_**‘** where it's fun to learn'_ ANNUAL REPORT 2022/2023 110 Union Road, SW8 2SH Charity Number 1094416 Tel: 020 7622 3194 Email: info@uniongrovenursery.co.uk Website: www.uniongrovenursery.co.uk 12 ## **Report from Trustees and Chair of the** ## **Management Committee** The past year has been another busy time; more of a settled year ‘post-pandemic’, but plenty to keep staff and trustees active as we hold always, to improve the quality of provision for our children and families living in the locality. Since the Covid-19 pandemic, providers on the Early Years Register are inspected at least once within a 6-year window; previously three years. Our last inspection was in May 2019 therefore we expect that it will not be too long before another. We continue to pay due care and attention to all recommendations set by OFSTED and, under Sharon as manager of the nursery, the nursery continues to run efficiently and with excellent standards of care and provision. During 2022 there were issues to be resolved concerning a Respiratory Clinic set up under the jurisdiction of Springfield Medical Practice, on the first floor. Negotiations were needed to secure safe access to children and families to the Nursery and it took weeks of communication within the Centre, to fully understand our concerns regarding health and safety; And some time to reassure staff and parents of the ’non-risk’ to health. Issues were addressed and understood, but this situation took its toll and particular thanks to Sharon who largely managed this. Since the pandemic, our numbers have gradually increased. There are currently no vacancies in the two and three year old rooms but this is expected to change around July/August. The baby room is operating at almost full capacity daily, with only immediate spaces available for babies over 18 months. ## **Acknowledgements** - Centre Management - 110 Union Road - DP Associates Accountants - Jenny Griffiths & Lynn Andrews- Lambeth Early Years Education and Improvement team **Children are at the heart of what we do** **Thank you for attending our AGM!** **Please stay for a chat over refreshments.** 2 11 ## **Management Committee** Penny Rose-Casemore Kirsty Kissell Yvonne Kiima Shaimaa Mansour Tatia Julakiadze Mina Mileva ## **Nursery staff** Sharon Davids Donaldson Jackaline Davids Shano Sajjad Kareen Forrester Arosh Hassan Deserine Morrison Gina Wildman Sharon Robinson Chaldelia Choloply ## **Support staff** Nichaela Davids Chanel Rodrigues Iyetunde Ogunlana Audrey (Nikki) Ogunbiyi Natalie Lindo Terri Constantine ## **Apprentices** Kayla Alvis Son Senge Joan Nursery Coordinator Deputy Coordinator Third in charge Third in charge/Room Leader Room Leader Room Leader Room Leader Nursery Assistant (Caterpillars) Finance & Admin. Coordinator ## Cook Nursery Officer (Ladybirds) Nursery Officer (Caterpillars) Nursery Assistant (Bumblebees) Lunch-time Assistant (maternity) Lunch-time Assistant Caterpillars Ladybirds More families require part-time places and this is partly due to working from home or in part-time jobs, The main way that families find their way to the nursery is either through recommendation from others, or through visiting our website - which has been updated and vastly improved over the past year; many thanks to Chaldelia and those on the Management Committee who have worked on this. I know that the more attractive and user-friendly website is of benefit to the nursery. The recent ‘Open day’ in April resulted in new families joining and the next Open day is scheduled for August. There have been one or two changes in staff during the year, but it is noticeable again, that many staff members have worked with UGCN for many years and it is this stability which brings trust and an openness to families and friends. Parents continue to collect children at the main door. The staff team have continued to be magnificent in their commitment and attention to detail including the need to clean equipment and spaces thoroughly during the day and at the end of the working day. As last year, there has been an on-going focus on improving the standards of record-keeping and good practice and regular staff meetings and supervision are offered. There have been a number of training days/sessions for staff, both on-line and in person. We continue to encourage every staff member to move on to the next level of training as a matter of course. During the year the management committee received quarterly financial reports and monthly staff reports with weekly updates on staff attendance/sickness and children attending. Management meetings have taken place on Zoom during the year. We have found that this is the most convenient way to meet. My thanks to trustees who offer their time and skill-sets not only in meetings but also between meetings. 10 3 Nursery fees were increased in January 2023, as they are every year. Staff salary increases were agreed from May 2023.Thank-you to everyone: staff, children and their families, friends of the nursery and management committee members for hard work, commitment, dedication and sense of humour over the past year. ## _Penny Rose-Casemore Trustee and Chair of Management Committee_ ## Parents and Carers I would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents and carers for placing their children in our care and who continue to recommend us to their family and friends. You have supported us by donating various resources, sharing ideas and taking a real interest in the nursery by serving on the management committee. We look forward to another year of working in partnership with you. Please make use of our open day policy and provide feedback on how to further improve the service that we provide in our local community and beyond. ## Management Committee A big thank you to our management committee chair Penny, and other nursery committee members and Dave the accountant who all meet regularly to discuss nursery business to enhance the service we provide. Mina and Tatia have been particularly instrumental in developing our marketing strategy which has seen a revived website, google business reviews and new outdoor signboard. Kirsty, Yvonne and Shaimaa, whose children left the nursery years ago, have continued to serve on the committee. ## Staff Team A very warm thank you to our dedicated and attentive staff team for embracing reflective practice, especially those that have worked here for many years. For their ideas, skills, strengths and committed approach to ‘play’ for learning and development. _Sharon Davids-Donaldson Nursery Coordinator_ 4 9 staff feels valued, listened to and is accessing the relevant training to enhance their ongoing continuing professional development that benefits and supports children’s learning and development. This is further supported by short courses via National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA), Early Years Alliance (EYA) and Lambeth Schools Service. Training undertaken over the year have included Food and Hygiene Level 2, Understanding and Responding to Childrens Behaviour in Early years, Enabling Boys to Learn and Achieve, Early Years Healthy Bladders and Bowels, Child Protection Advance and The Prevent Duty in an Early Years Environment. Monthly staff meetings continue to take place in the evenings after nursery hours to discuss nursery practice and procedures to ensure overall improvements. ## Student placements/work experience The nursery continues to work in partnership with local secondary schools and colleges to support students on work experience or block placements. Over the past year, we have offered short work placements to students from the following secondary schools and colleges: La Retraite, Lambeth Academy, Westminster and Kingsway College and South Thames College. We also offer apprenticeship schemes and currently have students from Apprenticeship Connect and Swift Childcare. I was honoured to receive the Manager of the Year 2023 Award from Apprenticeship Connect for outstanding commitment and dedication to delivering quality training and support for apprentices. This came as a complete surprise, none the less this award would not have been possible without the support from the entire staff team. Apprenticeship Connect is a leading apprenticeship training provider and recruitment company committed to delivering professional training courses to individuals throughout England. ## **OUR NURSERY ROOMS** ## **Caterpillar Room (3-24 months)** The Caterpillar Room is led by Kareen. The daily communication diary, via Kinderly, informs parents of children’s activities throughout the day, alongside the focus activity observations. The open plan room, with a cosy area and a baby gym, supports physical development and offers a calm, homely, fun and loving environment. The children continue to enjoy heuristic and treasure basket play, outdoor play, listening walks and weekly visits to Oasis Nature Garden. They also participate in sensory exploration with sand, water, edible paints, imaginative play, weekly cooking and dance and movement sessions. Kareen says ‘children are like a fountain of joy; I can never get enough of their lovely innocent personalities and truthfulness’. ## **Ladybird Room (24 – 36 months)** The Ladybird Room is led by Deserine. We encourage and provide daily opportunities for children to have fun expressing themselves and developing their fine motor skills along the way. The children continue to participate and enjoy their weekly football sessions with Futsalelite football club. They enjoy the role play area and the large play equipment in the nursery garden. They take part in daily circle time sessions which include storytelling, learning about numbers, letters, nursery rhymes and activities that help support their communication and language development. The children take part in activities that widen their knowledge on independence, self-care, messy and creative activities. Deserine and Chanel ‘enjoy seeing children progress to their ability of learning.’ 8 5 ## **Bumblebee Room (36 months+)** The Bumblebee Room is led by Shano and Gina. The children participate and enjoy weekly football and ballet sessions The open plan room provides a structured environment to support progress and development for starting primary school. Our preschool room is set up with various areas of continuous provision that support the areas of learning in the EYFS, allowing skills and abilities to be consolidated through play. We plan our environment from the child’s interest but also skilfully add inviting provocations that have the intention of either teaching new things, consolidating current knowledge or skills or next stepping a child’s learning to progress further. Each day our children are engaged in small group times that are planned by key persons to meet the needs of the children, differentiating the learning intention as necessary. Our children play outside daily and can choose whether they want to be indoors or outdoors throughout the morning and afternoon sessions. Few pre-schoolers are eligible for extra funding in the form of Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP). This is used by the nursery to provide further specific resources and learning opportunities for these children based on their specific needs. At present our EYPP children are engaged in a specific group time with ‘Literacy’ as its main aim in ensuring children make steady progress to become confident readers and writers once in school. This is all documented in their weekend news book and shows the children’s week to week progress, all based around what they did with their families over the weekend. Nikki says ‘children are vulnerable, yet so brave, because they are risk takers.’ ## **Nursery Manager’s Report** Once again it has been a busy and exciting year as we continue to build on the hard work of the previous years and strive to become an outstanding provision. Our intake of new children is steadily increasing with mainly existing and former parents recommending the nursery to family and friends. The nursery continues to serve the local and wider community with some parents who work locally but live further afield or returning parents who live further afield but happy to travel the distance to use our service. We continue to support children who have been affected by the pandemic, for example, with delayed communication or social skills and we continue to strive to narrow the gap in regard to when they start reception class. I commend the diligent and flexible staff team who continue to care for each child throughout these times of change. The staff team are incredible in promoting the nursery ethos “where it’s fun to learn” which ensures that we put children first. Working as a whole staff team is essential to giving the best start to your child. This year we have enhanced our outdoor play spaces with Community Playthings equipment that the children enjoy using. The children have continued throughout the year to celebrate Easter, Mother’s Day, EidAl-Adha, Divali, Father’s Day, Christmas, Black History Month, Chinese New Year, World Book Day and St Patrick’s Day. ## Staffing The turnover of our staff continues to be low, and we welcome this trend since stability of staff is paramount to the care and development of children. I continue to carry out supervision to ensure that each member of 6 7 numbÈr. 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