Smartys Pre-School Nursery

Activities: Children manipulate play dough and use a variety of resources to form construction models.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children are eager to learn new skills because staff have high expectations of them.

Communication: Staff gather information from parents when children join the nursery.

Community Building: Parents speak highly of the pre-school nursery.

Staff Training: All children have a designated key person and build good bonds with all staff.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children arriving at the pre-school nursery are welcomed by the warm and caring staff.

Safeguarding Training: Staff are confident in their safeguarding knowledge and know what to do if they have a concern about a child.

Play and Learning Integration: Children develop their small-muscle skills as they learn to hold scissors and draw pictures.

Transition to Primary School: Children learn skills that prepare them well for school.

Child Safety Management: Staff focus on children's safety consistently well. They carry out effective risk assessments to keep children safe.

Children's Safety and Security: Through recent staffing changes, this system has helped to ensure children's individual needs are being cared for well.

Teaching Personal Safety: Children of all ages learn about emotions, including through stories, rhymes and role play.

Happiness and Settling: Children are motivated learners who express their preferences.

Nutritional Menu: They enjoy healthy and nutritious meals.