The Jesmond Nursery

Activities: Children explore different ways to make marks on different surfaces in the garden and become involved in planting seeds.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children eagerly follow staff's instructions, learn to share resources and cooperate with each other.

Communication: Staff share daily information with parents via the online application and through discussions.

Community Building: Parents are welcomed into the setting to share their professions with children.

Programs and Resources: Staff work closely with other professionals and parents to help children with special educational needs develop to their full potential.

Staff Training: Staff have an admirable understanding of how children develop at different rates and how to plan further challenges for their learning.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children have excellent relationships with staff and their peers. Staff's interactions with children are of a high quality.

Safeguarding Training: Staff are trained and have a good understanding of their role in protecting children.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff organise the environment to provide children with outstanding experiences and activities, indoors and outdoors.

Transition to Primary School: Children are highly motivated and eager to join in. They learn to share resources and how to cooperate with each other.

Child Safety Management: Daily risk assessments provide children with safe environments to play and learn.

Children's Safety and Security: Children are always supervised. Staff maintain a safe and secure environment, protecting children from harm.

Teaching Personal Safety: Staff are trained in safeguarding and confidently discuss potential signs of abuse and the procedures to report concerns about a child's welfare.

Happiness and Settling: Children are extremely happy on arrival at the nursery and settle to play with their friends with great confidence.