Little Potters Pre-school

Activities: Staff encourage children to explore their senses as they play. Children are creative. They make collages of hedgehogs and use the leaves they collect to make the prickles on the hedgehogs back.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children develop the key skills they need for their future development and the move on to school.

Communication: Effective communication makes sure that children's changing needs are known.

Programs and Resources: The care and support for children who have special educational needs and/or disabilities is extremely good.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff know children well and strong attachments have been formed between staff, children and their peers.

Safeguarding Training: Staff's knowledge of how to protect children is good. They understand the various signs that may indicate a child is at risk from harm and neglect.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff encourage children to explore their senses as they play. Younger children make marks in different ways, such as using shaving foam, as well as pencils and chalks.

Transition to Primary School: Children develop the key skills they need for their future development and the move on to school.

Child Safety Management: Potential hazards within the environment are minimised and secure procedures are established for the recruitment of staff and to check their ongoing suitability.

Children's Safety and Security: Security within the pre-school is good to ensure that children are not released into the care of unknown adults.

Happiness and Settling: Children enthusiastically enter pre-school and staff greet them warmly.

Nutritional Menu: Children enjoy a wide variety of fresh fruit at snack time and choose which they would like.