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St Nicholas Playgroup
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St Nicholas Playgroup
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- Medway ME2 4TR
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| The quality of education | Inadequate |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Inadequate |
| Personal development | Inadequate |
| Leadership and management | Inadequate |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Good |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children climb on items that are not safe, such as radiator covers. Children ride tricycles with ease, manoeuvring around obstacles but sand causes children to slip, posing a risk.
Activities: Children enjoy creating with the blocks and planks, and mark making with crayons.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff plan activities they believe children will find enjoyable, yet they lack clarity on the intended learning outcomes.
Communication: Parents have built positive relationships with staff and are provided with time to speak to their child's key person about what their children have been doing.
Community Building: If children feel uneasy at drop off, staff send photographs to reassure parents that their children have settled.
Programs and Resources: The SENCo has created spaces for children to calm down and regulate their emotions through breathing techniques.
Staff Training: The quality of interactions from staff is poor, meaning children with SEND are not receiving consistent support towards their individual next steps in learning.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Overall, parents are happy with the setting. They praise the friendly staff team.
Safeguarding Training: The designated safeguarding lead has not fulfilled their responsibilities to ensure that staff have a thorough understanding of child protection matters.
Play and Learning Integration: Children show some interest in the range of experiences and activities provided for them.
Transition to Primary School: The curriculum focuses on children's communication and language skills, independence, and social confidence.
Child Safety Management: Staff do not monitor children effectively at mealtimes and when eating. Children bring food into the play area and run around with it in their mouth, posing potential choking hazards.
Children's Safety and Security: Staff do not have adequate knowledge of child protection matters to keep children safe.
Teaching Personal Safety: The lack of consistent support from staff regarding behaviour expectations leads to a chaotic environment.
Happiness and Settling: The playgroup has not created an open and positive culture around safeguarding that prioritizes children's interests.
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NEW - MedwayGo - Medways initiative providing free summer camps and activities for kids receiving free school lunches due to benefits.
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The links below provide information on the kid-friendly activities (of various ages) In addition to providing activities for kids and their families, Early Help offers informational workshops for parents.
The online activities and assistance offered by Medway Youth Service will continue, with a focus on our most well-liked sessions.
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You must verify that your information is current every three months in order to maintain your 30 hours of free daycare.
NEW - MedwayGo - Medways initiative providing free summer camps and activities for kids receiving free school lunches due to benefits.
Parents may register for and reserve spots in hundreds of courses offered throughout the summer vacation through the MedwayGo website at https://go.medway.gov.uk through the Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Program.
A number of parenting programmes supported by research are provided through the Parenting Support Service.
A excellent way to show that your childcare facility is dedicated to offering kids a fun start to healthy food and food education is by earning the Healthy Early Years (HEY) Award.
Find out more information at HEY Award.
The links below provide information on the kid-friendly activities (of various ages) In addition to providing activities for kids and their families, Early Help offers informational workshops for parents.
The online activities and assistance offered by Medway Youth Service will continue, with a focus on our most well-liked sessions.
You may learn more about joining at www.medway.gov.uk/onlineyouthwork. The available sessions are described in the link below.
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| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 23rd Oct 2023 - 27th Oct 2023 |
| Winter Holidays | 21st Dec 2023 - 2nd Jan 2024 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 12th Feb 2024 - 16th Feb 2024 |
| Spring Holidays | 29th Mar 2024 - 12th Apr 2024 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 27th May 2024 - 31st May 2024 |
| Summer Holidays | 22nd Jul 2024 - 30th Aug 2024 |
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| Autumn Term | 1st Sep 2023 - 22nd Oct 2023 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 28th Oct 2023 - 20th Dec 2023 |
| Spring Term | 3rd Jan 2024 - 11th Feb 2024 |
| Spring Term-2 | 17th Feb 2024 - 28th Mar 2024 |
| Summer Term | 13th Apr 2024 - 26th May 2024 |
| Summer Term-2 | 1st Jun 2024 - 21st Jul 2024 |
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