Daisy Chain Day Nursery

Inspection of Daisy Chain Day Nursery The Annexe, Norton Community Centre, Kempton Way, Norton, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 3AZ

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Overall effectiveness Outstanding

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

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The provision is outstanding

Children thrive is this stimulating, totally child-orientated environment. All children make exceptional progress in their learning and development. They are highly motivated and eager to take part in a wealth of stimulating, rich and varied activities which capture their interest and imagination. They concentrate well and develop a deep curiosity to explore and try out their own ideas. Children's behaviour is exemplary. They are kind to their friends and learn to care for and respect the nursery animals.

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The provision is outstanding

Children's voices are valued and respected. Older children join a children's committee where they are involved in making decisions and vote on what they would like. Each child has a role within the committee, such as being a friend, a hug monitor and a litter monitor. They learn about conservation and recycling and implement this into the general ethos of the day. For example, the light monitor reminds staff to turn off the light when they are not in the rooms.

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The provision is outstanding

Top priority is given to children's health. All children, including the youngest, spend the majority of the day outdoors in the fresh air. Children sleep and eat outside in covered areas, which protect them from the elements while still providing fresh air. As a result, staff say that children's appetites and quality of sleep have increased, and this has significantly attributed to children's general well-being. Children learn about healthy and unhealthy foods through a variety of activities, such as making apple juice from the apples they have grown. Older children learn that fruit contains vitamins and that protein provides energy.

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n The nursery benefits from a management team that is cohesive and work exceptionally well together. They have a clear vision for the future which they implement to raise the quality of children's experiences and provide them with the very best start in life. n Staff well-being is given top priority. Managers have created a well-being room which has been designed to help staff to relax in a calm environment. A wealth of information, including advice on meditation and useful phone numbers, provides staff with additional support should they need it. n Older children have great fun in the digging hole, which evolved through their ideas and suggestions and is a complete learning experience to support children's imagination, physical and problem-solving skills. Children have transformed the hole into a volcano, a waterfall and a mudslide and added a rope ladder to help them climb out. They develop their understanding of keeping

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themselves safe as they learn to clamber in and out of the hole safely. n Developing children's literacy skills is of paramount importance. The nursery has

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25 August 2021 a 'Read five a day' policy. They agree to read children four books at nursery and ask parents to read the fifth at home. Parents send photographs of them reading to children and share the books they have read. All children throughout the nursery thoroughly enjoy listening to stories and older children learn to use books to find out facts they are interested in. n Outdoors is a total extension to children's learning and there is a vast wealth of learning opportunities for them to explore. Children use natural resources for mathematics, such as weighing stones, pebbles, conkers and shells as they learn about 'heavy' and 'light'. Younger children skilfully spread fat onto cardboard tubes and roll them in seeds to feed the birds. n Children develop an interest in nature. They tickle Shelley (the tortoise)'s nose and show great delight as she crawls over to them to be stroked. They know that she has a shell to protect her from the weather and that it is her home.

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They concentrate as they hunt for bugs under logs. Staff skilfully extend children's understanding and language as they teach children that if there is more than one woodlouse they are called woodlice. Children compare the difference between a woodlouse and a centipede and know that the centipede has more legs. n Staff know the children exceptionally well. They value and respect their different cultures and introduce this into their conversations. They encourage children to lead a procession while banging a dhol drum sideways. Staff explain that this is the way the drum is played at a Sikh wedding. n Staff attend copious amounts of training to develop their already excellent knowledge and skills. Managers monitor staff practice, and they share ideas as a staff team. Managers and staff continually strive for improvements to ensure children receive a superb quality of care and learning. n Highly comprehensive information is shared with parents and they are actively

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encouraged to contribute to their children's learning. Parents are enthusiastic and eager to share their experiences of the nursery and are wholly complimentary in their praise of the managers and staff.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Children's safety and well-being are given the utmost priority. Staff have a highly comprehensive knowledge of the types of abuse and the signs that may indicate that a child is at risk of harm. This includes wider safeguarding issues, such as the 'Prevent' duty. Children learn boundaries and to manage their own safety in a safe environment. They help to make the safety rules. For example, they decide the height that they feel it is safe to climb up a tree and place a toy parrot in the branch to show the height they can safely climb to.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 253797 Local authority Dudley Inspection number 10204764 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 Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 81 Number of children on roll 98 Name of registered person Little Daisies (Woolaston) Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01384 444031 Date of previous inspection 23 July 2014

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Information about this early years setting

Daisy Chain Day Nursery registered in 1994 and operates from an annexe of Norton Community Centre in Stourbridge, West Midlands. It opens Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 6pm, all year round, except for bank holidays and one week at Christmas. There are currently 25 staff working directly with the children. Of these, 24 are qualified to level 3 and above, including three who hold level 6 and one who holds level 5. The nursery receives funding for the provision of free early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the setting received since the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the setting and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the setting. n A meeting was held between the inspector and the management team. n The inspector looked at a selection of documentation and checked the suitability of staff working with the children. n The inspector spoke to children, staff and parents at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk and a joint observation together. They observed staff's teaching practice during activities.

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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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