Lanivet & District Under Fives

Lanivet & District Under Fives Church Hall, Rectory Road, Lanivet, BODMIN, Cornwall PL30 5HG

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Inspection date 5 February 2019 Previous inspection date 13 June 2018

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This inspection: Good 2

Previous inspection: Requires improvement Effectiveness of leadership and management Good 2 Quality of teaching, learning and assessment Good 2 Personal development, behaviour and welfare Good 2 Outcomes for children Good 2

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This provision is good

n The manager and staff have made positive changes to address the actions from the last inspection. The manager has supported staff to enhance their skills and knowledge to improve the way they plan for children's needs and interests. Staff now make accurate assessments of children's learning and plan challenging activities that extend children's skills. Children make good progress. n The manager and chairperson work closely together to evaluate and enhance the provision. They have used money from a grant to renovate the indoor play room, so it has underfloor heating and accessible storage units. Children make decisions about what and how they want to play. They develop good self-esteem and confidence, and are well motivated to learn. n Key persons know children thoroughly and monitor children's progress well from the start. They rapidly identify when there are gaps in children's learning and put in extra

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This provision is good

support to help them. All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress in their learning. n The staff and committee encourage parents to be involved in all aspects of their children's care and learning. For example, staff regularly share what children need to learn next with parents and provide books for parents to read with children at home, and the committee puts on training, such as first-aid courses, for them. Children benefit from consistent experiences and develop well. n On occasion, staff do not organise group times or changes in routine well enough. For example, when going outdoors, children become bored and restless waiting for others to put their coats on. n At times, staff interrupt children's self-chosen play and suggest new activities instead of giving children the time that they need to finish what they are doing first.

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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

n improve the organisation of group times and changes in routines to minimise waiting time for children in order to prevent them becoming bored and to help them understand expectations n provide children with sufficient time to complete self-chosen activities to their satisfaction.

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What the setting needs to do to improve further

Inspection activities n The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors. n The inspector spoke with staff, parents and children to seek their views at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector held a leadership and management meeting with the manager and chairperson to discuss practice and the provision. n The inspector completed a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector sampled documentation, including the setting's action plan for changes, risk assessments, staff training files, policies and procedures.

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Effectiveness of leadership and management is good

The manager and staff have improved risk assessments and checks to help keep children safe. For example, staff completed training on road safety and managing children when on outings, including buying high-visibility jackets for children to wear. In addition, they carry out daily checks on hazards, such as the water heater in the children's bathroom to make sure it does not get too hot. They are vigilant about unexpected visitors to the site, checking their identity and making sure they sign the visitor log book. Arrangements for safeguarding are effective. The manager makes sure staff supervise children well and encourages them to support children to manage age-appropriate risks. Children know the 'golden rules' for indoors and outdoors and their behaviour is good.

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Quality of teaching, learning and assessment is good

Staff encourage children's communication and early literacy well. For example, they help children say letter sounds in names, and praise them when they write them on the chalkboard in the outdoor play area. Staff support young children to find things out. For instance, they encouraged children to lift plastic tubes higher to see if it made dry sand run faster, and to see what happened when they add water. Staff include all children well in group times. They use hand signs and words to help children follow the story and listen attentively.

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Personal development, behaviour and welfare are good

Staff encourage children to be active and healthy. Children enjoy playing a chasing game in the outdoor area, noticing how their heart beats faster. Indoors, children join in a card game to collect food items and discuss with staff that fruit is good for you and donuts, although tasty, are not so good. Older and younger children play well together, such as when they take turns counting or hiding in a game of hide and seek. Staff support children to become independent and prepare them well for moving on to school. For example, staff ask children to wash their plates and cups after snack time, encourage them to put their shoes and boots on themselves, and invite teachers to pre-school to meet the children.

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Outcomes for children are good

Children are motivated and eager to join in as soon as they arrive at pre-school. Children experiment with using chopsticks to pick up red-coloured noodles, working out how much they need to fill different sized containers. Younger children concentrate well as they thread pasta shapes onto wool, loving the praise they receive from staff. Older children gain confidence and take responsibility as they become special helpers. They help set out tables for snack time and encourage others to help put toys away at tidy-up time.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY541024 Local authority Cornwall Inspection number 10085025 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Sessional day care Age range of children 2 - 4 Total number of places 24 Number of children on roll 24 Name of registered person Lanivet & District Under Fives

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Date of previous inspection 13 June 2018 Telephone number 01208 832495

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Lanivet & District Under Fives registered in 2016 and is located in Bodmin, Cornwall. It offers care from 8.45am until 3.15pm on Monday to Friday, term time only. There are six staff employed to work with the children. Five hold appropriate childcare qualifications, including one at level 6, three at level 3 and one at level 2. The pre-school receives early education funding to provide free places for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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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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