Feathernest Nursery

Activities: Children learn about the wider world on frequent outings, such as visits to parks, local shops, museums and the theatre.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children develop key skills needed for their future learning and for their move to school. Older children learn to recognize letters and link them to sounds, as they learn to read simple words. They count confidently and can compare sizes and shapes of objects.

Community Building: Parents speak highly of the nursery. They say that staff are welcoming and caring and get to know their children well.

Programs and Resources: Where children require additional support, staff work in partnership with other professionals to meet their needs.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents speak highly of the nursery. They say that staff are welcoming and caring and get to know their children well.

Safeguarding Training: Staff attend training to help them maintain a good understanding of how to keep children safe.

Play and Learning Integration: Children express themselves creatively in various ways. They paint, draw, sing, dance, and make up simple storylines.

Transition to Primary School: Children develop key skills needed for their future learning and for their move to school.

Child Safety Management: Staff carry out risk assessments and daily checks of the environment, to help maintain a high standard of safety and hygiene.

Children's Safety and Security: Staff have warm, positive relationships with children. This helps children to feel confident and secure at the nursery.

Teaching Personal Safety: Staff help children to develop an understanding of risks and learn how to keep themselves safe. For instance, children help staff to check the nursery garden for hazards each morning and older children learn how to use a toaster safely as they make toast at breakfast time.

Happiness and Settling: Children of different ages play together harmoniously and their behavior is good.

Nutritional Menu: Staff provide children with nutritious meals and snacks throughout the day. This helps to promote children's awareness of healthy choices.