MAGIC DRAGON PRE-SCHOOL Bishopston, 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
Dra on Pre4chool Balance Shee( yoar*nd 31st August 2024 Regist8red as a company limited by Guarantee in England & Wales Registered offi.. 66 Kings Drive, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 8JH Registered No.. 5165820 Registered Chanty No: 1105204 2024 2023 General Fund Balance at 1.9.23 Income Expenditure Balan at 31.8.24 21,640 58,076 37,281 38,917 Reprosented by: Cash at Bank Bank Deposit Account 962 1.357 Fortha wr ending 31stAugust 2024 the cornpany wa$ antsued to axampts.on from audit under section 477 oftha Companie8 Act 2006. The members have not requ[ the cotnpanyto obtsin an audlt In acts)rdance with section 476 of the CompaniesAct2006. Th& directors ad(Aowledge Ihear pon&t%.[Y for comptylng with the requirements of the Aet with resp8¢t to a(untIng record8 and for the preparation of acLounts. These accL)unts have been dellvered in aLrord8nce Nwith the provision8 aOKable to companles subject tc> the 8rnaJl mpanIeS wlme. These acrLJunts approved on fjgth November 2024 Signed Sign Director.. Imogen PaWtt Director. Mirfam Lord
Magic Dragon Preschool, Bristol Annual Report for year ended 31 August 2024 Registered as a company limited byGuarantee in England and Wales Registered Office.. 66 Kings Drive, Bishopston, Bristol BS7 8JH Registered No.. 5165820 Registered Charity No= 1105204 Staffing We are delighted that we have a full compliment of staff with five preschool practitioners and one admin assistant. 2. Policies Magic Dragon Preschool policies have been reviewed and updated during the year according to our schedule and based on any updates from The Bristol Association of Neighbourhood Daycare IBANDI. Staff, committee members and parents have read the 6 main policies. These policies are available on our website. 3. Health and Safety The team carries out a daily check of premises and equipment. An annual Health and Safety and Fire Risk A55essment 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. 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 statutory training by all staff is up to date. All staff had fire safety and heavy lifting training at the INSET at the start of the year along with in-house safeguarding training on the signs of abuse. Sally, our SENCO, has attended some of her regular SENCO cluster meetings throughout theyear. Sally also attended a child protection training run through BAND. Niki completed an online Courageous Conversations course which was disseminated to staff during a staff meeting. Niki received training from Wellcom which is a toolkit which can be used to assess children's Speech and Language and support delivery of activities to support children. Naomi completed her Child Protection Training. Ali, our Designated Safeguarding Leader, has attended the Safeguarding cluster meeting. Martha attended a Loose Parts Play course and has introduced a regular maths activity encompassing this as a result of her learnings. Rosie M from the Early Years Team came in to lead a staff training on supporting Two- year olds in our setting and changing our practise to support their development. This led to staff being better informed ready for the new lower aged cohort starting after Christmas. All staff have been kept up-to-date by in-house safeguarding training each term at staff meetings. Supervision sessions {individual and group) and appraisals were carried out for all staff. Keyperson-parent consultations were held twice throughout the year giving parents an opportunity to hear how their child was settling in and the progress theywere making based on OPAL milestones. Two Year progress checks were held for the younger
cohort. Information for the children's Centre and oral health were shared during these meetings. Both of our support workers from BAN D have stepped down from their roles this year and we are waiting to be allocated a new person to support us, however we can contact BAND at any point for support in Safeguarding matters, policy information and HR questions. S. Bristol City Council's Quality Improvement Framework QIF / otsted This year we have a new local Lead Teacher, Rosie Coulstring who has supported Niki in her role. The Autumn /winter visit was an opportunity for reflection and discussion about how your curriculum supports children's learning and development. Bristol's EY'S curriculum guidance tool used to frame discussion. The Spring/summer visit focused on early identification and support for communication and language. The team continue to use the Bristol Standard framework reflective questions at the end of each dimension to reflect on their practise and set targets. & Fundraising events 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 took part in a sponsored walk around the local area looking for Magic beans to tie in with our Jack and the Beanstalk theme. We reintroduced Easyfundraising for the parents to sign up to as another way to raise funds for preschool. A disco organised by the parents was held on the last day of term. 7. Other events Termly coffee mornings were held for the parents. Parents very generously brought in items to donate to the local food bank charity. The children enjoyed lots of trips last year including a trip to the post box, a traffic survey, an Autumn walk in the neighbourhood, a walk around the church grounds and a trip to the community allotment. There were also several trips around the local area for those children staying in the afternoons. A firefighter visit was organised for the children who were allowed to try on the fire fighting equipment and then a huge play pack (including pop up tent fire engines, dressing up clothes, stories and puzzles) was given to us to play with for a fortnight. Rog Newby was invited in to share his woodworking skills with the children. The children made bug hotels and boats with F2og using a range of woodworking skills. Parents were invited to join us for a Christmas sing-song at the end of term 2. Tom the tennis coach from Kings Tennis Club continued to run a tennis session for both the blue and yellow group children each term. The children took part in a sports day filled with lots of activities led byTom the tennis coach. We celebrated World Book Daywhere the children came dressed up as their favourite book/character, brought in their favourite book to share and enjoyed a story in the garden with hot chocolate. The children took part in cooking activities each term and made biscuits, soup, muffin pizzas, smoothies and salt dough. The local Primary school reception teachers were invited in to meet the children transitioning to school and to talk to the keypersons to gain insight about the children to help them have a positive transition to Primary School.
We organised a visit for 5 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 tortoises. We ran two stay and play sessions to invite the parents in to see what their child gets up to at Preschool. A drama specialist was invited in at the end of term to do a drama workshop with the children and perform a show. Other things to note Magic Dragon lowered their age for children starting at preschool from two and a half to two years old from after Christmas 2023. A new group was formed and the children enjoyed settling in and learning our Magic Dragon routines. We also extended our hours from 9-1 to 9-3. There was a slow uptake at first, but on average there were 6 children staying in the afternoon with two members of staff. At the end of the year there are 21 children on the books. 6 of these children are moving onto primaryschool this year. We had a student from Bath University do some teaching experience with us over a period of 6 months. She contributed to group activities and supported the children in their play and learning. Two Year ten students from Redland Green School undertook a week long work experience with us in June. This report was approved on 19th November 2024 Signed: Signed: Director: Imogen Pawcett Director: Miriam Lord
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of On accounts for the year ended Charity no (If any) 0£ Eb- Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Acf,). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') 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 with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ' Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply. Signed.. Date: Name.. Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: IER October 2018