Blue Bear Pre-School & Nursery

Activities: Staff adapt the learning environment skilfully to meet children's interests. For example, children developed an interest in comparing their heights, so staff created a measuring chart for children to record their heights accurately.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff encourage children's communication skills through singing, rhymes, and a love of stories. Older children delighted in taking part in a 'number hunt' in the extensive outdoor grounds.

Communication: Parents praise the dedication of staff in supporting their child's development and providing advice on safe sleeping, weaning, and behaviour management.

Programs and Resources: All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make excellent progress from their starting points.

Staff Training: This extensive training has a positive impact on the quality of their teaching, which is of a very high standard.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff go above and beyond to ensure the care and attention they give children is focused on children's individual needs.

Safeguarding Training: Staff place a strong focus on keeping their safeguarding knowledge up to date and are acutely aware of the procedures to follow if concerned about the welfare of a child.

Play and Learning Integration: Older children delighted in taking part in a 'number hunt' in the extensive outdoor grounds. They identified and wrote the numerals they found, which greatly promoted their emerging mathematical skills.

Transition to Primary School: Children's preparation for school is advanced as they eat in the school cafeteria, carry their own trays, and sit alongside school-age children.

Child Safety Management: Staff teach them how to keep themselves safe when playing outside in the snow. As a result, behaviour is excellent.

Happiness and Settling: Children's emotional well-being and happiness are of paramount importance to the setting. Children are happy, settled, and display high levels of involvement in their play.