Grasshoppers Nursery

Inspection of Grasshoppers Nursery Ground Floor, Wrens Park House Community Hall, Warwick Grove, London E5 9LL

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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

Children enjoy their time at this welcoming and interesting nursery. They settle in quickly and follow the routine to put their belongings away. This helps them gain confidence and be ready to learn. When younger children struggle to manage their behaviour, staff support them calmly and effectively to understand their feelings. This helps young children to learn how to behave.

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The provision is good

The nursery had a short period of closure during the COVID-19 pandemic. During this time, staff kept in regular contact with children and their families. They shared a range of activities so children could do them at home. Consequently, children returned to the nursery feeling relaxed and settled.

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The provision is good

Children build good friendships and enjoy engaging in imaginative play. For instance, they make 'nature cakes' from recipes they create. Ingredients include twigs, berries, leaves and mud. Staff have a good understanding of child development and how activities help children learn. They thoughtfully select the resources that children can choose from, knowing they will experience essential learning as they play. For example, the rope swing is to help children gain awareness of how to consider risks.

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n Overall, the manager has designed a well-sequenced curriculum which supports children to develop their knowledge and skills over time. Staff share her vision and plan an exciting environment with a variety of activities to support children's learning across the seven areas of development. n Staff use a range of teaching techniques to help children develop their confidence and communication skills effectively. For example, they involve themselves in children's play and encourage children to make choices and share ideas to extend their learning. This supports children to become fluent and effective communicators. n Staff are attentive to children and get to know them very well. They use information from their observations and assessments to plan suitably challenging experiences to promote children's development during their time at the nursery. However, at times, the planning of routines and larger group activities is not

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focused sharply enough to capture every child's individual needs. As a result, some children do not benefit from these activities as well as others and become restless. n Children enjoy being creative. They learn to experiment with charcoal, water colours, pastels, oil and wax crayons and paints. Children are excited to investigate the changing textures of cornflour mixed with water and blue paint. They enthusiastically explore and investigate the 'gloop'. They use different

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6 May 2022 ladles, spoons and their hands to collect, pour and measure, using words such as 'full' and 'empty' as they begin to learn about volume. This supports children to gain good skills in their mathematical development. n Children behave very well. They follow instructions and treat resources with care. They develop respectful relationships with each other. Children enjoy puppet shows which capture their interest and provide opportunities to learn about how to manage their feelings. As a result, children learn to manage and regulate their own behaviours. n Overall, the manager creates an environment where staff continuously monitor and evaluate children's experiences and work together to implement improvements. However, staff practice is not fully embedded, to identify and adapt teaching precisely, to build on children's knowledge and skills and support the different ways children prefer to learn.

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n Children's health is promoted well. There is a strong emphasis on outdoor play. Children explore the outdoors with energy and curiosity. They visit the local park and forest daily. They decorate large branches with coloured ribbons and balance on tyres and planks, which helps them to build their core strength. n Relationships with parents are a real strength of this nursery. Parents regularly meet at social gatherings and help out in the nursery and on outings. They receive useful information about their children's progress. Parents report that their children are very happy and settled at the nursery and they feel that they have made good progress.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Staff know the signs and symptoms of different types of abuse. They understand the procedures to follow to report their concerns to other agencies in a timely way, in order to keep children safe. They know what to do if they are concerned about the conduct of a colleague. The manager is passionate about offering good-quality professional development. She applies effective strategies, such as supervision and individual meetings, to evaluate workloads and promote staff's well-being. Risk assessments for the daily outings and the nursery are completed daily to ensure that the environments are safe for children to explore.

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should:

n review the planning and organisation of large-group activities so that teaching is successfully adapted to maximise the learning opportunities for every child n monitor staff's practice more precisely to help them adapt teaching.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY497869 Local authority Hackney Inspection number 10209809 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 20 Number of children on roll 25 Name of registered person Grasshoppers In The Park Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 0208 6165450 Date of previous inspection 8 February 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Grasshoppers Nursery registered in 2016. It is situated in Lower Clapton, in the London Borough of Hackney. The nursery is open Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm, for 49 weeks of the year. The nursery employs five members of staff, including the manager. Of these, one member of staff holds early years professional status and five staff hold early years qualifications at levels 2 to 3. The nursery provides funded early education for two-, three- and four-year-old children.

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Inspection activities

n This was the first routine inspection the provider received since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The inspector discussed the impact of the pandemic with the provider and has taken that into account in their evaluation of the provider. n The manager and the inspector completed a learning walk to understand how the provision and curriculum are organised. n Parents and children spoke to the inspector and gave their views on the nursery. n The manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation of an activity to evaluate the quality of teaching. n The inspector observed the quality of teaching indoors and outdoors to assess the impact this has on children's learning. n The inspector held a meeting with the manager and looked at relevant documentation and evidence of staff's suitability.

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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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