Dainty Little Hands@ Woodthorpe

Activities: Each evening, they have the opportunity to choose to take part in the planned activity or to select from a good range of resources.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children receive plenty of praise and encouragement and are pleased to show their achievements. They use good manners and are polite and confident when speaking to staff and visitors.

Communication: The manager and staff work closely with the staff in the host school. They exchange relevant information about the children and ensure that parents are kept up to date with any changes or news.

Community Building: Parents are delighted with the care their children receive. They are very complimentary about the staff and comment that staff are always smiling and willing to go over and above for the children.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents are very complimentary about the staff and comment that staff are always smiling and willing to go over and above for the children.

Safeguarding Training: Robust recruitment and vetting procedures are in place to ensure the staff are suitable to work at club. Leaders, managers and staff keep their knowledge of child protection up to date and communicate with the host school as appropriate.

Play and Learning Integration: Children are independent and aware of their own safety. They ask the staff when they need to go to the toilet, and wait to make sure that they are supervised to travel to the bathroom appropriately.

Transition to Primary School: Parents explain how grateful they are to staff who have helped their children to settle into school so well.

Child Safety Management: The club is a safe and secure environment for children. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, staff ensure that procedures are followed to reduce the risk of infection.

Children's Safety and Security: Children follow good hygiene practices. They automatically sanitise their hands as they enter the club, and staff ensure that the environment and resources are kept clean.

Happiness and Settling: Children are confident and comfortable in this nurturing and welcoming environment.

Nutritional Menu: Staff prepare healthy food options and children eat well. Children also enjoy plenty of fresh air and exercise, which helps to promote their good health.