Theme – Connections with Families – p49

 

Leadership and Management of Staff and Resources – p4 Vision, Values and Aims

Children and families are actively included in the design and review of our vision, values and aims. These reflect the high aspirations of our children and families.

 

Leadership and Management of Staff and Resources – p5 Self-Evaluation, Quality Assurance and Implementing Change

We ensure the views of children, families and partners inform improvement and are central to our self-evaluation process.

 

Leadership and Management of Staff and Resources p8

How do we engage our families and children to ensure they have a role in our improvement journey?

 

Playing, Learning and Developing – p27 Children’s Engagement

We work effectively with families to support their understanding of the benefits to children of play-based learning experiences which challenge and delight them. This collaborative approach fosters the development of trust and cooperation, which supports children’s wellbeing and development and gives them opportunities to flourish.

 

Curriculum – p35 Partnerships

We value and respect the essential contributions of families to children’s learning.  Parents/carers understand the role they play and are empowered to contribute to our curriculum. We engage very effectively with parents/carers and support a range of parental engagement activities.

We actively involve stakeholders in meaningful ways to plan and deliver exciting and engaging opportunities across the curriculum.

p37

How do our partnerships enhance and positively impact the design and implementation of the curriculum?

 

Wellbeing, Inclusion & Equality – p54 Universal Support

There are strong collaborative partnerships with all those supporting children, including during key points of transition.

 

Nurturing Care and Support p44

The indicator highlights the need to involve children and their families in making decisions about their care and support.

This indicator highlights the importance of connecting with children and their families. Staff should create a welcoming environment and consider each child’s unique circumstances to ensure smooth transitions and positive experiences. Fostering strong connections with children’s families can have a significantly positive impact on a child’s wellbeing.

 

Nurturing Care and Support – p47 Personal Planning

We work proactively with children, families and other professionals to identify support needs and have clear strategies in place to ensure that children’s wellbeing is sustained.

We place children and families at the heart of any decision-making process

 

Nurturing Care and Support p51

In what ways do we communicate with children, families and/or partner professionals to jointly plan children’s care and support?

When children and their families arrive at our setting, how do we know they feel welcomed?

 

Wellbeing, inclusion and equality p52

This quality indicator recognises that strong, collaborative partnership working between those supporting children is essential. It highlights the importance of meaningful engagement with children and families to inform decisions about how children’s needs should be met.

 

Wellbeing, inclusion and equality – p55 Identifying and Assessing Learning Needs and Targeted Support

Children, families and partners are fully involved in reviewing children’s progress and making decisions about future learning and support.

 

Children’s progress – p60 Overall Quality of Children’s Achievements

Families feel empowered to share children’s achievements and successes from outwith the setting. This information is used meaningfully to inform planning, enabling children to build on prior learning and make sustained progress.

p62

In what ways do we use contributions about children’s achievements from families?

How does this impact positively on children’s progress?

 

Safeguarding and Child Protection p63

This indicator focuses on the significance of building positive relationships and effective partnerships to safeguard children.

p64

We prioritise fostering partnerships within our community and with families to ensure that we work well together to keep children safe.

 

Safeguarding and Child Protection – p65 Legislation, Policy and Guidance in Practice

Children’s and families’ views fully inform our well-judged decisions and actions.

 

Safeguarding and Child Protection – p67 empowering children and staff

We communicate respectfully with families and one another to develop a holistic knowledge of children and their wellbeing needs.

p69

To what extent do our relationships with children, staff, families, partners and the local community promote children’s welfare and safety?