Playdays Preschool 7

Inspection of Playdays Preschool 7 Two Gables,Hall Lane Playing Fields, Hall Lane, Upminster, Havering RM14 1AU

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Good Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children settle well and form close relationships with their key person. Children demonstrate high levels of independence as they explore freely using a wide range of resources. Staff skilfully move around to supervise and support children during their play. Children welcome their contribution, encouragement and reassurance. Children excitingly sing along and do actions for different nursery rhymes. Older children develop their literacy skills well. They enjoy using puppets to make links to stories. Older children learn to express themselves effectively. They demonstrate good memory when recalling and retelling their past experiences.

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The provision is good

Overall, staff communicate their high expectations for children's behaviour and children respond to them well. Children show a good understanding of the daily routines and they adapt quickly when changing between activities and routine tasks. Children willingly help to tidy up the resources. They wash their hands and sit without fuss to eat their lunches. However, staff do not ensure all children consistently bring healthy food to eat. They do not build close partnerships with other providers that children attend to promote continuity in their care and learning. In addition, staff miss some opportunities during children's play to extend their mathematical skills further.

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need to do better?

n Staff create a stimulating and welcoming environment for children and provide interesting activities for them to develop their skills. For example, children enjoy a group activity exploring ice. They add different colours and pretend to do fishing. This activity supports their social skills, sensory skills, imagination and cognitive development. n Staff observe, assess and plan children's learning effectively. As a result, they know individual children's interests and needs well and they provide opportunities to build on their existing skills. Children make good progress with their development in relation to their starting points. Staff inform parents of their children's progress and they encourage them to extend learning at home. n Staff support children's communication and language skills effectively. For example, they skilfully use sign language to communicate with children and they comment and ask questions to encourage them to talk about their play.

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need to do better?

n Staff provide good opportunities for children to learn about nature, people and transportation. For example, they arranged a nature walk for children to collect autumn leaves and conkers, and they provided a caterpillar for them to learn about the life cycle of a butterfly. n Staff provide a selection of resources for children to use and develop their balance, movement and coordination. For example, children learn to balance on the see-saw and they learn to climb and slide safely.

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need to do better?

21 November 2019 n The manager consistently reviews the strategies in place to encourage children's positive behaviour. She ensures staff support individual children to manage their feelings and to handle disagreements positively. As a result, children behave well. They listen to others and they share and take turns to use resources. n Parents provide complimentary feedback about the pre-school. They speak positively about staff's practice and the opportunities available for children. Parents receive regular information about their children's learning and they are happy that they are making good progress. n Staff benefit from regular supervision meetings, peer-to-peer observations and ongoing professional development opportunities. These help to enhance their knowledge and skills, and they implement their roles and responsibilities effectively. n The manager makes effective use of feedback obtained from staff, parents and

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need to do better?

children to help evaluate and improve the overall quality of the pre-school. For example, she has increased the opportunities for children who enjoy playing outside to use resources in the garden and to visit the local park. n Although staff provide some opportunities to support children's health and physical well-being, they do not consistently ensure all children eat healthy food options at lunchtime. n Staff do not form close working partnerships with other provisions that children attend in order to enable continuity in their care and learning. n Staff miss some opportunities during children's play to develop further their mathematical skills, in particular their knowledge of shape, size and measurement.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff have a secure understanding of their responsibilities to safeguard and protect children in their care. They attend safeguarding training and are familiar with the signs and symptoms that could indicate a child is at risk of harm or abuse. The manager and staff are aware of the procedures to report any concerns and allegations to the relevant authorities. Rigorous recruitment procedures are in place to ensure suitable staff are employed to work with children. The manager informs staff and parents of any changes to the safeguarding policies and procedures so they know the expectations from them.

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should:

n encourage all parents to provide healthy food options for children to eat at the pre-school n build close partnerships with other provisions that children attend to promote

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should:

21 November 2019 continuity in their care and learning n make better use of opportunities to develop further children's mathematical skills.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY549971 Local authority Havering Inspection number 10130727 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Sessional day care Age range of children 2 to 4 Total number of places 32 Number of children on roll 29 Name of registered person John Lakin and Claire Lakin Partnership

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reference number

Telephone number 07595603498 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Playdays Preschool 7 registered in 2017. It is situated in Upminister, in the London Borough of Havering. The pre-school operates from Monday to Friday, 9am to 3pm, during term time only. The pre-school receives funding to provide free early education for children aged two, three and four years. The provider employs six members of staff, including the manager. Of these, five staff hold early years qualifications at level 3 and one staff member is qualified at level 2.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector completed a learning walk with the manager to discuss her organisation, aims and rationale for activities. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching in the playrooms and outside play area and conducted two joint observations with the manager. n The inspector held discussions with staff about their roles and assessed their understanding of meeting the requirements of the early years foundation stage. n The inspector took account of the children's and parents' views during the inspection. n The inspector checked samples of documentation, including recruitment records, paediatric first-aid training certificates, the insurance policy and records of attendance.

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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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