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

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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 PaW￿tt
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

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