Spooner Row Acorns

Philosophy: The supervisor is dedicated to providing the best experiences for children.

Activities: Staff provide a language-rich environment, where children are helped to explore the concept of time, counting and simple calculation.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children show a positive attitude to learning, and they are eager to participate in activities.

Communication: Parents now have more opportunities to discuss their children's progress on a one-to-one basis.

Community Building: Parents are invited to attend settling-in sessions with their children before they start.

Programs and Resources: Staff promptly identify any gaps in children's learning, keep parents informed and seek out additional support, when needed.

Staff Training: Staff provide good support and have the same ambitions for less-able children or children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents comment favourably on the small setting and high adult-to-child ratios.

Safeguarding Training: The supervisor and staff have completed mandatory child protection training.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff provide a language-rich environment, where children are helped to explore the concept of time, counting and simple calculation.

Transition to Primary School: Other partnership working, especially with local schools, is good.

Diversity Management: The key-person system is well embedded. Staff help new children to settle with ease.

Child Safety Management: Regular risk assessments ensure that children are safe and the premises are secure.

Children's Safety and Security: Robust recruitment procedures help ensure that staff are suitable to work with children.

Teaching Personal Safety: Early in their induction, new staff familiarise themselves with the procedures they need to follow to help keep children safe.

Happiness and Settling: When children need to keep hold of a favourite toy from home, they allow them to do so, thus helping them to feel self-assured.