St Mary's Pre-School

Activities: Children develop fine motor skills completing regular 'finger-gym' sessions using modelling dough.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff support children's mathematical development in a water activity, children delight at collecting ducks using fishing rods and identifying the numbers on them.

Communication: Parents value the regular communication they receive about children's progress.

Programs and Resources: Children with special educational needs are well supported in the pre-school.

Staff Training: Staff work closely with other professionals to ensure the environment and activities support children to make good progress.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: The manager and staff welcome families warmly, chat enthusiastically with them about how they spent the recent holiday.

Safeguarding Training: All staff complete regular paediatric first-aid training and have access to an online training portal.

Play and Learning Integration: Children develop fine motor skills completing regular 'finger-gym' sessions using modelling dough.

Transition to Primary School: This prepares children well for the routines of school.

Diversity Management: Children develop a good understanding of cultures and ways of life beyond their own.

Child Safety Management: The manager has robust recruitment processes to ensure all staff are suitable to work with children.

Children's Safety and Security: Children feel safe and secure, they form close bonds with one another and the nurturing staff.

Teaching Personal Safety: They explain the correct process to follow when reporting concerns to the appropriate authority.

Happiness and Settling: Children thoroughly enjoy the time they spend in the pre-school. They arrive happily and are excited to see their friends.

Nutritional Menu: Children help themselves to a choice of healthy fruit for their snack.