Care With Cuddles

Activities: Younger children experiment with oats, flour, spoons and different sized containers; older children enjoy stretching, pulling and manipulating play dough

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff encourage children to explore and use their imagination and develop children's communication skills by modeling correct pronunciation

Communication: Parents speak highly of the manager and her team

Programs and Resources: Support for children with special educational needs is well coordinated with parents and professionals like speech and language therapists

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents and children are greeted warmly at the door by a member of staff. Children enter the nursery happy, relaxed and ready for their day

Safeguarding Training: Staff have access to regular child protection training and can recognize the signs and symptoms of abuse

Play and Learning Integration: Staff encourage children to explore and use their imagination. For example, older children enjoy stretching, pulling and manipulating play dough

Transition to Primary School: Staff think carefully about how children are introduced to nursery, and they have good settling-in procedures in place

Child Safety Management: Staff talk to children about how to safely use resources. For example, they explain why they need to be careful when moving the large wooden construction bricks around

Children's Safety and Security: The manager and staff team have a secure knowledge of how to keep children safe

Happiness and Settling: The manager reflects on the needs of children, supporting their emotional development which makes them happy and confident