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Centre development plan 2012-13 1 Pound Park Nursery School and Early Years Centre Centre Development Plan 3 Year Strategic Plan 2010- 2013 and Short Term Development Plan 2012-13

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Centre development plan 2012-13 1

Pound Park Nursery School and Early Years Centre

Centre Development Plan

3 Year Strategic Plan

2010- 2013

and Short Term

Development Plan

2012-13

Centre development plan 2012-13 2

PURPOSE OF THE CENTRE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

♦ To help us achieve our vision

♦ To enable the school to improve the attainment and

achievement of the Children at Pound Park Nursery.

♦ This plan shows a set of achievable targets for the

growth of our School and Children’s Centre and

improvements related to our Self evaluation processes.

♦ To draw together all aspects of budget and priorities

setting and decision making.

♦ To demonstrate the ability to plan, evaluate and obtain

value for money within the priorities set out.

♦ To ensure our centre is working towards the priorities

set out in Every Child Matters.

♦ To ensure we are implementing the New revised Early

Years Foundation Stage.

THE PLAN IS INFLUENCED BY;-

♦ The review of last years plan.

♦ Priorities set with the whole staff and members of the

governing body.

♦ Parents input through questionnaires and suggestions.

♦ Discussion with the children.

♦ Centre self evaluation

♦ Priorities within the education plan for Greenwich.

♦ Evidence from observations, record keeping and tracking

throughout the centre.

♦ The Early Years Foundation Stage

♦ Appraisal and performance management.

♦ Review of enrichment activities offered at Pound Park.

Centre development plan 2012-13 3

TIMETABLE TO PRODUCE AND IMPLEMENT

CENTRE DEVELOPMENT PLAN

June 2012 Whole Centre review of last years plan.

July/August

2012

Seek parents views on Centre via questionnaire

Look at exit tracking of groups of children and look for main

priorities.

Look at results from classroom monitoring and if any priorities

arise from that.

SEF relooked at by SLT

Sept 2012 With group of governors and staff set new plan based on the

information received from above.

Sept 2012 Monitoring targets given to staff and governors

OCT 2011 Performance management cycle begins for all staff

TERMLY Plan reviewed at Governors meetings and staff meetings.

June 2013 Review action plan with staff and governors

Centre development plan 2012-13 4

Three Year Strategic Plan for

Pound Park Nursery and Early Years Centre

2010-2013

Areas of development Areas of Every Child

Matters

To maintain our Outstanding category with Ofsted

Within the changes that are being imposed upon us-

with the one point of entry and formula funding. We

need to maintain an excellent rich varied curriculum

bearing in mind that within our 3 and 4 year old rooms

the children will mainly only have 3 terms with us

instead of 5. There is potential for the gap to widen

between the children who are coming from our up to

three section and having additional hours and the

children entering the term after they are three and

only having 15 hours and one year. This means that we

should really target vulnerable children to take up our

2 year old places so they have the longest time in

nursery. We shall need to keep 3 of our places

exclusively for children who are referred via the free

two year old place scheme.

Enjoy and achieve.

Sept 2012 Ofsted again

inspected Pound Park and

we again achieved

Outstanding with good for

the Children’s Centre.

Nov 2012

We have continued to take

on vulnerable two year olds

at Pound Park and at

Cardwell.

To rebuild relationships with restructured reorganisations within

the local authority. For example – Health visitors, Under 5

prevention team

Make a positive contribution

Named Health visitor for

Children’s Centres.

Federated with Cardwell and we

have a named Early Years family

support worker.

By Sept 2012 have Health

visitors working in both Centres

with clinics being run in both

places.

Within the community

To become better known and work wider within the community.

To participate in local events and to advertise ourselves when

doing so.

To do this we need to find out about local events and plan a

presence there.

To make links with other schools in different areas- Hassocks

/Uganda

Make a positive contribution

Attended many local events this

year alone. Army day, local

church fayre.

Building

Our building needs work. We need a new roof and or a new

building. To liaise with the Local Authority over the plans for the

Stay safe

Enjoy and achieve.

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building.

To have more space to do the activities we want to run.

Roof done

No c

To continue all staff are kept aware of Child Protection/Health

and Safety issues by undertaking and updating training.

Stay safe

Child protection training for all

staff Inset 2012.

Designated person training done

for head and DHT

Maintain healthy eating within the centre. To continue to build

on forest school success. Family worker to continue to work on

healthy eating with families.

To continue to encourage families to walk to school and maintain

our travel plan. To encourage children to bring their bikes to

school – to install bike racks for children.

Being healthy

Have participated in Healthy

Greenwich Project. Food audit.

See action plan.

Transition

To continue to develop the idea of children working throughout

the whole centre at their own level. To ensure that children can

have experiences which suit their developmental needs. The

older 2s and threes coming over regularly to the main school if

they want.

To allow more movement between the different areas of the

school bearing in mind the restrictments within the school-

fences , gates etc.

Enjoy and achieve

This has been developed

throughout 2011-12 with

children regularly accessing the

areas of the centre that suits

their stage of development.

Curriculum

To continue to monitor the progress of all children in different

areas of the curriculum and to respond if the results begin to

dip in any areas.

To ensure that the gains we have made in boys writing and linking

sounds and letters are maintained.

Enjoy and achieve

Regular tracking has kept us in

tune with various groups of

children and their performance

in all areas.

To be fully evaluating the services on offer to the families of

Charlton and to be confident that the impact of the activites

and services on offer are being measured regularly.

Making a positive contribution

Now in Children’s Centre Action

Plan.

Parents

To continue to involve parents in the life of the school. In forest

school activities- stay and plays for parents.

To keep them up to date with what they can do at home to help

their children.

To ensure that newsletters and information is given. To keep up

the high quality of interaction that we have at the moment.

Making a positive contribution.

Most parents (89%) feel they

know enough about their

children’s learning. Further

planning in 2012-13 to help them

know more about what their

children are learning at nursery.

Throughout the plan references are made to the Every Child Matters

outcome. They are:-

♦ Enjoy and Achieve (EA)

♦ Stay safe (SS)

♦ Be healthy (BH0

♦ Make a positive contribution (MPC)

♦ Achieve economic well being ACW)

Centre development plan 2012-13 6

The plan also refers to, where appropriate, the principles of the Early

Years Foundation Stage-

• A unique Child (UC)

• An enabling environment (EE)

• Developing Positive Relationships (DPR)

• Learning and Developing (LD)

Vision Statement

Pound Park aims to provide our children

with the best start in life. Working

alongside other agencies we support

children by engaging their parents,

carers, extended families and the wider

community.

Through play, in a safe caring

environment, all our children are

encouraged to become creative,

confident, independent, lifelong learners.

Centre development plan 2012-13 7

These priorities have appeared at other times in our Centre Development Plan. This is a maintenance Plan to make sure we

continue to offer the best for the children and families attending the centre Staying safe Actions When

Regular Child Protection training for all the

staff to ensure that everyone is up to date

with current legislation.

Child protection training for all staff in 2012 Inset day.

Sheena to organise this

2012

Regular Health and safety Check with

Governors and Health and Safety Officers

Every term the Health and safety governor, Health and

Safety officers and Union reps will go all round the school

and check out Hand S issues. A report is written up and

George makes sure actions are carried out.

Every term

Equipment check regularly. Yearly by Gymnasium and regularly by George. Daily George goes through the premises

and checks Hand S matters.

Be Healthy

To continue with programme of physical

development.

Tyrone to continue to come in weekly offering various

sporting activities to all the children. Also ask Sports coach

if he could be available for our annual sports day for

children and parents.

Children to continue to have access to a varied outdoor

curriculum and forest school experience.

Every week one AM and one PM

Sports day in the summer term. Date

to be arranged.

To maintain Healthy Snacks To inform all parents of what we do and the benefits of

children eating healthily.

To make sure we put out envelopes on a more regular basis.

Letter to go out Jan 2010.

Regular reminders every term with

envelopes.

To continue to grow our own vegetables and

fruit.

Get dads involved in this. Get them to dig up garden and

plant seeds with their children.

First sowing in March 2010 then a later

crop in the year.

To continue to offer forest school

experience or some of our children.

To encourage more parents to become involved to offer

experience to more children.

Feb 2010

Enjoy and Achieve

Maintain the broad balanced curriculum to

ensure that children continue to make

progress in all areas.

Theatrebugs

Sports coaching

Make believe arts

Capture Arts

Throughout the year

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To continue to build on letters and sounds DHT to ensure that listening activities are going on

throughout the school. Throughout the year making sure we

are meeting the needs of the children.

Monitored every term by SLT.

Make a positive contribution and achieve

economic wellbeing.

To ensure that we continue with our programme of home

visiting and transitions, including home – nursery, nursery –

school, Up to Threes – main school and family room – main

school.

At the beginning and end of every term

To continue with regular language groups to

help children with SALT difficulties.

To continue to target vulnerable two year

olds. With the cutting down of additional

hours within the 3/4 year old sector we

need to make sure that we are taking in

vulnerable 2 year olds who will benefit from

additional hours.

To maintain at least 3 places for vulnerable 2 year old

within the 2/3 year old room.

Ongoing programme of training for staff in

relevant areas.

Food hygiene

Paediatric First Aid

Safeguarding

As and when required.

Maintaining good practice on profile books-

to continue to keep them high profile and

share with parents.

Stay and Play day for parents/carers

Regular monitoring by SLT of profile books.

Autumn 2011

.Raise achievement in calculating especially for

boys

To keep an eye through tracking and planning that boys are

being given many mathematical activities.

ECAT

To ensure that we keep working with the ethos

of ECAT.

Investigating in cameras to allow children to

express themselves through taking

photographs.

ECAT twilight sessions to keep staff abreast of new

developments.

Malinda to investigate buying suitable cameras for children

to use around the school.

Autumn 2012.

To continue with enrichment activities – music,

sport, drama and dance as review showed how

Activities to continue.Dance to start this term Autumn 2012

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much children benefit from these activities.

Review of main priorities from 2011-12

Priority What we said we would do Success criteria Have we

met it

What next 2012-13

To ensure that the

progress we have made in

Letters and Sounds is

maintained this year.

(FROM EXIT TRACKING

RESULTS

To continue with the

programme of activities that

supports language

development in all children-

• Theatrebugs

• Language groups

• Music sessions

• Story times

• Phonic sessions

• SALT input

Progress is maintained

and improved upon.

See

tracking

results

• Family Room children have access

to Theatrebugs

• ECAT strategies to be

implemented

• Visit to model classroom

• Twilight-story boxes/bags

• ECAT display in entrance-Sept

• EAL focus/twilight

.Raise achievement in

calculating especially for

boys

(FROM EXIT TRACKING

RESULTS)

Staff meeting : Look at

statements in EYFS and

discuss stages of

development and how we are

to observe this and record

it.

Nominate a person at group

times to observe calculating

activities.

Lunch times stories and

laying the tables will provide

a good opportunity to do

calculating activities.

More children in line and

above in tracking results

by the end of 2012.

See

tracking

results

• Continue to take observations of

calculating activities—story times

• Continue to use vocabulary

related to calculating (more, less,

counting forwards/backwards,

taking away)

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Priority What we said we would do Success criteria Have we

met it

What next 2012-13

Build on listening project

started last year.

(From review of CDP)

Work with children on using

the cameras. Make choosing

board for shed

Children to continue to be

involved in making decisions

within the nursery.

Children using cameras.

Choosing boards being

used regularly

Ongoing • Children to take pictures of

favourite things in nursery, help

print them, talk about the

pictures, on whiteboard to look

at, put in special books. Make

display of pictures in hallway

(children’s voice).

• Choosing board for shed re-

instated- light in shed

please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To make sure that the

learning environment is

appropriate for all

children and is

communication friendly.

(FROM EXIT TRACKING

RESULTS AND EACT

AUDIT)

Inset: Elizabeth Jarman

training

Carry out an audit of the

learning environment (colour,

light, sound, textures etc).

Follow up staff meeting in

Spring Term 2012

Inset done

Learning environment

caters to needs of all

children.

Areas audited.

Long term- progress

sustained in speaking and

listening.

Achieved • Follow up training with Elizabeth

Jarman trainer in staff meeting-

review our nursery environment

• Focus on giving children more say

in what we plan.

To continue to further

develop the transition of

new children to main

school in light of so many

children starting in Sept.

(Influenced by change in

local and government

policies)

Reinstate Open day after

inset days in September

2012 (am/pm)

Drop in days in Summer term

4 weeks only, not in last 2

weeks of term.

Programme of transition

activities for children

moving from the Up to

Three Centre.

More parents attend drop

in sessions.

Many parents attend open

day.

Up to Three children and

family room children

move over smoothly to

main school.

Achieved • Make sure parents starting mid-

year from UTTs get transition

meetings and information about

starting school.

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Priority What we said we would do Success criteria Have we

met it

What next 2012-13

To continue to meet the

needs of children with

speech and language

difficulties by investing in

extra SALT time.

(FROM ENTRY AND

EXIT TRACKING

RESULTS)

Chloe Williams is new SALT

working in nursery.

Keep language groups going

with school staff.

Language groups running.

Children identified at an

early stage.

Children’s targets set and

achieved.

Achieved • Gemma Mander and Sarah Ryan to

continue to work at Pound Park

next year.

• SALT top-up to continue next

year from cluster.

To encourage the children

to access the woodland

area appropriately.

(STAFF OBSERVATION)

Staff meeting: to discuss

forest school principles, also

what not to do, role

modelling play in woodlands

etc.

Woodlands being used

constructively and

appropriately.

Partially

met

• Shed to be added to woodlands

for resources.

• Make wig-wam with children in

woodlands.

• Add/extend resources for mud

kitchen.

• Link to story-telling (add pictures

of familiar stories, children to

tell own stories-circle of stumps

to sit on)

To ensure a smooth

transition from the old

system of 15 hours to the

new system,

To implement new times

of day and routines.

(STAFF OBSERVATION)

Rotas and timetables posted

in all rooms.

All staff to be briefed on

new arrangements.

All staff to support children

during first week or so as we

establish new routines.

Smooth transition to new

way of working.

Yes • Continue with this system for

next year as feedback has been

positive both from staff parents

and children.

To share our rationale

about the purpose of

trips and outings with

parents.

(Parent feedback last

Review trip policy

Be clear with parents about

purpose of trips and outings.

All children have a trip

that is related to their

interests /needs or

linked in with themes

followed in school.

• Worked much better this year.

All children had a series of trips

and all children offered an end of

term trip to the seaside.

Centre development plan 2012-13 12

Priority What we said we would do Success criteria Have we

met it

What next 2012-13

term)

Phase 3 of the garden

development

Water pump installed by

Bartholemew’s and pathway

redone

Water pump installed

No • We have decided against the

pump as too expensive. But we are

having a water feature in the

same area.

• Mixing trays, tables, covered

area.

• New water tray ordered—summer

12.

• Drains are clogged, need to be

looked at.

To ensure that all staff

are confident in

behaviour management

techniques and are

consistent in their

approach.

(FROM Staff Appraisal)

Revisiting policy and

strategies.

Staff meeting to discuss

strategies.

Behaviour Change: EP staff

meeting and Jan inset on

attached theory.

Staff have greater

understanding of

children’s challenging

behaviour and having

more confidence in

dealing with any difficult

behaviour.

Partially

met

• Revisit conflict resolution

training.

• Continue CAMHS consultations

about individual children/parents

• EAL children?

To maintain staff

knowledge in key areas.

(FROM Staff Appraisal)

Child Protection Training

Epi pen training

PEG training

Food Hygiene

All staff up to date on

latest training.

Achieved • Keep up training as needs arise.

To have an area where

children can change into

outdoor clothes during

wet weather.

(OBSERVATION)

Investigate cost of awning

outside orange/red room

which would be covered area

Children able to access

wet play things in

sheltered area

ongoing

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School development priorities 2012-13 MAIN SCHOOL

ENJOY AND ACHIEVE

Priority Actions to be taken Success criteria Timescale Cost Persons

responsible Monitoring

Links

with

areas of

ECM

EYFS

To ensure all staff are

aware and confident of

using the New EYFS

framework

As new EYFS is being

rolled out in Sept 2012

Staff meeting in Sept 2012 to

pass on changes re the EYFS

Tracking changed to reflect

new statements. Inset on

observations and quality of

observations.

Monitoring will be done under

new framework.

Staff meetings to look closely

at Prime areas and specific

areas.

All members of staff

will be aware of the

changes in the EYFS.

They will be confident

in knowing where their

children are on entry

and on exit using new

tracking sheets.

Observations will be

relative and

informative.

Sept 2012

Sept 2012

Jan 2013

Meeting

time

HT

DHT

Through

SLT

monitoring

days and

curriculum

governor

monitoring

To ensure that parents

have enough information

about what their

children are learning.

From parent

satisfaction survey

12% of parents didn’t

feel that they had

enough information

Continue with “What to do at

home sheets” to accompany

focussed work.

Have some parents meetings

about “what your child will

learn at school” to discuss

EYFS. Question and answer

session.

In questionnaire

100% of parents will

feel that they had

enough information

about what their child

was learning.

Termly –

“what to

do at

home”

linked to

work in

nursery.

Meeting in

Meeting

time.

Creche

costs

£100

Karen Dunn

to produce

sheets

Sheena

Gilby and

Lynn Hand

to lead

meetings on

Governors PR

UC

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MAIN SCHOOL

ENJOY AND ACHIEVE

Priority Actions to be taken Success criteria Timescale Cost Persons

responsible Monitoring

Links

with

areas of

ECM

EYFS

about what their child

was learning.

Oct 2012 EYFS

To ensure that

practitioners are

supporting the children

outside as they do

indoors.

(from monitoring)

INSET on good outdoor

practice for all staff.

Children will be

supported outdoors as

they are indoors.

Opportunities for

learning will be

supported by the staff

outdoors.

Inset In

Autumn

term

Meeting

time DHT SLT LD

To ensure that the

profile books are

accurately reflecting

the children’s work.

(Monitoring)

Training on how to develop

special books

To use the profile books when

doing feedback to parents.

Profile books will be a

true reflection of the

childs learning journey

Autumn Meeting

time DHT SLT LD

To do some training on

behaviour management

especially with new

staff. To ensure that all

staff are following the

agreed procedures.

Inset day/session on

behaviour management.

All staff will be

following the same

procedure with

children.

Spring

2013

£300 for

trainer HT SLT UC

To develop Numicon in

school. Numicon is a

maths programme which

enables children to

develop a firm

understanding of

Staff training on numicon

Invest in numicon materials

Make the classrooms “numicon

rich” with posters and pictures

Staff will be familiar

with the materials .

The children will

become familiar with

the materials and be

using them to help

Inset

Sept 2012

Being

used by

mid

Autumn

£200 Maths

coordinator DHT LD

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MAIN SCHOOL

ENJOY AND ACHIEVE

Priority Actions to be taken Success criteria Timescale Cost Persons

responsible Monitoring

Links

with

areas of

ECM

EYFS

numbers. It is a tool

which helps children

develop understanding

of numbers(Cluster

initiative)

their understanding of

numbers

term 2012

To identify and monitor

the children most likely

to fall behind (from on

entry tracking). To

ensure that we have a

robust plan to help them

develop.

On entry tracking to be done

by half term for all children

who have started in Sept.

Children to be identified as

most at risk of falling behind.

The children in the

lowest 20% will have

made good progress

Identify

Oct 2012-

09-30

Monitorin

g and

plans in

place to

help these

children

Nov 2012.

-

DHT to

monitor

But all key

persons to

identify

the

children.

HT and

Governors

LD

UC

MAIN SCHOOL

Premises

Priority Actions to be taken Success criteria Timescale Cost Persons

responsible Monitoring

Links

with

areas of

ECM

EYFS

To investigate the cost

of a covered area

Costs of having a covered area

to be researched

The costs will be

known and the project

Before

summer £5000 DHT

Premises

committee E&A

Centre development plan 2012-13 16

MAIN SCHOOL

Premises

Priority Actions to be taken Success criteria Timescale Cost Persons

responsible Monitoring

Links

with

areas of

ECM

EYFS

outside orange/blue

room.

will be considered by

premises committee

2013

Staying safe

Priority Actions to be taken Success criteria Timescale Cost Persons

responsible Monitoring

Links

with

areas of

ECM

EYFS

Safeguarding

To have regular staff

sessions where families

of concern are

discussed

Late mornings will happen

every half term. Staff will

bring along concerns to be

discussed and action taken.

Information will be

shared and there will

be earlier intervention

in families we have

concern over.

Half

termly

Meeting

time HT

Gov with

resp for

safeguardin

g

Attendance

To make sure that any

problems are referred

quicker.

Admin staff to give half

termly reports on absence.

DHT to follow up any children

whose attendance is below

85%

Absence will be

monitored better

Autumn

term DHT Governors

Supervision to be

carried out within the

centre for all staff

working with families.

Inset day on new EYFS and

session on supervision for all

staff.

Training of supervisors

Supervision Inset for

all staff done.

Supervisor training

done

Sept 2012

Sept/

October

Spring

£2000 HT COG All areas

PR

UC

Centre development plan 2012-13 17

Staying safe

Priority Actions to be taken Success criteria Timescale Cost Persons

responsible Monitoring

Links

with

areas of

ECM

EYFS

(requirements of new

EYFS)

Programme of supervision to

be drawn up.

Work with Karen Fishwick

from Catherine Rushforth

Associates on this.

Start supervision with

all staff

term 2012

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

Priority Actions to be taken Success criteria Time

scale Cost

Persons

responsible Monitoring

Links

with

other

areas

of

EYFS

To lessen the load of

assessment and record

keeping on the staff. Too

much time was spent last

year on keeping records and

writing reports especially at

the end of term.

SLT to look at other

methods of record keeping

which would be less

burdensome.

Look at the possibility of

parent feedback being done

throughout the year and not

a huge report at the end.

Staff will work

with the children

more and have less

time away from

the children due

to record keeping.

Starting

autumn

term but

summer

term to be

less

dominated

by record

keeping

HT

DHT to look at

other settings

to see what

they do for

final reports.

SENCO

Governors

Leadership team to have Supervision to be organised Senior staff will Spring £500 HT to organise COG

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supervision (See above) through Catherine Rushforth

Associates

receive regular

supervision

term 2013.

To keep Governors abreast

of Federation Issues

To make sure that we report

at Governor meetings about

what’s happening at Cardwell

Governors aware

of what’s

happening at

Cardwell and

progress of

federation.

Ongoing -- HT to report to

governors COG

Goldsmiths Students are

going to be based here next

year. We are working with

the other nursery schools

and Goldsmiths to give them

a unique experience.

See action plan Students will do

well and have a

good grounding in

Early Years

education.

Starting

Sept 2012

£2500 per

school

HT and DHT

with input from

staff as

necessary

COG

To consolidate monitoring

role of Governors

In Autumn term have

meeting with Governors to

decide areas of

responsibility.

Monitoring will be

done on a regular

basis in all areas

of the action plan.

Autumn

2012 Meeting time HT/DHT COG

To update large books in

hallway to show parents

different areas of the

curriculum- especially prime

areas.

Books to be done on PSED

Communication and language

and Physical development Books will be made

and be on show

for parents

By summer

2013

Physical

development –

SM

PSED- MO

CL- LH

Curriculum

committee

Books will be

brought to

the last

meeting of

the year.

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Up to Threes

Priority Actions to be taken Success criteria Timescale Cost Persons

responsible Monitoring

Links

with

areas of

ECM

EYFS

To work within the new

EYFS.

Training on new EYFS looking

at the main changes in the

document.

To develop a new planning

format in line with the new

EYFS

Staff will fully

understand changes in

the new EYFS.

Planning sheet up to

date and reflecting

new EYFS

Sept 2012

Sept

2012.

Meeting

time-

training

day at

beginning

of term

JC Up to

Three Gov

To change the focus in

Sky and Sunshine rooms

– to have different

areas in different

rooms and allow children

more freeflow within

the Up to Three Unit.

Staff meeting with all staff to

discuss changes .

Classrooms to be reorganised

to have a wider selection of

activities throughout the

centre.

Children will be

accessing all areas in

the Up to Threes.

They will have a better

choice of activities.

Sept 2012 Meeting

time

JC

AM

Up to

Three Gov

HOC

DHOC

To maintain our

Outsanding Grading with

Ofsted

Regular monitoring along the

lines of the school monitoring.

We shall receive an

Outstanding grading.

Monitorin

g Autumn

2012

SLT time

AM

SG

JC

Up to

Three Gov All areas

All

areas

.

.

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Appendix A

Results of parent’s questionnaire 2012.

50 parents completed the questionnaires

80% graded us as outstanding 16% as good and 4% as satisfactory.

100% of parents said their children were happy at school.

100% of parents felt their children had made good progress.

100% of parents felt that the settling in process was adequate

Of the other questions there was 100% satisfaction in all but how much information

parents were receiving about their child’s learning. 12% felt they didn’t have enough

information about what their child was learning.

64% of parents had attended the family room before coming to Pound Park school.

The majority of comments were overwhelmingly positive. I have copied some of them

below. Also copied some of the ideas to do things better.

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What we do well- parents comments

Extremely welcoming . A place that is hard to leave

I like the snack time. They are encouraged by doing it themselves and being with other

children. The school is warm and welcoming.

I am very happy about the school trip in July. My daughter was very excited and happy

about it.

Caring a lot about the children and allowing parents to be part of it.

Settling in is excellent- especially working with parents to ease the process for the

child. The way teachers treat every child as an individual and tailor activities and

approaches to each one according to their needs.

School to home communication is outstanding.

Creates a caring, stimulating fun environment enabling children to develop their own

unique strengths.

Offers opportunities for parents to get involved.

Trips

Safe learning environment for all children.

Making the whole family feel welcome.

Pound Park seems to run like a well oiled machine. Teachers are genuinely interested in

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my child, his personality and progress.

Good communication between staff and parents.

I really appreciated the phone calls to say he was ok after leaving him crying at the

nursery.

Encourages confidence and learning.

Caters well for children with special needs.

Friendly and relaxed atmosphere.

What could we do better- parents comments

To remind all children to say polite words like please and thank you at all occasions.

Improve communication between adult and child.

7.30 start time for the breakfast club.

Celebrate a few more cultural /religious festivals

Information about what they are learning.

Know what lunch menus are so other meals can be planned for.

Give parents specific ways to help their children.

Registering and allocating places and mornings and afternoons felt a bit unclear.

Offering more full days.

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