Shira Daycare

Activities: Staff plan 'stand-alone' topics for children to see positive images

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children have well-developed small-muscle skills and have a variety of opportunities to practice these skills

Communication: Parents highly commend the staff team and communication

Community Building: Partnership working with parents is excellent

Programs and Resources: Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is a strength

Staff Training: Knowledgeable special educational needs coordinator swiftly identifies children who need additional support

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children settle quickly and feel secure in this warm, friendly and caring environment

Safeguarding Training: Frequent professional development and discussions during meetings help staff to keep their safeguarding knowledge up to date

Play and Learning Integration: They scoop colored rice into different containers, and enjoy rolling and manipulating the dough

Transition to Primary School: Staff maintain effective ongoing telephone and online contact with the children and their families

Child Safety Management: Frequent professional development and discussions during meetings help staff to keep their safeguarding knowledge up to date

Children's Safety and Security: Children's personal safety is promoted through high expectations and role models

Happiness and Settling: Children are happy and very well behaved

Nutritional Menu: For instance, they use a sensory room, bring in private play therapists and physiotherapists, and support children with speech and language delay