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

Leaders ensure that high-quality learning through play is at the heart of improvement planning.

 

Children Experience High-Quality Spaces – p20 Quality, Safety and Maintenance of Spaces

We recognise the importance of daily outdoor play and the benefits of this for enhancing learning and wellbeing.

Children engage in a broad range of challenging and interesting play opportunities that support and extend their development and learning.

 

Children Experience High-Quality Spaces – p22 Children Influence and Affect Change   

Through outdoor play, children are learning about sustainability, gaining a deeper understanding of how to care for and preserve their natural environment.

We understand the positive impact that rich, multi-sensory play has on children’s learning, resilience and wellbeing.

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How can we be confident that our physical environment maximises opportunities for children to be challenged, creative and engaged in their play?

To what extent does the physical environment support different types of play?

How do we know our setting provides a wide range of challenging outdoor play and learning experiences that promote children’s health and wellbeing?

 

Playing, Learning and Developing – p27 Children’s Engagement

Our staff skilfully use relevant theory and practice to support their delivery of high-quality play experiences that excite and engage children as they learn.

Children are successful, responsible and confident in their play as a result of the high-quality experiences we offer.

Well-considered innovations and creative approaches successfully engage children’s imagination and enrich their play and learning.

 

Playing, Learning and Developing – p28 Quality of Interactions

Our children have frequent, appropriate opportunities to develop their thinking and problem-solving skills through imaginative play and storytelling.

We enable children to play and learn at their own pace, having fun as they explore the world around them.

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How do we maximise opportunities for children to be challenged, creative and engaged in their play and learning?

 

Nurturing Care and Support – p45 Nurturing Care

We create diverse spaces that support children to socialise, play in small groups or alone if they wish.

 

Children’s Progress – p59 Children’s Progress Over Time

Children develop and apply their early language and literacy, numerical and mathematical skills very well across a variety of meaningful play and real-life experiences.

 

Safeguarding and Child Protection p69

How effectively do staff support children to learn how to recognise and manage risk as they play and learn?