The Barn Childcare

Philosophy: The curriculum is relevant and interesting. It helps children to become successful young learners.

Activities: Staff continuously support children to develop number and calculating skills through simple problem-solving, number rhymes, and songs. Older children use the correct names for more complex shapes and learn how to measure blocks.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children's language skills are developing well with a range of storybooks, structured conversations, and modeling by staff.

Communication: Parents receive regular reports of their children's progress and details of what their children will be learning and their achievements.

Community Building: Relationships between staff, children, and their families are a real strength.

Programs and Resources: Staff swiftly identify those children who may need additional support and work closely with parents and outside agencies. Individual support plans provide clear targets for each child.

Staff Training: Staff set development targets during supervision sessions, and the manager sources training to support them.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff ensure that every child feels welcome and valued, and relationships between staff, children, and their families are a real strength.

Safeguarding Training: The manager has robust recruitment procedures in place. Staff know how to recognize signs of abuse and understand safeguarding procedures.

Play and Learning Integration: Children love coming to the nursery, arriving bursting with curiosity and ready to explore the activities.

Transition to Primary School: Children make good progress from their many varied starting points.

Diversity Management: Children remind their friends to put worms back in the soil before they dry out, showing care and understanding.

Child Safety Management: Staff keep children under close supervision as they play, eat, and sleep. Risk assessments ensure children are kept safe on the premises, with stringent security procedures in place.

Children's Safety and Security: Children feel emotionally secure, supported by detailed information about routines collected from parents.

Teaching Personal Safety: Children learn to handle bugs with care and understand the importance of washing hands before lunch.

Happiness and Settling: Children arrive at the nursery bursting with curiosity and enjoy every minute they are there.