Wheatfields Nursery Association

Activities: Planned activities motivate and engage children and staff successfully encourage them to think and predict during their play.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff teach children to count and become familiar with positional words; extend vocabulary.

Communication: Through the sharing of learning records and daily feedback, staff ensure that parents are actively involved in their children's learning.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Parents speak highly of the setting, praising the staff and the progress their children make.

Safeguarding Training: Staff are very knowledgeable about signs and symptoms of possible abuse and are confident about how to record and report concerns regarding a child's welfare.

Play and Learning Integration: Children show delight as they fly paper aeroplanes in the garden, discovering the effects of the wind on them. As they dig, they work together to find 'buried treasure'.

Transition to Primary School: Links with local schools help to support children emotionally as they move on to formal education.

Child Safety Management: Effective policies and procedures are in place to help staff keep children safe.

Children's Safety and Security: Children form secure attachments and their emotional needs are well met by responsive staff.

Teaching Personal Safety: Children are learning the importance of healthy lifestyles. They regularly access fresh air and physical activities outside and learn the importance of wearing a hat on sunny days.