Wemyss Bay Nursery Class

1. The management team should monitor the quality of staff observations and offer guidance and on-going support to help them to undertake high-quality observations of children through play. This should support staff to ensure children's ideas, wishes and interests are used to inform planned play and learning experiences and are evident within the observation, assessment and planning cycle. This will support children to progress and reach their full potential. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'As a child, my social and physical skills, confidence, self-esteem and creativity are developed through a balance of organised and freely chosen extended play, including using open-ended and natural materials' (HSCS 1.31).

1. To provide a high-quality service that meets the needs of children and families, the management team should ensure that quality assurance processes are improved, imbedded and impact positively on outcomes for children. To achieve this, action taken should include, but is not limited to; monitoring the quality of service provision, undertaking self-evaluation and developing a nursery classs improvement plan which identifies key priorities for improvement. This is to ensure that care and support is consistent with the Health and Social Care Standards (HSCS) which state that: 'I benefit from a culture of continuous improvement, with the organisation having robust and transparent quality assurance processes' (HSCS 4.19).