Oranges And Lemons

Philosophy: The nursery follows forest school principles.

Activities: Children benefit greatly from a range of highly exciting, stimulating and challenging activities and experiences.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff plan exceptional opportunities to help children make excellent progress at this extremely welcoming and friendly nursery.

Communication: Parents feel well informed about their child's day.

Community Building: Parents speak very highly of the nursery.

Programs and Resources: Support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities is excellent.

Staff Training: Staff have completed specialised training to support them in their work with children outdoors.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff are excellent role models, who encourage children to be respectful, take turns and help others. They have superb relationships with the children and are caring, sensitive and kind.

Safeguarding Training: All staff attend training to keep themselves up to date with procedures to protect children.

Play and Learning Integration: Children develop balance and coordination as they climb, swing, and carry branches in the woodland. They develop smaller muscles as they balance balls on spoons and squeeze paint from pots.

Transition to Primary School: Staff work closely with the Reception teacher at a local school. Together they help identify and support the key skills and understanding children need in Reception. This helps staff prepare older children for their move to school.

Child Safety Management: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The managers and staff have an excellent understanding of their responsibilities around keeping children safe.

Children's Safety and Security: Children's behaviour is outstanding. They are very happy, settled and emotionally secure. Those that are new settle very quickly. Children are motivated and eager to learn.

Teaching Personal Safety: Staff support them to understand some foods, such as bananas, are healthy and give them energy. Children learn that some plants found in the woods, for example, can be dangerous.

Happiness and Settling: Children are confident and independent. They are very happy, settled and emotionally secure.