Jigsaw Preschool

Activities: Children build with large blocks, explaining to staff they have made a house for the dinosaurs.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: They observe children and use their assessments to help ensure any gaps in learning are quickly closed.

Communication: Regular communication with parents, such as through a secure electronic application and daily discussions, contribute to a solid and positive relationship between key persons and parents.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children are greeted by friendly staff, who spend time with them.

Safeguarding Training: All staff undertake regular training to help strengthen their knowledge.

Play and Learning Integration: Children take time to think about their answers, forming complex sentences with their growing vocabularies.

Transition to Primary School: Transitions to school, other settings and between group rooms are well managed.

Diversity Management: Children feel valued in the pre-school. They are proud to share things they know about other countries and cultures their families have links with.

Child Safety Management: The management committee help to ensure that all staff and volunteers are suitable for their roles within the pre-school by following the robust safer recruitment procedures they have put in place.

Teaching Personal Safety: This integral part of the pre-school's curriculum and ethos helps children feel settled and secure.