Millington Road Nursery School

Activities: Staff plan activities together and children identify materials they want to use, such as clay and coloured dough.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children develop a love of reading and stories. They use owl puppets to fly around the garden, replicating the storyline and repeating familiar phrases from the book.

Communication: Parents feel well informed about their children's learning, including the two year progress check discussed and completed during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Programs and Resources: Staff are trained to deliver specialist language groups to help children develop their communication skills. This helps children to catch up quickly and exceed the expectations for their age.

Staff Training: Staff identify children with emerging needs early and have clear plans to support these needs.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children marvel at the sandpit, and staff know what interests and inspires children to learn.

Safeguarding Training: The staff have a very strong safeguarding knowledge and know how to report any concerns about children or staff.

Play and Learning Integration: Children engage and concentrate for a sustained period as they stretch and crawl, using planks, spades and their hands.

Transition to Primary School: This helps children to catch up quickly and exceed the expectations for their age.

Diversity Management: Staff help bilingual children and those who speak English as additional language to use their home language, giving them a sense of belonging in the nursery.

Child Safety Management: Children's well-being and safety is at the heart of the nursery.

Children's Safety and Security: Do children feel safe & secure in a nursery? Safeguarding knowledge of staff is strong.

Happiness and Settling: Children settle extremely quickly into their play at the nursery.