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
ICD on Pr&School Balance Sheet, yearryend 31st August 2025 Registered as a company Iwniled by Guarantee in England & Wales Regkstertrj Office: 66 Kings Drive. Bishopston. Bristol, BS7 8JH Registered No: 5165820 Registered Charity No: 1105204 2025 2024 General Fund Balance at 1.9.24 Sncorne Expendrture Balan at 31.8.25 16,494 105.812 21.640 58.076 Represented by: Cash at Bank Bank t)eposii Account 11.515 9S2 15.532 For the ending 31stAUSt 2025 Ihe cornpany was entill8d to eyEmptitsi from aJ1tund8r5kn0n 477 the Curponies A¢t2006. The membets have not required Ihe camwyto rkntsin aLKIit in xce1daeWlh sedv)n 476 ofth• Companie5 Ad201K. The threLtors a4[1Aedge Iheir respMsiblityfor Sr Director. hriam Lord
Magic Dragon Preschool Annual Report for year ended 31st August 2025 Registered as a company limited by Guarantee in England and Wales Registered OfFice: 66 Kings Drive. Bishotson. Bristol B57 8J H Reg isiered No: 65820 Registered Charity No:1105204 Staffing We have a full complement of staff with five preschool practitioners and one admin assistant. Martha Watton completed her Early Years Initial Teacher Training with us in house completing weekly obserdation and feedback sessions and with a considerable amount of studying in her own time. Martha is now a Level 3 qualified preschool practitioner. 2. Policies Magic Dragon Preschool policies have been reviewed and updated during the year according to our schedule and bad on any updates from The Bristol Association of Neighbourhood Daycare (BAND}. A new behaviour policy was introduced based on the Bristol Behaviour project- Attachment and trauma informed approach. Staff, committee membersand parents have read the 6 main policie5. 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 Assessment was carried out on the premis 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. IK 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 for all staff is up to date. All staff had fire safety and heavy lifting training at the INSET at the start of theyear along with in-house safeguarding training on the signs of abu. Sally, our SENCO, has attended some of her regular SENCO cluster meetings throughout the year. Sally also attended a child protection training run through BAND. Naomi completed her Child Protection Training. Ali our Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL) did an online training session on Domestic Violence. She a150 had a course on the LADO and low level concerns. Ali, our Designated Safeguarding Leader, has attended the Safeguarding cluster meeting. She has also attended the online DSL network cluster meetings. Martha attended a child protection course run by BAND. A representative from Bristol Speech and language services led a session at our September INSET Identifying and supporting children with Speech and Language and communication needs which covered the types of speech issues, how to identify a child who needs further support and howto accessthe right service for them. All staff have been kept up-to-date by in-house safeguarding training each term at staff meetings and as a whole staff undertook the Government PREVENT training course. Supervision sessions {individual and group} and appraisals were carried out for all staff. Ali and Niki continued towork through the Safeguarding Audit. Naomi attended an in person course on Sustainability in preparation for writing our Climate Action Plan. Keyperson-Parent consultations were held twice 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 the younger cohort. Information for the children's Centre and oral health were shared during these meetings. 5. Bristol City Council's Quality Improvement Framework QIF / Ofsted The Autumn /wintervisit focused on PSED and the introduction of the new Eight to Relate audit tool to enhance provision and practi. The Spring/Summer visit focused on the privilege of Working with Two-year-olds: What is it like to be a Two-year-old in our Setting. The team continue to use the Bristol Standard framework reflective questions throughout the year to reflect on their practise and set targets and we also introduced the Eight to Relate reflective questions for reflection. 6. Fundraising events Parentsorganised a Christmasfundrai*rcollating a hamperto be raffled off along with a beautiful piece of art work. The children and staff came to preschool in Pyjamas to raise money for a charity Tommys which was selected by the parents. Parents were invited in at the end of Term 6 to enjoy a show with songs, dances and a chance for the children to share their artwork. 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. Rog Newby was invited in to share his woodworking skills with the children. The children made reindeer 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. James the tennis coach from KingsTennis Club led 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 by the staff. We celebrated World Book Day where the children came dressed up in their PJS, 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, wraps, pizzas, smoothies and salt dough. We celebrated St Patrick's day with a parent coming in to demonstrate and teach us some Irish dancing. To celebrate St David's day, we cooked welsh cakes. The local Primary school reception teacherswere invited in to meetthe 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. Staff attended the transition meeting to handover information to the receiving Reception teachers to help ensure 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 tortoi5 and learn some interesting facts about tortoises. A parent was invited in to read his soon to be published book to the children and led a drawing workshop. We organised an international week to celebrate our diverse cultures at preschool. We made pizzas, made flags, sang songs and said hello in different languages and made Rio festival masks. A parent also read us a Scottish story, came dressed in a kilt and taught us some Scottish dancing. We ran two stay and play sessions during theyear and invited the parents in to see what their child gets up to at Preschool.
8 Other things to note A Year ten studentfrom Redland Green School undertook a week long work experience with us in June. This report was approved on....... Signed: Signed: Di rector: Hazel Robinson Di rector." Miriam Lord
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees . Zckk-- On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) c) £7 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 31 c)% 20-z. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance 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 carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no rnaterial matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination disc1") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act- or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records" or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements Conrning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no COnmS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report 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): IER Oct 2018
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