Threemilestone Pre-School

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The manager has a strong overview of the pre-school and includes staff well in evaluating and making ongoing improvements.

For example, this has helped staff identify more ways for children to get ready for school, such as to develop their self-care skills. • The friendly, caring staff greet children and families warmly on arrival. Children behave well, develop positive self-esteem and are emotionally secure in the pre-school.

• Children enjoy their play, are motivated to learn and make good progress. Staff provide a wide range of exciting activities to support children's interests and learning needs. • Staff have a strong focus on promoting chil...dren's awareness of healthy living practice.

For example, they discuss healthy foods that help them stay fit and well. Children know they need to wear sun hats outdoors in the hot weather to protect them from the sun. • Staff form strong partnerships with parents and actively encourage their involvement with children's learning.

Parents speak highly of staff, saying they are very supportive, their children are happy, settled and learning well at the pre-school. • Staff miss opportunities to promote all areas of children's learning more effectively within their outdoor play, for example, to encourage children's interest in books and awareness of how print is used for a purpose, to support those who learn best outdoors consistently well. • Although staff encourage children well to develop their counting skills, they occasionally miss opportunities to reinforce the written number as effectively, for instance, to help children learn more about matching number to quantity.

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