Appletree Day Care Ltd

Activities: Children transport sand around the room on the back of trucks and then take it outside.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children are encouraged to assess their own risks, which enables them to learn how to stay safe in different environments.

Community Building: All parents talk very positively about the setting. They feel their children have made good progress.

Programs and Resources: Staff have high ambitions for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND). They work closely with other professionals to ensure children are fully supported.

Staff Training: Staff have regular training, which is effective in improving outcomes for children. For example, staff have recently accessed sign language training.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children develop positive relationships with staff, who know children individually.

Safeguarding Training: All staff have had recent child protection and wider safeguarding training. They know about different kinds of abuse and understand how to recognise a child who may be at risk of harm.

Play and Learning Integration: Children have fun playing outside together, enjoying games like hide and seek, which develops their mathematics and problem-solving skills.

Transition to Primary School: Children's independence skills are effectively developed, helping prepare them for primary school.

Child Safety Management: Staff carry out risk assessments in the environment to help keep children safe.

Children's Safety and Security: Children feel safe and secure, separating from their parents with ease.

Teaching Personal Safety: Children are encouraged to assess their own risks to see if they are manageable.

Happiness and Settling: Children are happy and settled in this calm and nurturing environment.