Canterburys 2 Nursery & Out Of School Club

Activities: Children are in awe as they hunt for bugs in the garden. They find spiders, woodlice and worms.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff enthusiastically and skilfully promote children's communication and language development.

Communication: Managers are passionate about involving parents with their children's learning and development.

Community Building: Managers provide tailored learning activities for children to explore at home through the 'parent's pathway'. This positively impacts upon children's development.

Programs and Resources: The well-qualified staff use their additional speech and language therapy knowledge to quickly close any gaps identified.

Staff Training: Staff use their comprehensive knowledge of how young children learn to extend this further.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Toddlers are genuinely excited when staff members arrive for the day. They cheer, clap and laugh excitedly as they rush to embrace their key workers.

Safeguarding Training: Managers have created a culture of constant vigilance. This means children's welfare is uncompromisingly promoted.

Play and Learning Integration: Children are encouraged to engage with sustained shared thinking in order to further enhance their problem-solving skills.

Transition to Primary School: Children are exceptionally well prepared for the transition to primary school.

Diversity Management: This also helps to promote progression in children for whom English is an additional language.

Child Safety Management: Managers have created a culture of constant vigilance. This means children's welfare is uncompromisingly promoted.

Children's Safety and Security: The youngest children show remarkable empathy as they nurture and support children who are settling in.

Happiness and Settling: Staff use a 'well-being' scale to continuously monitor children and their happiness.