St Michael's Christian Pre- School

Activities: Children especially enjoy being outdoors and exploring the vast opportunities available to them. They use connecting materials to create rocket ships and climb inside.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children's communication and language development are well supported. Staff discuss daily routines with children and teach them about the days of the week.

Communication: Parents express high levels of contentment with the care their children receive. They describe how they are included in decisions made about their children's learning and the nurturing relationships which have been built with staff.

Programs and Resources: Staff thoughtfully adapt learning experiences to include all children. They plan specific intervention time for those children who need extra support to develop their communication and language skills.

Staff Training: They work closely with parents to ensure children are supported effectively. They devise individual plans for children in cooperation with external professionals.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are excellent role models to children and support them to resolve conflict calmly and swiftly.

Safeguarding Training: Leaders ensure that staff attend safeguarding training and are aware of their roles and responsibilities in leading safeguarding practice.

Play and Learning Integration: Children manage a self-service snack area with confidence. They choose their own food and pour themselves drinks.

Transition to Primary School: Children are ready to transition to the next stage in their learning.

Child Safety Management: Children's safety is prioritised. Safeguarding practices are threaded throughout all aspects of the provision.

Children's Safety and Security: Children feel safe and secure and show high levels of pleasure and confidence as they navigate the space outdoors.

Teaching Personal Safety: They enjoy visits from police officers, and learn to keep their teeth healthy during a visit from a dentist.

Happiness and Settling: Children show pleasure and confidence as they navigate the space outdoors.