Childcare Provision
The provision of high quality, part-time childcare for 2-3 year olds is integral to the Flying Start Programme.
High Quality Childcare
Quality childcare develops social skills and the ability to play and concentrate. These are crucial, not only for the ability to learn, but also to take part in groups. Flying Start childcare aims to be of the highest quality. It should strive to be the benchmark for quality childcare throughout Wales.
Engaging Experiences
Enabling adults, effective environments and engaging experiences are key to providing quality childcare. This provides the foundations on which future development will be built.
A Healthy Child is a Happy Child.
- For the healthy development of children, it is important to create an environment that promotes being healthy. Healthy attitudes and behaviours are encouraged.
- Each setting provides a safe, caring and effective environment that supports children to feel happy and valued. Practitioners ensure children learn and develop through first hand and play based experiences.
- Each childcare setting is encouraged to work towards the Healthy and Sustainable Pre-School Scheme National Award Criteria.
- Each childcare setting is encouraged to work to the highest standards. They offer food and drink to the children in their care following the Food and Nutrition for Childcare Settings Best Practice Guidance (Welsh Government, 2018).
The Flying Start staff will deliver engaging quality play and learning opportunities through a wide range of activities.
All staff will hold the appropriate Childcare qualifications in accordance with the qualification framework set out by Social Care Wales.
Each Flying Start childcare setting aspire to the following aims:
- Provide a safe, stimulating and effective environment.
- Offer a wide range of indoor and outdoor play activities.
- Provide Play based experiences based on the child’s developmental needs.
- Provide a service which supports and safeguards children.
- Support children who require additional support.
- Create an environment in which children feel valued and listened to taking into account their interests and needs.
- Work in partnership with parents/carers in an open and honest way.
Our childcare advisory team support settings in achieving high quality childcare.
Address
Flying Start
Old Morfa Infants School
New Street
Morfa
Llanelli
SA15 2DQ
Telephone
01554 742447
