The Magical Kingdom Nursery And Preschool

Activities: Staff provide a range of interesting activities, which provide opportunities for children to learn in all areas. For example, they enjoy exploring different materials, such as glitter while making Christmas decorations.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children practise the movements needed for early writing as they make circular movements with their hands, cotton wool and paintbrushes in a large tray of paint.

Communication: Staff continue to exchange information with parents about their children's progress electronically and through daily talks at the door.

Community Building: Staff arrange virtual meetings to discuss children's development in more detail with parents.

Programs and Resources: The special educational needs coordinator supports staff well to identify children's needs. She works closely with parents and staff to seek external professional support, where required, to help all children make good progress.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents comment that the staff are very welcoming, and their children are keen to attend.

Safeguarding Training: The new manager has completed suitable child protection training and demonstrates a clear understanding of safeguarding procedures. All staff have been retrained to refresh their understanding of the procedures to follow if concerned about a child.

Play and Learning Integration: Children are confident, sociable and learning to behave well. Staff encourage children to be polite and kind to others.

Transition to Primary School: Children are well prepared to make the move up to the next room and on to school.

Diversity Management: Children enjoy activities linked to their culture and those of others. At Diwali, they dance to Bollywood songs and make Rangoli patterns.

Child Safety Management: Risk assessments have been reviewed and guards fitted to the garden door following an incident where a child trapped their fingers. Policies and procedures have been reviewed and improved.

Children's Safety and Security: Children feel safe & secure in nursery; babies and children enter the nursery confidently, leaving their parents at the door following COVID-19 pandemic procedures.

Teaching Personal Safety: Staff frequently read stories to children and purposefully provide cosy, calm areas for children to sit and look at books.

Happiness and Settling: Babies and children enter the nursery confidently, leaving their parents at the door following COVID-19 pandemic procedures.

Nutritional Menu: Children with similar abilities enjoy cooking in small groups, which helps staff to build on children's previous knowledge and experience. Children talk about healthy eating as they follow different recipes, some of which are provided by parents.