Shaw, Emma Beaupre

Inspection date

Previous inspection date 7 September 2017 3 November 2014

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This inspection: Good 2

Effectiveness of the leadership and management Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2

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This inspection: Good 2

Personal development, behaviour and welfare Outstanding 1

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This provision is good

 The childminder develops extremely good partnerships with parents and seeks feedback to understand their needs and help identify the effectiveness of her practices. She monitors children's individual achievements to identify, share and target the next steps in children's development.  The childminder knows children's individual needs very well. Her informed observations, assessment and professional judgement give her a valuable insight into how each child learns best. The childminder plans engaging age-appropriate activities, and challenges children's learning effectively to help them make good to outstanding levels of progress.  The childminder provides children with an excellent range of rich opportunities to play independently and explore the fascinating learning environments provided, indoors and outdoors. For instance, children cooperate exceptionally well together and they thoroughly enjoy working out how to use a new water pump in the mud kitchen.

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This provision is good

 Children listen carefully, reflect on the activities available and make decisions about how they are going to approach a task. Once confident in their plan, they enthusiastically have a go at new challenges and creatively add their own ideas and individual flare.

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It is not yet outstanding because:

 The childminder does not consistently make the best of opportunities that arise naturally in children's imaginative play to develop their interest in early literacy skills.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

To further improve the quality of the early years provision the provider should:

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

 make the most of opportunities to encourage and inspire older children to practise writing for a purpose during imaginative play.

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Inspection activities

 The inspector observed, listened to and talked with children as they played indoors and during outdoor play.  The inspector reviewed policies and discussed the procedures relating to children's safety and welfare with the childminder.  The inspector looked at children's records, the childminder's planning and evaluation of activities, and information exchanged with parents.  The inspector took account of the views of parents in written communication.  The inspector spoke with the childminder about the impact of her training, experience and practice on children's well-being, learning and development.

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Effectiveness of the leadership and management is good

The childminder is a qualified nurse as well as an early years practitioner. Her standards of care, hygiene and welfare are extremely good. She continues to regularly update her professional knowledge and skills, such as in paediatric first aid and many other areas of child development. The childminder works closely with parents to record and meet children's individual medical needs. She diligently reviews any accidents or injuries children sustain and assesses play environments well to help ensure children are at minimal risk of harm wherever they are playing. Safeguarding is effective. The childminder knows how to recognise, record and respond appropriately to any concerns about children's welfare or protection. For instance, she keeps contact numbers for relevant agencies, including Ofsted, with her at all times.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

The childminder is conscientious and continues to challenge herself towards even higher standards of teaching. Children delight in learning more about their current interests in the world around them. For example, excited by apple picking in the garden, they safely practise their cutting skills on different sizes and colours of apples. When children examine the apple's tiny seeds the childminder skilfully extends their fascination and thinking further. For example, she talks about growth and life cycles and prepares sweet apple sauce to contrast with the taste of cooking apples. Children soon copy the more precise descriptive language they hear, such as 'sweet' and 'sour', 'crisp' and 'juicy'. They begin to think about making healthy choices at snack time and enjoying occasional treats, such as apple pie.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are outstanding

The childminder is extremely kind and caring and children form exceptionally warm and secure relationships with her and each other. She highly values children's comments and views, and children become increasingly confident, self-assured and skilled in voicing their opinions. Children demonstrate an excellent awareness of the wider world and behave extremely well. The childminder is highly skilful and successful in developing children's assessment and management of risks in the environment. For example, children behave responsibly as they walk through their community, they abide by safety guidance when using garden apparatus and respect the welfare of the childminder's chickens.

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Outcomes for children are good

All children are well prepared for the next stage in their learning, including starting pre- school and school. Children are enthusiastic learners with excellent social skills. For example, young children talk excitedly about their morning at pre-school to older friends. Older children negotiate well and think through how to avoid conflict with friends as they play imaginative games together. Children share resources kindly and listen to each other's points of view. They count coins as they pretend to shop and assess which is the heaviest of different items. They use small tools such as scissors and felt pens skilfully.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY393819 Local authority Wokingham Inspection number 1071175 Type of provision Childminder Day care type Childminder Registers Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Age range of children 1 - 5 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 9

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Name of registered person

Date of previous inspection 3 November 2014

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Telephone number

The childminder registered in 2009. She lives in Wokingham, Berkshire. The childminder cares for children from Monday to Friday, for most of the year. The childminder holds a nursing qualification and has an early years qualification at level 3.

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Telephone number

This inspection was carried out by Ofsted under sections 49 and 50 of the Childcare Act 2006 on the quality and standards of provision that is registered on the Early Years Register. The registered person must ensure that this provision complies with the statutory framework for children’s learning, development and care, known as the early years foundation stage.

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Telephone number

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Telephone number

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