Little Munchkins Montessori Nursery

Philosophy: Staff are dedicated and passionate about providing the best-quality care and education for all children and their families.

Activities: Staff skilfully provide teaching that builds on what children already know and can do. They provide activities that follow children's interests and what they need to learn next.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff enhance children's knowledge and skills as they play and are good role models for behavior.

Communication: Staff share regular information with parents about their children's learning and development.

Community Building: Parents attend regular meetings to discuss their children's progress and have access at home to their child's observations.

Programs and Resources: Staff work well with schools, professionals and local services to make sure that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive the support they need.

Staff Training: Dedicated staff work closely with children, providing one-to-one time, targeted activities and small-group sessions to ensure that all children make the best possible progress.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff create a warm and welcoming environment. They are friendly and approachable.

Safeguarding Training: The manager showed the inspector documentation to demonstrate the suitability of staff.

Play and Learning Integration: Children eagerly come into the nursery and engage in play with their friends.

Transition to Primary School: Staff support children to develop good independence, encouraging babies to feed themselves and older children to dress themselves.

Diversity Management: Staff actively look for ways to develop children's understanding of the world around them and of communities and families beyond their own.

Child Safety Management: There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

Children's Safety and Security: Children demonstrate they feel happy, safe and secure.

Happiness and Settling: Babies are very happy and settled, and children are motivated to learn.