MAGIC DRAGON PRE-SCHOOL Bishopston. Bristol Registered Office: 66 Klngs Drlve. Bishopston, Brlstol BS7 Reglstered as a Company Ilmited by Guarantee in England & Wales Registered No. 5165820 Registered Charlty No. 1105204 21 C)r rs ¢3J MAGI( DKAGON PKES(HOOL, BKISTOL ANNUAL KEPOKT FOK YEAK ENDED 31 AUGUST 2023 Registered as a compary limtied by Guarantee in England and Wa Registered Offic¥. 66 Kings DrNe, Bishorston, Br￿01 B97 8JH Registered No." 5165B20 Registe￿ Charity No.. 1105204 Staffing We have a full compliment of staff with five preschool practitioners and one admin assistant. 2. Poll¢les Magic Dragon Presch¢)ol policies have b￿n reviewed and updated during theyear according to our schedule and based on any updates from Elizabeth Male from The Bristol Association of Neighbourhood Daycare (BAND). Staff, committee members and parents have read the 6 main policies Health and Safety The team carries out a daily check of premises and equipment. An annual health and safety and fire risk assessment was carried out on the premises by the Preschool Leader together with Sally Wales No issues of concern. Sally also compiles and analyses all the accidents that occur at Magic Dragon and feeds back to staff at each staff meeting. The church installed ccrv cameras to the external areas of the property. An intruder alarm has been fitted and a more updated fire alarm system is now used in the church buildings. Staff development and tralnlng During the year staff attended various training and workshops and completed Some online training to update and enhance their knowledge and skills. All statutory training by all staff is up to date. Sally, our SENCO, ha5 attended some of her regular SENCO cluster meetings throughout the year. She also visited Filton Avenue Children's Centre to gain some more understanding on how to support our families with EAL 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 issue& Niki also watched a webinar on Prevent to allow dissemination of information at a staff meeting. Naomi completed her Child Protection Training. Ali, our Designated Safeguarding Leader, has attended the Advanced Safeguarding training for Designated Safeguarding Leads and Safeguarding cluster meetings. Ali also attended a paediatric First Aid course.. also a Children's Mental Health and wellbeinglresilience online course. Martha attended a Playful Maths in the Earlyyears course which has helped us plan more activities and group tasks using loose parts. She also visited Fallodon Way Playgroup to see the waythey run their outdoor education. All staff have kept up-to-date by in-house safeguarding training each term at staff meetings. SupeNision *ssions (individual and group) and appraisals were carried out for all staff. Staff Peer observations took place in the Spring torm. Elizabeth Male from BAND carried out a monitoring vislt in December 2022. The assessment timetable for the year was t￿eaked fvrther to reduce staff workload and focus stafFsobservations which were fed back to all the team on a daily basis to help plan relevant activitieslinterartions to support all children to make progres& Keyperson-parent consultations were held ￿lce throughout the year giving parents an opportunity to hear how their child was settling in and the progress they were making based on OPAL milestones. Two Year progress checks were held for theyounger cohorL Information for the Children's Centre and oral health were also shared. S. Bristol Clty Council's Quality Improvement Framework QIF / Ofsted Thisyear, Jane Smith, our local Lead Teacher, has supported Niki in her role. The Autumn inter visit focused on reflecting on the transition to Primary School process. The Spring/summer visit gave an opportunityfor reflection and discussion about how our curriculum supports children's learning and developmenL The team continue to use the Bristol Standard framework reflective questions at the end of each dimension to reflect on their prartise and set targets, but no formal submissions were made last year. We had our Ofsted Inspection in April and gained a 'Good' grading. & Fundralslng •Vtnts Parents organised a Christmas fundraiser collating a hamper to be raffled off. The children and staff came to preschool in Pyjamas to raise money for a charity Kids Matter which was selected by the parents. Parents were invited in at the end of Term 6 to enjoy a show with songs and dances. The children worked hard one week to create lots of different pieces of art ranging from clay work to abjriginal art to display at our indoor Art Exhibition where we raised £88.50 to fund the building of our water wall. 7. Other events Termly coffee mornings were held for the paren We had a librarian visit to share stories with the children. The children enjoyed lots of trips last year including a trip to the post boK a traffic survey, an Autumn walk in the neighbourhood. a walk around the church grounds and a trip to the community allotment. Rog Newby was invited in to share his woodworking skills with the children. The children made reindeer and boats with Rog using a range of woodworking skills. Parents were invited to join us for a Christmas sing-song at the end of term 2. Vicky a local 'music lad￿ came in for the day in April to sing with the children, share some instruments from around the world and inspire the staff team with her range of songs and music activities Tom the tennis coach from KingsTennis Club continued to run a tennis session for both the blue and yellow group children each term. We celebrated World Book Day where the children came dressed up as their favourite boowcharacter and brought in their favourite book to share. We had visits from parentslrelatives throughout the year. The local Primary school reception teachers were invited in to meet the children transitioning to school and to talkto the keypersonsto gain insight about the children to help them have a p)sitive transition to Primary Schcol. We organised a visit for S tortoises to join us at preschool and the children had the opportunity to feed. wash and touch the tortoises and learn some interesting facts about tortoise& We ran two stay and play sessions to inwte the parents in to see what their child gets up to at Preschool. Reglster At the end of the year there were sixteen children on the register at Magic Dragon, with ven children leaving tojoin Reception and one child moving to another preschool. This report was approved on......-......-.......-.......-...-.......-.... Signed: HI Signed: Director: Harriet Marsden Director. Miriam Lord 18lilzw g IGILF CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examtner's Report Report to the trusteesl mombors of On accounts for the yoar ended sk Charity no Ilf any) 11 os-lo¥ Set out on page• I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty (Ihe Trusf) for the year 8nded3I Re8pon8lbllltles and AS the Chanty trustees of the Trust, you are responsib￿ for the preparation ba818 of raport of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Chanties Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I report in respect of my 8xamination of the Trust's accounts ¢arried oul under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Chanty Commission under section 145(5)Ib) of the Act I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have ¢cYne to my attention (other than that disclosed b81ow ") in connection with the examinab'on which gNes me cause to believe that in, any material respe¢t.' accounling records were not kept in accordance wth section 130 of the Ad or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent axamlner'8 8tatsmont I have no concerns and have come across no oth8r matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable o proper understanding of the accounts to be reached . Please delete the bwrds in the br8ckets rfthey do not apply. Slgned: Date: Namo: Relevant profe$slonal qualification(s) or body {If any): Addre88: IER October 2018