Willow Tree Day Nursery

Activities: Staff share books with children and read with excitement in their voices as they become the characters from the story.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children's literacy skills are well supported. Staff share books with children and read with excitement in their voices as they become the characters from the story. Children identify their own name cards and are beginning to write independently.

Programs and Resources: Children who need extra support are swiftly identified, and interventions are quickly put in place. Staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and those who speak English as an additional language (EAL) effectively.

Staff Training: Staff speak regularly with other professionals to share information about children's learning and development. This helps staff to actively plan to move children with SEND and EAL forward in their learning.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children settle quickly on arrival at this warm and welcoming nursery.

Safeguarding Training: Staff have a secure understanding of how to protect the children in their care. They have good knowledge of the signs and symptoms which may indicate a child is at risk of harm. Staff know the procedures to use to report concerns to protect the welfare of children. Additionally, staff know how to report inappropriate behaviour by another member of the staff team.

Play and Learning Integration: From an early age, children learn to pour their own drinks. Two-year-old children begin to serve themselves their meals and use cutlery with increasing control. By the time children reach the pre-school room, they serve themselves competently and learn to cut up their food.

Diversity Management: Staff learn words in children's home languages to help children who speak English as an additional language (EAL) feel welcomed and understood.

Child Safety Management: Staff use good risk assessments to help keep children safe when at the nursery, both indoors and outdoors.

Children's Safety and Security: Children are happy and feel safe, settled and assured.

Happiness and Settling: Children are happy and feel safe, settled and assured.