Witty Kiddies Sydenham

Activities: Practitioners plan activities based on children's interests. They use short educational videos and their own understanding and research to support children's learning and expand their knowledge.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Practitioners plan one-to-one time with each key child to develop strong bonds and focus on their next steps. This helps children to make progress in the areas needed.

Communication: The manager and her team engage with parents when they drop off and collect their children. They share key information about the children, including their experiences at home. Parents are happy with the nursery and comment on the good communication.

Programs and Resources: Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities receive good support and are included in all activities. Practitioners use visual aids and signs to support children with their understanding and communication.

Staff Training: Practitioners are knowledgeable about individual children and there is an effective key-person system in place.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children are met at the door by practitioners. They enter the nursery, where they are greeted with a warm welcome by friendly staff. Children settle well.

Safeguarding Training: Practitioners have a good understanding of their role to keep children safe from harm. They are confident to follow procedures if they have any concerns regarding a child's welfare and they know which agencies to go to if they need to make a referral.

Play and Learning Integration: Children's language and communication are promoted across the setting. For example, the role play area is set up to create opportunities for language and communication, and to develop children's social skills.

Child Safety Management: The manager follows safer recruitment procedures to make sure all practitioners are suitable to work with children.

Children's Safety and Security: Children are met at the door by practitioners. They enter the nursery, where they are greeted with a warm welcome by friendly staff. Children settle well. They confidently explore the setting and interact with practitioners, demonstrating they feel safe and secure.

Happiness and Settling: Children settle well. They confidently explore the setting and interact with practitioners, demonstrating they feel safe and secure.