Ducklings Childcare

Activities: Staff read stories to children using an expressive voice. Children enjoy listening to stories about tigers.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children help to create the rules of the setting and gently remind each other to follow them. Children behave well.

Communication: Parents are kept informed about their children's development through daily discussions, parent's evenings and the parent app.

Community Building: Parents now come into the setting to settle their children, talk to staff and attend meetings with their child's key person.

Programs and Resources: Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive excellent support. Staff use a range of strategies to promote children's development.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children talk confidently to visitors. They follow staff's instructions and work well together.

Safeguarding Training: Staff are well trained in safeguarding children. They understand their role and the procedure to follow should they have concerns about a child's welfare or the behaviour of a colleague.

Play and Learning Integration: Children concentrate well on using dough to make pizzas.

Child Safety Management: All staff hold paediatric first-aid qualifications. This enables them to respond to any accidents swiftly.

Children's Safety and Security: Children feel welcome in this very inclusive setting. They show how happy and safe they feel in the setting.

Happiness and Settling: Babies and children settle quickly. They show how happy and safe they feel in the setting.

Nutritional Menu: The cook provides nutritious home-cooked meals using fresh seasonal vegetables. Children's individual dietary needs are catered for very well.