Old Roan Preschool

Activities: Children enjoy listening to stories and singing songs in groups regularly throughout the day.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Managers have high expectations of what children can achieve, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those in receipt of funding, making good progress.

Communication: Staff continued to support families who could not attend, through telephone calls during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Programs and Resources: Managers use additional funding to target where children may need extra help, purchasing equipment so that children can practise and strengthen their physical skills.

Staff Training: Staff work with parents and outside professionals, to implement personalized plans that target children's specific needs. This ensures they apply appropriate support for children where extra help is needed.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children arrive happily and are pleased to see their friends and the staff.

Safeguarding Training: Staff attend regular safeguarding training to keep them up to date with current safeguarding requirements.

Play and Learning Integration: Children make friendships and learn how to share their toys.

Transition to Primary School: Managers make links with local schools to ensure continuity in the children's care and learning when the time comes to move on.

Child Safety Management: Staff complete effective and thorough risk assessments, including of the toys and equipment. They supervise children carefully at arrival and departure times.

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

Happiness and Settling: Children show that they feel safe and secure. For example, they confidently engage with new visitors to the nursery and invite them to join in with their play.