Taynuilt Primary Pre Five Unit

1. To support children's wellbeing, development needs and progress, personal plans should be further developed and streamlined with a focus on more detailed support strategies and next steps linked to clearer progression pathways. This is to ensure care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: 'My personal plan (sometimes referred to as a care plan) is right for me because it sets out how my needs will be met, as well as my wishes and choices' (HSCS 1.15) and 'My care and support meets my needs and is right for me' (HSCS 1.19).

2. To support children's play and learning and enable them to achieve their full potential, management and staff should: - Review and further develop their approaches to planning to create a better balance of child centred, structured and free flow play and learning experiences. - Ensure appropriate levels of challenge and depth in play and learning that supports children's curiosity and creativity and enables them to lead on their play and learning. - From observations undertaken, consider how individualisation is captured within planning to create and support opportunities for children to achieve their identified next steps. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS), which states that: 'As a child, I can direct my own play and activities in the way that I choose, and freely access a wide range of experiences and resources suitable to my age and stage, which stimulate my natural curiosity, learning and creativity' (HSCS1. To promote positive outcomes for children and support staff development, management should: - Continue to monitor and review staff deployment closely, with careful consideration given to staffs' skills, knowledge and experience. - Develop leadership roles to ensure staff have designated roles and responsibilities to support them to take ownership and make improvements as part of their ongoing professional development. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: 'I use a service and organisation that are well led and managed' (HSCS 4.23) and 'I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assurance processes' (HSCS 4.19).

1. To support positive outcomes and improve the play experiences for all the children management and staff should: - Review the suitability, accessibility and quality of resources on offer to provide children with more opportunities through free play to promote their curiosity and imagination, their sense of wellbeing, wonder and adventure. - Continue to review and evaluate the layout of children's play spaces both indoors and outside with careful consideration being given to the experiences for the younger children. This is to ensure care, play and learning is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which states that: 'As a child, I can direct my own play and activities in the way that I choose, and freely access a wide range of experiences and resources suitable to my age and stage, which stimulate my natural curiosity, learning and creativity' (HSCS 2.27) and 'As a child, I play outdoors every day and regularly explore a natural environment' (HSCS 1.32).