Little Waves Day Nursery

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager ensures that staff, parents and children are all included in the self-evaluation processes. This helps her to identify the strengths of the nursery and areas for further improvement on an ongoing basis. For instance, staff have enhanced opportunities for children to practise early writing skills in the outside area.

• Partnerships with parents are a key strength of the nursery. Staff keep parents well informed about their child's learning and development. Parents are extremely complimentary about the service provided.

• Overall, staff are skilled at supporting independent play and responding to children's interests. As a result, child...ren are continually engaged in purposeful play and make good progress in their learning and development. • Staff provide a warm, welcoming and nurturing environment.

They are effective in supporting children's strong emotional attachments. This helps children to settle in quickly and become ready to learn. • Staff use meaningful praise with children throughout the day.

They are positive role models. This helps children to build friendships and to behave well. • Staff identify and take action to minimise any potential hazards within the nursery and on outings to help to ensure children's safety.

They involve older children in assessing risk. For example, children discuss what they can do to melt the frost so that the outdoor decking is not slippy. • Although staff read to older children and encourage them to develop pencil-control skills, less focus is given to helping them to learn to recognise familiar words and introducing them to letters and the sounds these make when spoken.