Youlgrave Playschool

Activities: Children enjoy a range of physical play opportunities, like exercise sessions and building sandcastles.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children make good progress in their learning by engaging with nature and caring for plants.

Communication: Staff regularly share developmental information with parents during stay-and-play sessions, parents' evenings, and via an online application.

Community Building: Parents comment positively about staff and the support they provide to help children understand and manage their feelings and emotions.

Programs and Resources: Staff plan to meet all children's needs, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children are warmly greeted by staff at the door, helping them feel safe and secure.

Safeguarding Training: All staff complete safeguarding training to help them identify and act upon concerns relating to children's safety and welfare.

Play and Learning Integration: Children use their strength to dig and rake in the sand, promoting self-esteem and physical play.

Transition to Primary School: Staff have strong links with the local school, helping children to feel confident about their transition.

Child Safety Management: The manager carries out regular risk assessments to ensure the safety of the environment and to reduce any identified risks.

Children's Safety and Security: Those responsible for appointing staff have completed safer recruitment training to ensure suitability and competence.