Raise to Shine Childcare

Activities: Children experience a broad, exciting curriculum that is closely aligned with their interests and identified needs.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children are actively engaged in exciting and purposeful play, such as a weekly cooking session, which helps to foster rapid progress in their learning.

Communication: Parents are kept fully informed about their child's achievements and progress daily.

Community Building: They highly value the opportunities to learn about their child's progress during parents' evening and social events, such as the nursery trip and the picnic in the garden that help build a sense of community.

Programs and Resources: An independent special educational needs coordinator is employed to liaise extremely closely with practitioners, parents and other professionals to develop targeted individual learning plans.

Staff Training: Practitioners have an excellent understanding of how children develop, and this supports children to exceed the identified targets.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Practitioners are outstanding role models for children. They show value and respect for each other and offer praise and encouragement to children in order to help build self-esteem.

Safeguarding Training: All staff have an extensive understanding of how to keep children safe and the procedures to follow should they have concerns that a child may be at risk of harm or radicalisation.

Play and Learning Integration: Practitioners use basic sign language during daily activities, story time, and while singing rhymes to encourage children to communicate independently.

Transition to Primary School: Transitions within the nursery are extremely well planned. Children's key persons share valuable information with each other and liaise with parents to ensure a seamless transfer.

Diversity Management: Practitioners remind children to be kind to one another and help respect differences in each other through discussions and the use of themed books.

Child Safety Management: Robust risk assessments promote the health and safety of all children as they eat, sleep and play inside and outdoors.

Children's Safety and Security: Children are warmly welcomed into this vibrant, nurturing setting. Settling-in periods are extremely supportive and tailored to meet the unique needs of each child.

Happiness and Settling: Children behave exceptionally well and display excellent manners and attitudes as part of their usual interactions.

Nutritional Menu: Children are provided with an exceptionally high-quality menu that is well-balanced and nutritional.