Walshaw Nursery Ofsted Comments
Unique reference number |
EY415343 |
Inspection date |
07/09/2011 |
Inspector |
Mary Henderson |
Setting address |
Mulberry Bush Nursery, Stewart Street, BURY, Lancashire, BL8 1SU |
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“The key strength of the provision is the all-weather continuous provision, ensuring that all children can move between the indoor and outdoor play areas as they wish.”
“The management and staff team are highly qualified and experienced and work exceptionally well with one another. The relationship between the key workers and the children and their parents is excellent.”
“The staff and management are a strong team who are highly qualified, experienced and fully committed to continually provide outstanding outcomes for children.”
“The staff have an excellent understanding and strong commitment to supporting children with special educational needs and/or disabilities and children with English as an additional language. With parental support, this includes identifying children's individual requirements on an ongoing basis and ensuring the appropriate professional support is accessed, which also further fosters high levels of inclusion.”
“The extensive risk assessments in place identify all possible risks to children in all indoor and outdoor areas and any outings involving the children. This keeps children safe and secure in their environment at all times.”
“Safeguarding is a high priority at the nursery and all staff have received external certified safeguarding training and have an excellent understanding and awareness of the policies and procedures to be followed.”
“Engagement with parents and carers is exemplary. There is daily written and verbal two-way exchange of information to ensure parents are kept fully informed of routines and that each child's needs are identified and fully met at all times.”
“Parents and carers receive consistently high levels of information about their child's learning and development through free access to their development files and regular meetings with their child's key worker.”
“The key workers are highly motivated, experienced and exceptionally well qualified, which ensures outstanding outcomes for all children on an ongoing basis. They show kindness, professionalism and enthusiasm which provides a consistently high level of role modelling for the children.”
“The children explore their environment, identifying features and noticing the natural world. They thoroughly enjoy the continuous provision of indoor and outdoor play.”
“Children enjoy having an inspiring range of visitors to the setting, which further enhances their knowledge and understanding of the world around them.”
“Children chat, smile and giggle with one another and the staff caring for them. They seek comfort and support with their activities as they need, showing significantly high levels of feeling safe.”
“Their artwork is excellently displayed for them in their playrooms, which fosters their self-esteem and ensures a superior sense of belonging to the setting.”
“The children learn about a healthy lifestyle through visitors, stories and discussions during meal times. They are provided with an extensive menu which is cooked fresh on site each day and includes the organic vegetables grown and harvested by the children in their own vegetable patch.”
“The children show very high levels of interest and enthusiasm as they explore skills for the future. They enjoy using an extensive range of programmes on the computers which support their problem solving skills.”
“They involve themselves in charitable activities, such as dressing up to raise funds and collecting harvest foods for those less fortunate, including the people at the homeless shelter.”
“Children help themselves to the extensive range of resources, both indoors and outdoors. They paint and draw pictures to display or take home to their family.”
“Children like to dress up as their favourite characters and run around their environment, playing imaginatively with their peers.”
“The children have the highest regard for one another and the adults caring for them. They show high levels of confidence and independence.”
“Children are beginning to have a strong understanding about people who have different needs, views, cultures and beliefs. They play with an exceptional range of toys and resources that reflect positive images of diversity including dolls and small world people.”