Childminder in Wokingham

Overall effectiveness Outstanding

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

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The provision is outstanding

Children are excited by the motivating experiences at the setting. They use an extensive range of resources that the childminder ensures complement their differing age and stage of development. Children participate in innovative activities that the childminder plans using their interests and abilities. They become extremely resourceful as they handle real fruit and vegetables in the role play area. Children work out their own ways for peeling the fruit and know that they need to save the waste for the guinea pigs to eat. This helps them to gain an excellent awareness of the importance of recycling and reducing food waste. Children actively explore and investigate to learn how things work. For example, they explore how the wooden nesting dolls of differing sizes fit inside each other.

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The provision is outstanding

Children are extremely happy, confident and well settled. They talk interestingly about their birthday celebrations and willingly share details of the presents they received. Children's behaviour is impeccable and they show high levels of respect to the childminder and each other. They use good manners, wait for their turn and readily share equipment without being prompted.

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The provision is outstanding

Children develop a great love for books. They are taken regularly to the local library to choose books of interest. Children intelligently apply their new learning and make connections. For example, they select library books on moles as they notice mole hills on their walks and want to learn more. Children choose a mole as a new animal when they sing 'Old Macdonald had a Farm'. They show excellent powers of concentration and perseverance.

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The provision is outstanding

The childminder is passionate for children to have hands-on experiences in the outdoors. Children routinely go for walks to woodland areas. They have the best opportunities to have fun indoors and outdoors as they lie on their backs in muddy puddles and splash. Children learn to identify different birds and have a deeper understanding of facts about them. For example, they feed the ducks and find out that ducks do not have teeth.

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need to do better?

n The childminder is highly experienced and has an excellent understanding of how young children learn and develop. She uses her valuable partnership with parents to assess what children can and cannot do. The childminder identifies children's individual next steps through her accurate assessments. The activities she provides children are precisely tailored to their needs. She expertly finds opportunities to build on what children already know. As a result, children make exceedingly good progress in all areas of learning. n Partnerships with parents are highly successful. Parents say that the childminder

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29 March 2022 is outstanding in her approach and 'goes above and beyond'. They work closely with her and get fully involved to provide a seamless approach to children's learning and care. For example, children visited the garden centre and bought strawberry seeds. They planted these in the setting and at home as part of their healthy eating project. n The childminder skilfully teaches children to recognise different emotions. Children imitate different emotions, that are represented on symbol cards, in a mirror. This supports their early reading skills as they recognise symbols with corresponding words. Younger children imitate emotions of happy and sad. Older children are able to recognise many more emotions. n Children are enthusiastic learners. They are excited about musical activities and use percussion instruments to accompany them when they sing. Children use percussion instruments subtly to represent the quiet movement of a spider. They

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memorise words and actions to their favourite songs. Children practise singing fast with a good recall and clear pronunciation of words. They celebrate their great efforts and laugh when they get to the end. n The childminder evaluates the provision she offers. She is dedicated to constantly improving the provision so that children are always fully engaged and learning to the best of their abilities. For example, following the review of the garden area, the childminder converted the children's playhouse to a garden shed. This provided more engagement for children to create their own play as well as share ideas with each other. n The childminder is vigilant to ensure children are safe at all times. She closely supervises children at mealtimes and actively involves them in the preparation of food. Children slice cucumber and cut grapes lengthways. They know that whole grapes can be a choking hazard. n The childminder is strongly committed to her own professional development. She

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consistently reflects on her practice and identifies areas to update and develop further. In addition, the childminder maintains strong links with other professionals, such as family support workers and other childminders, to share imaginative ideas to extend children's development. This further enhances her own teaching skills to deliver children's individual intended learning. n Children have exciting opportunities to learn about different cultures. They have access to a variety of resources that represent different cultures, including books. Children have open discussions about similarities and differences between themselves and others. They learn about each others cultures and family backgrounds. For instance, children have experience of dressing up in different Mexican and Chinese clothing. This helps to promote a deeper understanding of the diverse world they live in.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

The childminder attends regular child protection training. She actively researches safeguarding matters to keep her existing knowledge up to date. She has an excellent understanding of her responsibility to protect children from harm,

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Safeguarding

29 March 2022 including the risk of being exposed to extremist views. The childminder recognises the potential signs and symptoms of abuse and fully understands the local procedures to follow if she needs to seek further help or to report any concerns. She carries out robust risk assessments indoors, outdoors and before visits, and ensures that children are able to play in a safe and secure environment. Children learn to keep themselves safe and manage risks. For example, they pay excellent attention as they cross a road safely with the childminder. This has a positive impact on the children's safety and well-being.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2547184 Local authority Wokingham Inspection number 10215608 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Childminder

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inspection

Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 3 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2019. She lives in Wokingham, Berkshire. She operates Monday to Friday, from 7.30am until 5.30pm, all year round. The childminder holds a relevant early years qualification at level 3.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the childminder received since the COVID- 19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the childminder and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the setting. n The childminder talked to the inspector about her curriculum and what she wants the children to learn. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity with the childminder. n The inspector observed the quality of the education being provided and assessed the impact that this was having on the children's learning. n Parents shared their written views of the childminder's provision with the inspector. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of the childminder to work with children.

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Inspection activities

29 March 2022 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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