Bright Skies Day Nursery

Inspection of Bright Skies Day Nursery Bright Skies Day Nursery, Doe Quarry Lane, Dinnington, Sheffield S25 2NH

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children happily arrive at the provision as they are warmly greeted at the door by staff. Children remain safe as they enjoy playing in the well-resourced environment. Parents continue to no longer access the provision due to COVID-19 restrictions. However, parents report how staff keep them fully informed about their children's ongoing care, learning and development. Management report how they have noticed an impact on children's social and communication skills following the pandemic. They employ their own special educational needs coordinator, who assistants staff to ensure each child's particular needs are met. Individual education plans and smaller group time activities help children with potential delays in their development to catch up with their peers.

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The provision is good

Children engage in an interesting range of hands-on learning experiences, delivered through indoor and outdoor play. Staff plan opportunities to support children's independence and self-care skills in preparation for school. For example, babies are encouraged to learn how to feed themselves. As children progress through the nursery, staff encourage children to develop these skills until they can confidently use a knife and fork. Pre-school children line up with their own plates at lunchtime, choose what they would like to eat, and carefully return to the table with their chosen meals. Planned physical education sessions in the pre-school room provide further opportunities for children to learn how to independently undress and dress themselves.

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need to do better?

n Management share their vision of what they would like children to learn and develop as they move through the nursery. This helps staff to build on children's prior knowledge and skills. For example, children move from a lidded cup to an open-top cup, to eventually pouring their own drinks as they progress through the nursery. n Baby room staff understand how providing children with opportunities to play with play dough helps children to develop the muscles in their fingers. They know that as children build up these muscles, this will eventually support them with their pencil control and early writing. As children get older, staff encourage the toddlers to become involved in making the play dough. Staff use the opportunity to support children's turn taking and counting skills as they count out the ingredients. n Staff use themes to provide children with new learning experiences. However, occasionally, staff lose sight of what they want children to learn as they try to

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link children's play back to the planned theme. This results in children's learning not consistently being extended by staff. For example, babies are encouraged to make dinosaur prints with paint. While babies enjoy the experience, some of

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25 February 2022 them enjoy feeling the texture of paint on their hands as they rub the paint all over and begin to make prints. While staff allow the children to do this, they do not fully utilise the opportunity to extend children's learning. This is because they continue to try and encourage the children to come back to using the dinosaur to make prints on the paper. n As staff monitor children's progress, they quickly identify children who are at risk of falling behind in their development. Initial early interventions, such as small group time activities, are provided by staff to support children's social and communication skills. If these targeted activities do not help children to catch up with their peers, outside agency support is requested. Staff follow the guidance of professionals to offer further targeted support to meet children's needs. n Children's communication skills are generally supported well by staff. Children of

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all ages enjoy listening to stories. Older children skilfully recall popular stories as they go on a 'bear hunt' with staff. Staff introduce babies to new words as they play. As children get older, they are encouraged to put two or more words together and to form simple and eventually more-complex sentences. However, staff sometimes do not allow younger children enough time to repeat the words they have heard. With older children, staff sometimes do not allow children enough time to think about what they have been asked, as staff ask questions in quick succession.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Clear recruitment and induction procedures are followed to ensure children are cared for by a suitable, experienced staff team. Staff are vigilant for possible indicators of abuse and understand the procedures to follow if they have a concern about a child or a staff member. Regular staff meetings, supervisions of staff and staff training ensure that staff keep up to date with child protection issues and concerns.

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should:

n ensure staff consistently have a clear understanding of what they want children to learn so that all activities are fully purposeful and challenging n support all staff to allow children enough time to think and respond so they can repeat words and/or share their own knowledge and thoughts.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2599033 Local authority Rotherham Inspection number 10225523 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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inspection

Total number of places 72 Number of children on roll 136 Name of registered person Limar Childcare Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01909384100 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Bright Skies Day Nursery registered in 2020 and is located in Dinnington, Sheffield. The nursery employs 25 members of care staff. Of these, 22 hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 2 or above. The nursery opens Monday to Friday all year round, except for bank holidays and a week at Christmas. Sessions are from 7.30am until 6pm. 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 provider joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want the children to learn. n The inspector talked to staff, parents and children at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector carried out two joint observations of planned activities with the provider. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning.

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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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