Holbrook Pre-School

Philosophy: Children flourish at this pre-school setting. Staff create a welcoming and nurturing environment. They help children and families feel valued and part of the pre-school.

Forest School Sessions: Children take part in regular activities linked to forest school. They learn about keeping themselves safe.

Activities: Children seek out their friends to roll down hills and use gardening tools to dig up the soil, searching for insects.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff support children to develop their mathematical knowledge. They sequence and repeat activities to help to embed children's understanding.

Communication: Parents say that staff keep them up to date with their child's progress and next stages of learning.

Community Building: Family photographs are displayed and photo albums created to celebrate the differences and similarities of each child's family. This supports children's emotional well-being and gives them a sense of belonging.

Programs and Resources: The special educational needs coordinator works with parents and external professionals to ensure the needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are met.

Staff Training: Staff receive thorough induction training when they start employment. This helps them to understand their role and responsibilities.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents speak highly of the homely and welcoming pre-school.

Safeguarding Training: Staff are excellent role models for children. They demonstrate good manners, sharing and kindness.

Play and Learning Integration: Children develop strong attachments with their key person, which helps them to feel safe, secure, and ready to learn.

Transition to Primary School: Pre-school staff take children to the school on a weekly basis to have lunch with the other children.

Diversity Management: Children regularly visit residents at a local care home. They form special relationships and share activities, such as 'what's in the box'. This helps children develop an understanding of people, families, and communities beyond their own.

Child Safety Management: They learn about keeping themselves safe. Children know if staff shout one, two, three they must return to base.

Children's Safety and Security: The relationship between children and staff is a strength of the pre-school. Children develop strong attachments with their key person, which helps them to feel safe, secure, and ready to learn.

Happiness and Settling: Children flourish at this pre-school setting. Staff create a welcoming and nurturing environment.