Sunshine Playgroup

Inspection of Sunshine Playgroup Heaton & Lostock Children's Centre, New Hall Lane, Bolton BL1 5LF

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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 Good

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The provision is good

The members of the small staff team work seamlessly together and greet children with genuine warmth and interest. Children settle well and form strong bonds with their key person. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure. They have access to a variety of good-quality resources. This helps to ensure that they remain interested and motivated to learn. Children's behaviour is good. It reflects the calm and happy atmosphere that is created by staff. They show pride in their achievements and are confident to share their ideas as they play. Children demonstrate how their social skills and friendships are developing as they engage in imaginative play together. For example, children share toy bricks and excitedly build shelters for plastic animals.

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The provision is good

The manager is well qualified and experienced. She holds weekly staff meetings to discuss the services they provide for children. In addition, she undertakes meetings with them to discuss their professional development. Staff plan a broad and varied curriculum across all areas of learning. This is designed to provide children with exciting opportunities that help to prepare them for future success. Staff successfully promote children's love of books. Children listen attentively to stories. They look at the pictures in the book and recall the characters with confidence.

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n Children enjoy a good range of experiences that motivate their curiosity and encourage them to investigate their local community. For example, children enjoy visits to local shops. They choose food for their snacks and pay for their bought items. This helps to enrich their mathematical experiences and helps them to understand where food is sold. In addition, children identify the numbers on houses and on car number plates as they walk the short distance from the shops to the playgroup. Indoors, older children use their good counting skills as they use a number sequencing computer game. Younger children measure walls of bricks as they make a 'higher' or 'longer' wall. n Children's independence is promoted well. For example, younger children confidently pour their drinks at snack time and older children register their own names at the start of the day. Children learn to take responsibility for their play

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need to do better?

environment and help to tidy away resources. n Staff provide children with various activities at circle time. For example, they introduce props to engage children in the story. The manager has worked hard to ensure that individual learning plans are arranged, and children's learning styles are taken into account when planning activities. However, occasionally, they miss opportunities to provide activities that match the full range of children's needs and abilities. n Staff teach children the importance of adopting a healthy lifestyle and good

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25 February 2020 hygiene routines. Children are provided with a wide range of healthy and nutritious snacks. They learn how to brush their teeth properly and about the importance of dental hygiene. This has a positive impact on children's health and well-being. n Partnerships with parents are strong. Parents speak very highly of staff and find them supportive and helpful. Through regular discussions and detailed information from parents when children first start, staff develop a good understanding of each child's needs. Staff speak with parents each day to share details of children's achievements. However, staff do not share precise information with parents about how they can support and extend their children's learning at home. n Self-evaluation is effective and includes the views of parents and children. Ongoing plans are in place to enhance children's outdoor experiences and the use of space to help to extend children's physical development.

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need to do better?

n Staff support children's communication and language development well. Staff speak clearly and calmly and use age-appropriate language to describe and comment on what is happening. There are regular story times to help children to develop a love for books. All children develop very good communication and language skills. This includes those children who speak English as an additional language.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The manager and staff team demonstrate a secure knowledge of how to safeguard children. They know the possible indicators of abuse and neglect. Staff have a good knowledge of wider safeguarding issues and are confident in how they would report any concerns about the welfare of a child. Staff complete risk assessments to ensure all areas of the setting are safe and secure. Staff check the identity of visitors to ensure that only authorised people enter the building. The manager follows robust recruitment processes that help to ensure the suitability of all adults working with children.

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should:

n develop further the organisation of circle times to provide younger children with more opportunities to take part n provide parents with more ideas to support their child's ongoing learning at home.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY452881 Local authority Bolton Inspection number 10106720 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Sessional day care Age range of children 2 to 4 Total number of places 30 Number of children on roll 14 Name of registered person Gallagher, Linda Joyce

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reference number

Telephone number 01204332356 Date of previous inspection 4 November 2015

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Information about this early years setting

Sunshine Playgroup registered in 2012. The playgroup employs three members of childcare staff, all of whom hold early years qualifications at level 2 or 3. The playgroup opens from Monday to Friday during term time only. Sessions are from 9am until 3pm. The playgroup provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children and for children who are eligible for the early years pupil premium.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector completed a tour with the owner and observed the quality of teaching during activities indoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n The owner and the inspector carried out a joint observation. n The inspector observed the staff and children as they played, and held discussions with them at appropriate times during the inspection. n Parents talked to the inspector about their views of the playgroup. n A meeting was held with the manager. During this meeting, discussions were held about the development of the setting, staff qualifications, suitability and recruitment.

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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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