Brooksite Under 5's

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff help children to become independent. For example, during snack time, they show children how to safely cut an apple with a knife, and children attempt this for themselves.

Communication: Staff actively seek the views of parents and act on these to make improvements. For example, staff are moving to an online system as another way to communicate with parents.

Programs and Resources: Staff provide a consistent approach to the care and learning of all children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Staff Training: Staff have strong partnerships with other professionals, such as health visitors and speech and language therapists.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children benefit from the pre-school having consistent and caring staff, which helps them to form close and positive relationships.

Safeguarding Training: The manager regularly checks the staff's safeguarding knowledge through discussions and quizzes.

Play and Learning Integration: Children enjoy being physically active. Staff help children to gradually build their confidence in riding bikes down the incline of the outdoor area.

Child Safety Management: Staff can identify concerns about the conduct of colleagues and know how to report these.

Teaching Personal Safety: Children know the boundaries of where they can play. They understand that to stay safe they must not cross the red line.

Happiness and Settling: Children are settled and develop strong friendships at the pre-school.