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The Wood Shed Forest School and Nursery
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The Wood Shed Forest School and Nursery
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- Croydon CR0 9AA
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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 are extremely happy here. They thoroughly enjoy being outside and learning about the natural world as they explore and investigate.
Forest School Sessions: Staff make exceptionally good use of the forest to promote children's learning and to build their confidence, self-esteem and independence.
Activities: The well-planned curriculum provides an excellent variety of activities that captivate the children's imaginations and allow them to be creative and independent thinkers.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children have a wide variety of excellent, interesting physical challenges. They learn to balance and climb confidently on logs and fallen trees and build their own hideouts.
Communication: Communication between staff and parents is excellent.
Community Building: Managers implement a range of highly successful strategies to engage parents in their children's learning and provide ideas for continual learning at home.
Programs and Resources: Staff are well trained to understand the needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Staff Training: Relevant and effective training is ongoing and continuous to support staff's professional development and ensure that they have an excellent understanding of working with young children.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are excellent role models and create a warm and welcoming family atmosphere where children feel safe and secure.
Safeguarding Training: The manager and staff have completed safeguarding training and have a good knowledge of the signs and symptoms of abuse.
Play and Learning Integration: Children concentrate and actively engage with their play and learning, supported by highly skilled staff.
Diversity Management: They value, respect and celebrate diversity, and staff are well trained to understand the needs of children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Child Safety Management: Staff constantly monitor the environment to ensure children's safety and teach them how to keep themselves safe in the woods.
Children's Safety and Security: Children's welfare and well-being are top priorities. Staff continuously explain to children how to stay safe.
Teaching Personal Safety: Staff are highly vigilant in promoting safety in the forest. Children's welfare and well-being are top priorities. The manager and staff have completed safeguarding training.
Happiness and Settling: Children are extremely happy here. Children know the routines exceptionally well and this helps them to thrive.
Nutritional Menu: Children independently wash their hands before enjoying nutritious, freshly prepared meals together.
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For 50 weeks out of the year, between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm, Monday through Friday, we offer full-time nursery care for kids ages 2 to 5. Near Selsdon in South Croydon, on 65 acres of semi-ancient woods, is where our beautiful location is located. To guarantee that we are prepared and ready for activity no matter the weather, our roomy setting includes a wooded yurt (with a wood burning fire) as well as other sizable tented areas. Our seasoned staff members are kind, open, and committed about providing children with the best care possible in a wooded setting. If you're interested in learning more about Croydon's first full-time forest school nursery, get in touch.
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Holidays 2023/24
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 23rd Oct 2023 - 27th Oct 2023 |
| Winter Holidays | 22nd Dec 2023 - 5th Jan 2024 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 12th Feb 2024 - 16th Feb 2024 |
| Spring Holidays | 29th Mar 2024 - 12th Apr 2024 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 27th May 2024 - 31st May 2024 |
| Summer Holidays | 25th Jul 2024 - 30th Aug 2024 |
Terms Dates 2023/24
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 4th Sep 2023 - 22nd Oct 2023 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 28th Oct 2023 - 21st Dec 2023 |
| Spring Term | 6th Jan 2024 - 11th Feb 2024 |
| Spring Term-2 | 17th Feb 2024 - 28th Mar 2024 |
| Summer Term | 13th Apr 2024 - 26th May 2024 |
| Summer Term-2 | 1st Jun 2024 - 24th Jul 2024 |
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