We are very pleased to announce the opening of The Hideout.

Work began in January 2007 and was completed six months later much to the delight of all!

To enquire - tel: 01787 377707 and ask for Deirdre of Jeff

Take a look at the photos below.

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Once again Woodpeckers receive a glowing report from Ofsted. This year was even better than the last, due to our commitment to excellence.

The purpose of this inspection is to assure government, parents and the public of the quality and standard of day care in accordance with the National Standards for Under Eights Day Care and Childminding; and that the nursery education for funded three and four year old children is of an acceptable quality.

Inspection of nursery education also identifies strengths and weaknesses so that providers can improve the quality of educational provision and help children to achieve the early learning goals (elgs) by the end of the Foundation Stage.

The Investors in Children scheme, from the governments Sure Start unit, endorses the Suffolk Quality Assurance Scheme.

This is a Quality Assurance scheme developing and recognising good practice within childcare settings.

Woodpeckers Nursery has now completed all Eight Modules.

What's involved?

The scheme consists of completing 8 modules which can be achieved one at a time:

Module 1 Welcomes, farewells and transitions
Module 2 Meeting everyone's needs
Module 3 Meals, snacks and celebration
Module 4 Play and learning - indoors and outdoors
Module 5 Making the most of outdoors
Module 6 Interactions
Module 7 Working together as a team
Module 8 Management and Business

We are very pleased with the recent expansion to our Busy Bees Baby room.

Work began in January 2004 and was completed a few months later much to the delight of all!

We would like to take this opportunity to thank Goodchild and King Builders for doing such a splendid job.

Take a look at the photos below.

In March 2005, Woodpeckers qualified for Investors In People..

Investors in People is the national Standard which sets out a level of good practice for training and development of people to achieve business goals.

The Standard was developed during 1990 by the National Training Task Force in partnership with leading national businesses, personnel, professional and employee organisations such as the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), Trades Union Congress (TUC) and the Institute of Personnel and Development (IPD)

The work was supported by the Employment Department. The experiences of the UK's most successful organisations, large and small, representing all sectors of the UK economy, were very positive and the Standard received the full endorsement of wide range of interested parties.

The Investors in People Standard is based on four key principles:

Commitment
Planning
Action
Evaluating