Kangaroo Pouch Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Managers are strong and forward thinking.

They seek the views of staff and parents to make positive changes and to raise the quality of the nursery provision. • Staff work closely with parents and outside professionals to ensure that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported extremely well. These children take part in activities and display high levels of self-esteem as they play.

• Parents comment positively on how staff guide and support their children's learning at home. They say that staff make time to talk to them every day and that they feel valued. • Children develop a healthy lifestyle.

They enjoy ...healthy, cooked meals. Staff take account of children's allergies and dietary requirements. Children grow their own strawberries, carrots and herbs in the garden, which the cook incorporates into the meals.

Staff talk to children about what they are eating and how to keep healthy. Children are encouraged to take part in physical activities. • Staff are warm and sensitive in their interactions with children.

They help children develop confidence and a positive sense of themselves. Children quickly become familiar with their surroundings and build positive relationships with staff and their peers. Staff praise children for their good behaviour.

• Staff do not always make the most of every opportunity to encourage and support children's independence skills. For example, they complete simple tasks for children when they are capable of doing these for themselves. • Occasionally, staff miss opportunities during children's spontaneous play to build as far as possible on what children already know and can do.

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