Worlingham Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager leads her staff to work well as a team. They implement the daily routines, policies and procedures of the pre-school effectively and act as positive role models for children.

• Staff read books in an interactive way. They use props and involve children in telling the story. Staff encourage children to think about what might happen next.

This helps to support children's understanding of sequences and builds their early literacy skills. • Children are independent. They fetch themselves tissues and blow their noses without help.

Older children confidently put their shoes on the correct feet and dress themselves in waterproof sui...ts to play outside. They know when and how to wash their hands. • Children demonstrate curiosity indoors and outdoors.

They experiment with mud, explore what happens when they let go of a toy car at the top of the hill and experience the different textures of paint and bubbly water. • Children develop confidence in making marks. Older children learn to form letters and begin writing key words, such as their own name.

They use small notebooks and pencils in their play. For example, children make lists to 'go shopping' and write signs. • Parents appreciate how staff support their children to settle and feel welcomed.

They say they are kept informed about their child's progress and know how they can contribute to children's learning records. • Although the management team monitor children's progress and staff performance, they do not make incisive use of this information in order to help sharply evaluate the pre-school and focus their improvement plans. • Staff sometimes miss opportunities to explore mathematical concepts, for example distance or the properties of shapes, with children to extend their mathematical development further.

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