Tsuzuki Pellegrino, Makiko

Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Requires improvement

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The provision is good

Since the last inspection the childminder has addressed weaknesses in her practice effectively. She has high expectations for her own performance and she has evaluated the quality of her provision well. This has helped her to ensure that she is meeting requirements.

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The provision is good

Children are happy and safe in the childminder's home. They have a strong sense of belonging and they are successfully learning how to manage their own feelings and emotions. The childminder focuses her curriculum on promoting these personal and social skills. This helps her to address the unique needs of the children who attend her setting.

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The provision is good

Children demonstrate positive attitudes and, at times, become absorbed in their learning. For instance, the childminder recognises that children enjoy painting. She provides opportunities for children to experiment with paints and they enjoy using different tools to mix colours together. Children make marks and shapes on paper, smiling as they admire their creations.

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The provision is good

The childminder knows the children in her care very well and she has high expectations to help them develop their knowledge and skills. However, on occasion she does not fully consider how to maintain children's interest during adult-led group activities.

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need to do better?

n The childminder has a positive attitude to further improvement. She regularly reads online childminding publications and participates in webinars to help her ensure that her knowledge is up to date. She is keen to continue to develop her own skills. For instance, she is currently completing training to help further her own understanding of how to support children's social and emotional development. n The childminder has strong arrangements in place to help build positive relationships with new children and their families. This is demonstrated by the completion of home visits and a programme of settling-in sessions. These help children and their families to get to know the childminder well and understand her expectations from the outset. However, on rare occasions when families require an immediate start for their children, these induction arrangements are not implemented as successfully. This means that there is some inconsistency in

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need to do better?

parental understanding of policies and procedures relating to promoting healthy eating and supporting early communication skills. n Children benefit from the childminder's secure understanding of their learning needs. The childminder has a clear vision for the curriculum and focuses on

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need to do better?

5 November 2019 supporting young children's personal, social and emotional development. For example, she teaches children how to ask for toys, take turns and play with others successfully. She embraces opportunities swiftly to praise children for practising these skills. n The childminder organises her provision effectively to support her curriculum focus. She illustrates this by creating a 'kind hands' area. Children are invited to practise using gentle hands as they stroke soft toys and leaves on plants. Children respond positively to the invitation to do this. They then go on to demonstrate kind and gentle behaviour towards others. n The childminder promotes good opportunities for children to explore and play outdoors. This is demonstrated when children enjoy using chalks to make circles and lines on the floor. They cooperate well with each other and take turns to sit on the see-saw, rocking forwards and backwards with their friends. Children

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need to do better?

enjoy frequent trips to the local woods where they learn about nature and the world around them. n The childminder makes good use of incidental opportunities to promote learning, such as counting and naming fruit and vegetables as children play with them in the play kitchen. However, on occasion, she not does fully consider how to capture and maintain young children's interest from the start of planned group activities.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder has attended training to help her keep her safeguarding knowledge up to date. She has a strong understanding of her responsibilities to protect children from harm and of possible signs and symptoms of abuse. The childminder knows who to contact should she have a concern about children's welfare or if an allegation is made. She has a good knowledge of steps that she can take to ensure that children are safe online in her setting. This includes closely supervising children, restricting access and teaching children about the importance of keeping their own identity secure online.

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should:

n strengthen induction arrangements with parents to help them understand the importance of promoting consistent approaches to healthy eating, and communication and language development n review group times to ensure that they capture and maintain children's interest well from the outset.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY475257 Local authority Milton Keynes Inspection number 10095083 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childminder Age range of children 1 to 2 Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3 Date of previous inspection 30 January 2019

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2014. She lives in Bletchley, Milton Keynes. She offers care on Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 5pm, all year round. The childminder has a qualification at level 3.

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Inspection activities

n The childminder took the inspector on a learning walk around the setting. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity with the childminder. n The inspector spoke to the childminder and children at appropriate times during the inspection. n The inspector checked evidence of the suitability of the childminder and of members of her household. n The inspector held discussions with parents on the day of the inspection.

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Inspection activities

We carried out this inspection 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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Inspection activities

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