Well planned activities about a range of different festivals and customs support children's understanding of cultures and beliefs very effectively and are very well related to children's stages of development. Physical development Good progress overall is being made in physical development towards the early learning goals. Children are confident and independent in their movements, for example, when trying out new ways of going down the slide and when climbing the rungs of the frame. They enjoy moving imaginatively, often taking on roles such as animals and moving like them. Movement games and action rhymes are used well to encourage children to think about parts of their body.
Children show growing co-ordination and control when jumping and running.
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.