Little Hearts Pre-School

Activities: Children use resources to create games and play imaginatively.

Forest School Sessions: Children have excellent opportunities to develop their physical skills. They access a well-resourced outdoor area and forest school.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children's mathematical development is effectively encouraged; they understand weight and quantity.

Communication: The pre-school uses an online app to send parents photos and information about what children are learning.

Community Building: Staff share ideas and suggestions with parents about how to further support children's learning at home.

Programs and Resources: Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is good. Individual plans are put in place to help them make the best possible progress.

Staff Training: Staff attend regular training sessions to keep their knowledge up to date.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents say that staff are warm, caring and nurturing.

Safeguarding Training: Staff receive regular training in safeguarding.

Play and Learning Integration: Children's literacy skills are well supported; they write signs for their bug hotel and eagerly tell staff the sign says 'bugs only'.

Transition to Primary School: When children are ready to move on to school, staff set up a transition meeting.

Child Safety Management: Risk assessments are robust and completed regularly. This helps to keep children safe.

Children's Safety and Security: Children know they must wear helmets when riding tricycles.

Teaching Personal Safety: Staff teach children how to safely handle scissors as they move around the room.

Happiness and Settling: Children are very happy and settled in this nurturing pre-school.