The Honey Pot Preschool

Activities: Children engage in regular cooking activities and pretend play to strengthen their understanding of cooking while engaging in imaginative play.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children develop good knowledge of early counting and can confidently count to 10. They predict how many cake cases they might need to fill a baking tray.

Communication: Staff work exceptionally well with parents to enhance children's learning at home, such as taking home 'Barnaby the oral health bear' to encourage children to brush their teeth.

Community Building: Staff liaise with the local community center to participate in community activities like planting flowers and pumpkin walks. Parents highly recommend the pre-school and say that staff expand their children's horizons.

Programs and Resources: Leaders use funding to support children who need specific interventions, including installing support aids to ensure that children have their physical needs met.

Staff Training: There are secure arrangements in place to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents say that staff listen to them and create effective starting points for their children. Key people are passionate when they talk about children's progress and celebrate achievements.

Safeguarding Training: Leaders and staff are knowledgeable about child protection and safeguarding issues and have robust procedures in place to ensure staff are suitable.

Play and Learning Integration: Children develop coordination and body awareness through gross motor movements such as climbing, balancing, and jumping.

Transition to Primary School: Leaders show high levels of commitment when supporting children to make progress, ensuring every child accesses the pre-school facilities.

Diversity Management: Children celebrate different festivals which link to their peers' religions. This helps them learn that they are unique.

Child Safety Management: Leaders monitor children's absences to identify patterns of concern and have robust procedures in place.

Children's Safety and Security: Children happily settle on arrival and are greeted warmly by their key people. Children display good personal, social, and emotional skills.

Teaching Personal Safety: Children learn to regulate their feelings effectively because they have their feelings respectfully acknowledged and practice meditation when overwhelmed.

Happiness and Settling: Children independently look at storybooks and talk about the story with their peers, displaying high levels of confidence and sociability.