Moonbeams Pre-School
Kingsley Road Community Hall, Kingsley Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN14 0AS
Type of Institution
Nursery
Age group
2-3 years old
Number of places
26 places
Number of staff
Not yet updated
Ofsted Rating
Good
Summary
- The provision is good Children arrive at the pre-school happy and excited for their day.
- Friendly staff greet them happily as they arrive.
- Staff create an inviting environment where children independently explore.
- Children excitedly engage in the home corner.
- They talk with their friends about what food they are making.
- They make 'cookies and cakes' then eagerly share these with staff.
- They giggle with happiness when staff 'eat' their creations.
- Children have access to a large garden area.
- They confidently ride bicycles and scooters.
- They learn the importance of wearing safety equipment while riding them.
- Children use magnifying glasses to hunt for minibeasts.
- Staff facilitate this by leading children to areas where there might be bugs.
- They turn over wood and shriek with excitement when they see insects.
- Staff talk to the children about the woodlice and earwigs they can see.
- They ask the children if they can count the bugs.
- Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure within the pre-school.
- They seek comfort from staff when they feel sad and enjoy a cuddle with them.
- Children enjoy playing games with staff and they laugh together when they match the 'wrong' pieces as they complete a puzzle.
- Staff give children time to work out how the pieces go together while providing them with words of encouragement.
- What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?n The manager and her staff plan an exciting curriculum to support children'slearning.
- Children's interests are identified upon starting at the pre-school.
- Staff use these along with children's next steps for learning to inform their planning of activities for them.
- Children show engagement and wil ingness to learn.n The manager general y provides her staff with good support and trainingopportunities.
- Staff have accessed various online training courses to support their personal development.
- However, some staff are not always confident to consistently use their knowledge to appropriately support and challenge children in their learning and development, to help them make even more progress.n Children sit together for mealtimes and independently select food from theirlunchboxes.
- Staff support children to make good choices of what to eat first.
- Children engage in conversations with staff and their friends and share their experiences.
- For example, children discuss the pets they have at home and how they care for them.
- Children listen to each other and wait for their friends to finish before they speak.n Children with English as an additional language and those with specialeducational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) are general y wel supported.
- The manager identifies children that require extra support quickly and refers them to
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Overview
Manager
Not yet updated
Owner
Moonbeams Pre School CIO
Provider type
Childcare on Non-Domestic Premises
Provider subtype
Sessional day care
Local authority
Wiltshire
Parliamentary Constituency
Chippenham
Education Stages
Year Founded
21/7/2019
Education Provision
Education Stages
Nursery / Early Years
0 - 3 year olds
Care Provision
Open all year
Open during half term
Full-day care sessions
Half-day care sessions
Before School care arrangement with local schools
After School care arrangement with local schools
School Holiday care for local school pupils
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Ofsted
Breakdown of Ofsted Rating: 08/9/2022
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