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The Willow On The Farm Nursery
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The Willow On The Farm Nursery
- Nursery
- Hook Norton OX15 5DQ
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| The quality of education | Outstanding |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Outstanding |
| Personal development | Outstanding |
| Leadership and management | Outstanding |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Not Applicable |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children enjoy the challenge of climbing up trees. Staff encourage them to keep trying when they encounter difficulties, such as when they need to plan a safe route to return to the ground. Children are highly motivated and they are eager to work with their friends to make dens for their play.
Philosophy: Staff promote opportunities for children to be curious learners. They help them develop an appreciation for themselves, each other and their natural world.
Forest School Sessions: Children talk passionately about their experiences at forest school. They describe how they use the fire pit safely to make porridge and blackberry juice.
Activities: Children delight in collecting eggs from the chickens. They learn how to use these to make food, such as scrambled egg and cakes.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children make decisions and manage risks exceptionally well. They recognise changes in their environment, such as the speed and depth of flowing water. They walk safely step-by-step down the local stream.
Communication: Staff provide timely support where needed, such as to support toilet training. Staff lead workshops to help parents understand how their children express their feelings and emotions in nursery. Parents report significant impact.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Leaders act with integrity and respect staff well-being. For example, they mentor staff to help them confidently manage the different requirements of their role.
Safeguarding Training: Staff have an exceptional understanding of the signs and symptoms which may indicate that children are at risk of harm, including of radical and extreme views or behaviours.
Play and Learning Integration: For instance, children learn first-hand about life cycles and where food comes from. They learn to look after plants and animals on the farm.
Transition to Primary School: Children are exceptionally well prepared for their future learning. This is demonstrated when they confidently use letters and sounds to read and write simple words in their play.
Child Safety Management: Staff identify, reflect on and minimise the risks of the activities that they provide in their unique environment superbly. This helps to keep children safe in nursery.
Children's Safety and Security: Children are exceptionally safe and happy.
Teaching Personal Safety: Children listen and respond to safety rules superbly.
Happiness and Settling: Do the children look happy and settled? Yes, children are exceptionally safe and happy.
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The Willow On The Farm Nursery is a Nursery, Nursery located in Oxfordshire, South East.
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Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
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