They make good use of the indoor space, showing an increasing awareness of the way that their use of space may affect others. Regular use is made of the outside playground area and children have regular opportunities to use wheeled toys and small apparatus outside. However, there are few pieces of equipment to support children's balancing skills and a limited number of resources to promote children's throwing and catching skills. Creative development Children are making very good progress towards the early learning goals with creative development. They show a good awareness of musical sounds, for example, when beating time to a child playing a tambourine and when singing along to the piano.
Children enjoy singing, dancing and using the musical instruments on a very regular basis.
They have many good opportunities to paint, draw and model freely using their own ideas and thinking about the materials and colours they are using. Very good use is made of imaginative play with children often engaged in role-play for long periods. Staff encourage children to make full use of the indoor area for imaginative play and this enables children to feel very confident in expressing their creative ideas. Children's sensory development is promoted very effectively by use of natural materials, such as sand and pastry and by regular cooking activities. The quality of teaching is good overall with much of it being of a very good standard.