Sandon Road Baptist Church Playgroup

Activities: They enjoy going on nature walks and visiting the local shops.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children are confident, happy, and motivated learners. They have lots of fun exploring and using their imagination. Staff use 'in the moment planning' methods effectively to guide children's learning as they play. Children make good progress from their starting points.

Communication: Parents feel that their children are very well cared for and describe the nursery as their child's 'second home'.

Community Building: Stay-and-play sessions enable parents to be involved in their children's learning. The manager uses questionnaires to gain feedback from parents. She values the comments they make in order to maintain children's good progress.

Programs and Resources: All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, are supported well and make good progress relative to their starting points.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children have formed strong bonds with the caring and enthusiastic staff. They confidently separate from their parents and delight in the warm welcome they receive.

Safeguarding Training: The manager and staff stay up to date with all safeguarding training and, as a result, have excellent and informative knowledge.

Play and Learning Integration: Children lead their own learning through play. Staff skilfully recognise and take advantage of individual moments to extend children's thinking effectively.

Transition to Primary School: The manager has established good links with teachers from the local primary schools. When children are ready for school, class teachers visit the playgroup. The manager also visits the school with the children, where they all have lunch. As a result, children are socially and emotionally prepared for school.

Child Safety Management: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The manager and staff have a robust understanding of the signs and symptoms which could indicate a child is at risk of harm.

Children's Safety and Security: Children feel safe & secure in the nursery

Happiness and Settling: Children are confident, happy, and motivated learners. They have lots of fun exploring and using their imagination.

Nutritional Menu: Staff focus strongly on promoting children's positive attitudes to healthy eating and good hygiene. They engage children in discussions on the benefits fruit and vegetables have on their bodies.