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Panda Playgroup | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
Panda Playgroup
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Panda Playgroup
- Nursery
- Copmanthorpe YO23 3SQ
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Good |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children benefit from developing their physical skills, both indoors and outdoors. They learn to climb and balance on the indoor climbing frame, negotiating the cargo net safely.
Activities: Staff offer children a range of opportunities. For instance, children grow strawberries in the on-site garden and take trips on the train to visit different towns.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff implement the playgroup's balanced curriculum through daily routines which is linked to children's interests.
Communication: Staff know children well. They gather comprehensive information from parents before children attend. This helps to plan children's learning from the start.
Programs and Resources: The provision for children with SEND is good. The whole team work well together to support children.
Staff Training: The whole team have undertaken training in Makaton to support children's communication and language skills.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff offer a warm welcome to families as they arrive at this inclusive playgroup. Children enter cheerfully, join in and are ready to learn.
Safeguarding Training: There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.
Play and Learning Integration: Children develop the strength in their fingers as they roll and mould play dough. This helps to prepare them for future skills, such as writing.
Diversity Management: Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and children who speak English as an additional language are given additional support.
Child Safety Management: There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.
Happiness and Settling: Children feel safe and confidently look for any known adult for support. Children's behaviour is good.
Nutritional Menu: Staff promote children's healthy lifestyles well. Children and staff sit and eat together at mealtimes. They discuss what is in their lunch boxes.
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Panda Playgroup is a Nursery, Nursery located in North Yorkshire, Yorkshire and The Humber.
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We'd love to meet you and the pre-school is available for reservations beginning in September or at Easter. Call the manager at 07716 653801 to set up a visit or a sampling session, or contact us by clicking here to go to our contact page.
The Methodist Church Hall hosts Sticky Mitts Stay and Play classes on Mondays and Wednesdays during the academic year from 9.45 to 11.15. Booking in advance is required, but it's simple to accomplish. Simply click here to email us.
We have long served as the hub of Copmanthorpe Village; in fact, this year marks our 40th anniversary! We are a legally recognised charity, and our voluntary board of trustees is composed primarily of Panda parents and caregivers.
Our many programmes offer nearby pre-schoolers an engaging path of play-based learning from birth through school. We want to make it easier for parents to find a secure, friendly place to visit with their kids, meet other parents, and experience a little bit of what Panda Pre-School has to offer. Please visit our Panda Pre-School section to learn more about the school.
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The Methodist Church Hall hosts Sticky Mitts Stay and Play classes on Mondays and Wednesdays during the academic year from 9.45 to 11.15. Booking in advance is required, but it's simple to accomplish. Simply click here to email us.
We have long served as the hub of Copmanthorpe Village; in fact, this year marks our 40th anniversary! We are a legally recognised charity, and our voluntary board of trustees is composed primarily of Panda parents and caregivers.
Our many programmes offer nearby pre-schoolers an engaging path of play-based learning from birth through school. We want to make it easier for parents to find a secure, friendly place to visit with their kids, meet other parents, and experience a little bit of what Panda Pre-School has to offer. Please visit our Panda Pre-School section to learn more about the school.
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Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
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