German Kindergarten North Dulwich

Activities: Staff provide interesting opportunities for children to learn to create their own stories, based on imaginary characters.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children build on their independence. Young children build close relationships with the staff. Older children make special friendships and enjoy sharing their experiences with others.

Communication: Staff work closely with parents to help support individual children's emotional needs.

Community Building: Staff invite parents and grandparents to the setting, for instance, to read stories to the children.

Programs and Resources: Successful information sharing with parents, professionals and other settings that children attend helps staff to identify and reduce gaps in children's learning.

Staff Training: The provider and manager guide the staff effectively to achieve good standards in the quality of teaching, learning and care.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff support a smooth settling-in process for children and build close relationships with them.

Safeguarding Training: Staff know how to identify and report child protection issues. Safeguarding is effective.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff support children's creativity and imagination very well; children learn to make decisions and work extremely well as a team.

Transition to Primary School: Children are prepared well for the next stage in their learning and their move to school.

Diversity Management: All children, including those who speak English as an additional language, benefit from consistent opportunities to build on their vocabulary.

Child Safety Management: Staff promote an inclusive ethos and all children and their families feel valued. Staff ensure the setting's policies and procedures with relation to safeguarding are understood.

Children's Safety and Security: Children are confident and develop positive self-esteem. They behave well and respond well to praise.

Happiness and Settling: Young children build close relationships with the staff. Older children make special friendships and enjoy sharing their experiences with others.

Nutritional Menu: Staff work closely with parents to help support children to learn to make healthy choices.