Christopher Robin Day Nursery

Inspection of Christopher Robin Day Nursery 31 Claremont Avenue, Woking, Surrey GU22 7SF

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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 the nursery and are happy to leave their parents and enter with familiar key staff. Babies receive good care and attention from the staff, who nurture them and provide comfort. They enjoy exploring the environment and building on their physical and social skills. They enjoy climbing into the ball pool to play with each other, posting puzzle pieces and listening to stories.

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The provision is good

Toddlers and older children engage well in activities and enjoy imaginative play with their friends. They are eager to engage staff in their chosen imaginative play experiences, such as dressing up and shopping for 'food' to make a 'meal'. They enjoy doing puzzles and building constructions that they manoeuvre their cars around, and take turns and share well. They interact well with staff, who listen to them and extend their communication and thinking skills.

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The provision is good

Children behave well and learn what is expected of them. They develop their communication and language skills from an early age. Staff are good at incorporating children's interests and what they need to learn next in their interactions with children. Children enjoy using the outside area and share how they run, climb and play with their friends there. They explain that it is chilly as there was no sun, and that is why they had coats, hats and gloves on.

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need to do better?

n The management team engage with staff continually to provide guidance and monitor curriculum planning, staff practice and staff well-being. They encourage staff to reflect on their room environments and staff report how the changes made have had a positive impact on how children play and learn in their rooms. Staff receive support for their professional development and managers build on any training at staff meetings and supervisions. n The special educational needs coordinator and other staff actively seek support for children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. They support parents to get diagnoses and implement support plans to assist in closing gaps in learning. n Mealtimes are social events where children and staff sit together and talk about their day so far and their different food choices. Children receive encouragement from an early age to choose and dish out their own food. This builds on their

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awareness of healthy eating and their personal independence skills. n Children demonstrate great creativity. They use their play to re-enact life experiences and role play their imagination. For example, older children enjoy going on a dragon hunt outside and share how it will soon be Chinese New Year. They talk about what Chinese garments they will wear, and how they will pack bubbles, vegetables and dumplings in their imaginary backpacks for the dragon

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9 January 2023 to play with and snack on. They go 'over', 'under' and 'through' the garden to find the dragon. Children totally engage in the activity and eagerly share what they have learnt with the inspector. n Partnership with parents is very good. Parents are very positive about 'stay and play' sessions, and share how useful they found these in seeing what their children do and in building relationships with staff. They share how they appreciate the observations and information that staff share on their online system and in person. n Staff are nurturing and give comfort to newly settling children, engaging them in play while cuddling them. However, at times, it is challenging for staff to support all the children as well as they would like, because current systems lead to several new babies starting simultaneously. This, along with staff needing to support other recent starters who also need attention, leads to children taking

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longer in the morning to settle. n Children readily share their views with staff. Staff listen and use these conversations to build on all areas of children's learning. Children gain a good awareness of other cultures and diversity during activities and discussions. For example, children celebrate different festivals and staff seek familiar words from parents in their home languages to support children's involvement in the nursery. n Children enjoy expressing themselves. However, opportunities for them to make meaningful marks, such as lists during role play or patterns on objects outside, are not freely accessible. At times, children's access to resources such as chalks, paint, pens and paper is limited to when staff make these available to them. This then restricts how children can build on this skill in readiness for their next stage of learning.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

Managers and staff demonstrate a clear understanding of child protection, including wider safeguarding aspects. They complete regular training to keep their knowledge up to date with current practice, and staff monitor this knowledge regularly. They are aware of the need to share concerns promptly and where to report these concerns to. Daily risk assessments help to identify and minimise potential hazards. Staff support children to learn how to keep themselves safe as they play in the different nursery environments. Robust recruitment procedures help ensure that staff are suitable to work with children.

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should:

n review and improve the system for starting and settling new children,

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9 January 2023 particularly babies, to enable key staff to build on children's sense of security for these new starters and others who have been recently settled n increase the opportunities available for children to choose materials to help them practise their early writing skills during their play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 119995 Local authority Surrey Inspection number 10266174 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 60 Number of children on roll 97 Name of registered person Penates Properties Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01483 747131 Date of previous inspection 4 April 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Christopher Robin Day Nursery registered in 1992. It is situated in Woking, Surrey. The nursery opens weekdays, from 8am until 6pm, for 51 weeks of the year. There are 18 members of staff. Of these, 10 hold relevant childcare qualifications at levels 3 or 4 and the manager holds a level 6 qualification. The nursery follows the Montessori approach. It receives funding to provide free early education for children aged three and four years.

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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 inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n The inspector observed and spoke to children, to find out about their time at the setting. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n The inspector took account of parents' views, in person and in writing.

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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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