄。ofsted會根據幼稚園的整體表現以及個類別提供評分從Outstanding優異/Good良好/Require improvement待改善/inadequate不合適等。
個類別包括教育質量、行為和態度、個人發展、領導和管理，以及先前的總體有效性評分。我們使用這份報告是因為我們想看看一個幼兒園與我們感興趣的另一個幼兒園相比如何，並且幼兒園的改進情況。
除了評分外，Ofsted報告還提供了關於幼兒園運營情況、他們做得好的方面以及需要改進的方面的詳細信息。這有助於父母更能想像若是小孩去上這個幼兒園，他們會有怎樣的體驗。
- We then booked in nursery visit days. It’s good to actually go to the nursery to see in person what the environment and staff are like. Its also good for your little one to experience the nursery environment themselves; do they interact well with others there, do they look eager to try facilities and play with toys themselves, do they seem interested in what other kids are doing.
接著我們會安排參觀幼兒園的日期。親自去幼兒園看看環境和工作人員是必須的。親身體驗幼兒園的環境對小孩來說也是好的；我們可以觀察他們是否與其他孩子有良好互動，是否想要嘗試設施和自己玩玩具，以及好奇其他孩子在做什麼。
- The nursery visit also allows you to ask the all important questions. Sometimes it’s beneficial to hear the answers first hand from the staff. They will also elaborate on questions and provides answers to questions you didn’t even think of asking.
參觀幼兒園也能讓我們在當場提出重要問題。有時親耳聽到工作人員的回答，並觀察他們對於問題是否能夠回答流暢，讓我們能夠初步判斷他們的專業度等。
有時候，工作人員的詳細說明問題也會回答到一些我們甚至沒有想到提問的問題。
先這樣了，剩下的再慢慢翻。