Little Oaks Day Nursery

Inspection of Little Oaks Day Nursery 1-5 Corporation Road, Grimsby, Lincolnshire DN31 1UJ

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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 Inadequate

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The provision is good

Children are happy as they engage in purposeful indoor and outdoor play experiences. For example, in the outdoor planting area, children are supported to learn about the life cycle of plants and where vegetables come from. Staff continually provide a narrative as children play. They support babies to increase their vocabulary by putting two words together. For example, when babies say 'more' at snack time, staff encourage them to say, 'more please' or 'more snack'. As children get older, staff ask questions to further encourage children's communication skills.

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The provision is good

Children remain safe, due to the vigilance of staff. Staff help children to develop close bonds, offering cuddles and reassurance when needed. This helps children to feel safe and secure in their surroundings. Children are developing into confident individuals, who are encouraged to value the uniqueness of others. Staff plan a range of activities to help celebrate all children's background and beliefs. For example, staff encourage parents of Romanian children to share details and images of how they celebrate Easter in their culture. These are shared and discussed with all children.

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The provision is good

Parents are encouraged to take books home to read with their children from the lending library. This encourages children's love of books as well as their communication and language. The lending library also includes a range of bilingual books, which supports children who speak English as an additional language.

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n Children enjoy decorating chicken eggs as they learn about how Easter is celebrated in Romanian culture. As part of the planned activity, they enjoy rolling their eggs around in coloured shaving foam. Staff incorporate lots of different learning into the activity. For example, they encourage children to count the number of eggs and to consider where eggs come from. Children initially say the shop, however, staff persist with their questioning until children correctly identify the eggs come from chickens. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are cared for in smaller groups, where a higher staff-to-child ratio is maintained. This helps staff to provide focused, targeted support to meet children's needs. Staff also work closely with other professionals, implementing the targets they set. This all contributes to supporting each child's learning and meeting their needs. n Staff monitor children's progress and use this, along with children's interests, to

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build on their prior knowledge and skills. Parents are also encouraged to share information from home, enabling staff to plan further activities of interest for each child.

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21 April 2022 n Older children come straight in from outside to have their lunch. After washing their hands, as the room is not set up for lunchtime, this creates confusion as some children start to go off and play. When the children are directed to sit at the table, staff rush through the process of serving children's food. Quality interactions by staff are reduced for this brief period and it takes time for children to settle from being so active. n Staff plan a range of interactive games to support two-year-olds to identify colours. Some staff caring for these children are exceptionally skilled at supporting children to sit, listen and follow instructions. However, older children are not consistently supported by staff to sit, listen and wait for their turn during large-group time activities. This leads to times were children talk over each other and some of them begin to lose focus in the activity.

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n Staff in the baby room have recently introduced visual props to support children's more active engagement in short-group time activities. Staff provide each baby with a 'song spoon' to hold. On each side of the spoon is a different picture depicting popular nursery rhymes. Staff encourage each baby to look at the pictures as they ask them which song they would like to sing. Staff respond to babies' verbal and non-verbal cues as they make their choices known. n Staff working with children aged two, regularly read a story where children are encouraged to move their mouth and tongue in different ways. This helps children to become aware of different parts of their mouth and to develop the movements needed for speech. n Children's good health is promoted during the daily routine. Staff provide children with a toothbrush and send home an informative leaflet on how to support their good oral health.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff have a clear understanding of their roles and responsibilities to safeguard children. The manager ensures staff knowledge of child protection remains up to date through training and regular questioning of staff. Improvements made to accident at home forms include these being completed in more detail and now being monitored by management. This helps to ensure children are kept safe from potential harm. The nursery is securely maintained, and staff review people at the door before allowing them in. Clear procedures are followed by staff to verify the identity of any unknown persons before they enter the nursery. This helps to protect children's well-being.

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should:

n support older children to learn how to sit, listen and wait for their turn during

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21 April 2022 group activities n consider how to ensure the lunchtime routine is more effectively organised for older children, so that quality learning experiences are consistently maintained.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2548188 Local authority North East Lincolnshire Inspection number 10238195 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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Total number of places 59 Number of children on roll 61 Name of registered person Little Oaks Grimsby Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01472362666 Date of previous inspection 12 November 2021

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Information about this early years setting

Little Oaks Day Nursery registered in 2019. The nursery opens all year round from 7.45am to 6pm, Monday to Friday, except for bank holidays. The nursery employs 15 members of staff, 11 of whom hold relevant early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery provides funding for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n Children spoke to/communicated with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The manager and inspector carried out a joint observation during a planned activity. n Parents shared their views of the nursery with the inspector.

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21 April 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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21 April 2022 regulates and inspects to achieve excellence in the care of children and young people, and in education and skills for learners of all ages. It regulates and inspects childcare and children's social care, and inspects the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), schools, colleges, initial teacher training, further education and skills, adult and community learning, and education and training in prisons and other secure establishments. It assesses council children's services, and inspects services for looked after children, safeguarding and child protection.

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