St Michaels Preschool

Activities: Children have activities available to them that occupy them and support their interests. For example, all children have opportunities to explore sensory materials, such as water and mud.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff do not manage children's behaviour well. Too often poor behaviour incidents are overlooked or ignored by staff. This results in children hitting, pushing out at others, and snatching toys.

Programs and Resources: Staff, including the special educational needs and/or disabilities coordinator, have a suitable understanding of the importance of working with parents and other professionals as needed to support children.

Child Safety Management: There are weaknesses in risk assessment that mean children's safety can not be assured. For example, staff leave children eating unsupervised while they help others to find their names on the white board. In addition, there are hazards in the room that the staff do not identify, such as radiators that are too hot.

Children's Safety and Security: Not all staff are confident in the areas of learning and, therefore, are unable to maximise teaching when supporting children. This has a negative impact on the quality of teaching provided.

Happiness and Settling: Although some children play happily alongside their peers, not all do. For instance, children are heard encouraging each other to take toys from their peers and too often are seen hitting out at each other and snatching.