Seahawk Under Fives

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The provider and the new manager have worked hard since the last inspection to address all issues.

They have made significant improvements to raise the overall quality of the provision. The manager invites constructive contributions from her staff team. Staff are quick to share their views about how to bring about positive change.

• Staff implement a range of good strategies to help children develop their physical skills. They enthusiastically model activities, such as when they show children how to hit a target with a ball. Children successfully practise launching the ball for themselves.

• Staff are intuitive and they respond well to t...he needs of children. They eagerly engage children in conversation. Staff encourage children to discuss their home lives.

Children develop good language skills. • Staff use a range of methods to teach children about different cultures. Children gain a good understanding of the wider world.

They discuss places that family members visit for work and holidays. Staff educate children about different customs and beliefs. They help children to better understand the lives of others.

• Staff do not clearly communicate information with all parents about children's next steps of learning. Parents are not always sure how to continue to build on children's knowledge at home. • Staff do not consistently encourage children to make their own decisions about how to enhance their creative play.