MAGIC DRAGON PRE-SCHOOL Bishop5ton. Bristol Registered Office: 66 Kings Drive, Bishopston, Bristol BS7 8JH Registered as a Company limited by Guarantee in England & Wales Registered No. 5165820 Registered Charity No. 1105204 Balan¢• ShA•L 3lstAugu5t2021 RcgAuEdOffirc."06 kuyDn*t. 815hofftn. Bril01. BS? IJH Rtgxctrd No 5105820 (knr) No 110%2ts4 2021 Gènèral Fufjd Baan¢t811.9.20 Receipts expèrtdrture Baancfral 31.8.21 25.297 48.fj72 44.376 Captsl Grant IstattWgWwBTr B*ance at 1 9 20 E¥pendth Balan￿ at 31.8.21 Totsl Funds Rtpresentgj by.. Cash al Bwk ank DepositArthunl 12. 13.287 297 Si Dk•ttar $** M¥ner MAGIC DKAGON PRESIHOOL, BKISIOL ANNUAL KEPORI FOK YEAK INDID 31 AUGUSI 2021 Registered as a company Iimtted byGuarantee in England an¢J Wales e9iStered Office.. 66 King5 Drive. 8ishopston. Biistol BS7 8JH Registeied 5l6£820 Registered Charity No'.M05204 staffing Sadly, after manyyears of being a practitioner and then helping set up in the mornings, Kare stepped down from Magic Dragon. We would like to thank Kate for all of her hard work and dedication to the children and providing them with a fun learning environment. Preschool was closed from 5:, January- 8 March 2021 during the COVID-19 National Lockdown. All positions in the committee were filled. 2. Policies Magic Dragon Preschool policies have been reviewed and updated during the year according to our schedule. Elizabeth Male, our support worker from Bristol Association of Neighbourhood Daycare IBANDI, has also reviewed all the wlicies as part of her pre- Ofsted mon itoring visit. New policies adopted included a COVID 19 policy. environmental tx)licy and staff well- being policy. 3. Health and Safety The team carries out a daily check of premises and equipmenr. An annual health and safety and fire risk assessment was carried out on the premises by the Preschool Leader together with Sally Wales. The church hall representative has carried out a health ar)d safety check with Niki in September 2020. Sally also compiles and analyses all the accidents that occur at Magic Dragon and feeds back to staff at each staff meeting and committee members at committee meetings. New forms were introduced to record a child returnir)g to preschool after illness. A record of children taking PCR tests has also been introduced. 4. Staff development and training During the year Staff attended various training and workshops, and completed some online training to update and enhance their knowledge and skills. All statutorytraining by all staff is upto date. Sally, our SENCO, has attended regular SENCO cluster meetings throughout the year. Visits with the local authority Inclusion and Portage team were also carried out. Niki has attended the local Leaders Network meetings, a very useful forum for sharing common issues. Ali, our Designated Safeguarding Leader. has attended Safeguarding cluster meetings and a multi-agency network workshop. Sarah attended an online 'Music in the Early Years, course. Niki has attended several zoom sessions run by the Bristol Earlyyears Team focussing on the new EYFS reforms and how this will impact on assessment and the new non- statutory documents for assessment. All staff have been kept Up-to-date by in-house safeguarding training each term at staff meetings. Supervision sessions lindividual and group) and appraisals have been ca rried out for all staff. 5. Bristol City Council's Quality Improvement Framework QIF This year, Jane Smith, our local Lead Teacher, has supported Niki in her role. The focus for the visits/zooms has been to ensure transitions to primary school happened smoothly. supporting the well-being of our staff and children and ernsuring the EYFS reforms were understood. Throughout the pandemic we have been supported to think how we were maintaining the quality of our provision and curriculum during challenging times 6. Fundraising & Events A clothes collection to raise money was organised in the Autumn term. Parents organised a Christmas fundraiser collating a hamper to be raffled off. An art exhibition was held at preschoo5 on the last day ofterm showcasing and celebrating children's artwork done at home and at preschool during Art week. Tote bags and t-shirts displaying the Magic Dragon Logo were sourced and sold to parents with profits going to the preschool. 7. Other events The children enjoyed lots of trips last year including a trip to the post box, a traffic survey, an Autumn walk in the neighbourhood and a trip to the community allotment. Parents were invited rojoin us outside for a Christmas sing-song at the end of term 2. Tom the tennis coach from Kings Tennis Club started running a tennis session for both the blue and yellow group children in the summer term. Mindfulness activities were introduced in preschool every day to promote and look after the children's mental health. The Magic Dragon Garden was given a revamp with some new artificial grasg being pur down over the paved area to provide an area to sit down and the fence was replaced borderin9 onto the Good Shepherd Close care home. 8. Register At the end ofthe year there were twenty-nine children on the register at Magic Dragon, with thirteen leaving to join Reception and two children moving to other preschools. This report was approved on 9th December 2021 Signed= Signed.. Director.. Sarah Hamer Director.. Miriam Lord CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trusteesl members of M b(IIi4DN fKE-SciboL On accounts for the year ended Charity no {if any) IIos20* Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above harity (Yhe Trust") for the year ended 51 l 08 I20￿. Responsibilities and As the chartty trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {"the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)Ib) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention { ') in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord wrth the accounting records Independent examiner's ststement I have no COn￿mS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order lo enable a proper underslanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not 8ppIy. Signed: Date: 22 Name: Relevant professional qualifscation{sl or body (if any}: Address: sAc• fsTo IER October 2018