Ymca East Anton

Philosophy: Reflective and dedicated leaders support the staff team through highly effective supervision arrangements.

Activities: Children access a range of resources to identify and communicate their feelings.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children develop excellent critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Communication: Parents comment on the remarkable support their children receive and the high levels of progress they make during their time at the setting.

Programs and Resources: Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and those who speak English as an additional language receive exceptional support.

Staff Training: Recent coaching from speech and language therapists has a direct impact on the quality of interactions and the progress children make in their communication development.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff care deeply about the children in their care and demonstrate sincere affection and passion.

Safeguarding Training: All staff, including apprentices, clearly demonstrate a secure understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures.

Play and Learning Integration: Children thrive in the language-rich environment.

Transition to Primary School: Children develop the skills they need to be confident and highly effective communicators.

Diversity Management: Staff skilfully use children's first-hand experiences to learn about different cultures and customs.

Child Safety Management: Staff demonstrate a secure understanding of risk and use this to help keep children safe.

Children's Safety and Security: Children are exceptionally happy, confident and secure.

Teaching Personal Safety: Staff respond to children's behaviour with great compassion and sensitivity.

Happiness and Settling: Children laugh as they make up silly names for each other at lunchtime, such as 'smelly sock'.

Nutritional Menu: Toddlers show tremendous dexterity as they pour their own drinks and use tongs and ladles to serve their own food.