Mon Ami Children's Nursery @ 84-86 Woodville Road

Inspection of Mon Ami Children's Nursery @ 84-86 Woodville Road 84-86 Woodville Road, Boston PE21 8BB

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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 are happy, confident, and engaged learners. Their positive attitudes to learning have developed because the staff are attentive and receptive. Children spend long periods of time involved in activities that they enjoy. Staff play alongside children, skilfully supporting their learning and development across a wide range of subjects. This is seen as a group of pre-school children gather around the water tray. Staff ambitiously consider what new words to teach children. They name a walrus, squid, and coral. Children are subtly corrected by staff when they misidentify a whale as a dolphin. These teaching strategies promote children's rapid and varied vocabulary development and understanding of the world. Staff challenged children to compare the number of legs that an octopus has with the number they have. Children show that they understand the concept of 'more' during mathematical discussions.

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The provision is good

Children are given opportunities to learn how they can keep themselves safe. During outings, staff teach children about road safety. At snack time, staff support older children to use safety knives as they cut up and prepare their own fruit. Children use real crockery in their role play. They learn how to carefully handle breakable items, enabling them to transfer this knowledge and skill to their time at home.

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need to do better?

n Leaders and managers design a curriculum that is flexible and adaptable to the changing needs of children who access the nursery. Currently, there is a big focus on supporting children's personal, social, and emotional development as the nursery welcomes a group of new children and staff. Staff provide activities such as obstacle courses, through which children work as a team, problem-solve and develop new friendships. n Staff use effective assessment methods to confirm that children are making progress. Through these, staff identify any emerging gaps in children's development. When gaps are found, leaders and managers act quickly to make sure that children receive the support they need. Ongoing assessments are evaluated often, influencing staff decisions when deciding what children need to learn next. n Staff consider the learning opportunities available to children throughout all aspects of their daily routine. This means that children's learning and

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development are promoted continuously. For example, babies are given the time they need to walk or crawl to their nappy changing area, rather than staff carrying them. This supports their developing physical skills. n Staff think about what they can do to support children's growing independence to help them to get ready for school and beyond. Toddlers begin to serve their

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9 January 2024 own food at lunchtime. Pre-school children practise how to work different fastenings during activities, such as zips and buttons. Children are developing self-help skills so that they can approach tasks in their day-to-day lives with confidence and ability. n Leaders and managers use effective performance management systems to support staff's positive well-being and continued professional development. Staff report being happy in their roles. Training focuses on what staff need to learn so that they can do their jobs well and maximise children's learning and development outcomes. For instance, some staff are trained in understanding and supporting specific learning needs. Other staff have learned basic sign language to help to promote children's communication skills. Staff are motivated and feel valued. n Parents speak highly of their children's care. They comment that their children are making progress in their learning and are happy. Staff work closely with

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parents to support children's development at home. That said, further work is needed to ensure that all parents fully understand the nursery's suggestions around important topics, such as healthy eating. n Children's behaviour is generally good, and any incidents of unwanted behaviour are developmentally expected. Nevertheless, sometimes, staff are not clear about their expectations of children when they approach a new activity. This means that children are occasionally corrected on their behaviour during their play when staff could put preventative strategies in place from the onset.

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Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

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Safeguarding

There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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should:

n develop ways of sharing information with parents so that they are fully informed about their children's care and are given ideas of how to best support their learning and development n support staff in making sure that children are clear about expectations when approaching a new activity.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY545194 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 10325899 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises

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Registers

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

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inspection

Total number of places 90 Number of children on roll 92 Name of registered person La Compagnie Mon Ami Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01205 319499 Date of previous inspection 10 December 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Mon Ami Children's Nursery @ 84-86 Woodville Road re-registered in 2017. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff. Of these, 13 staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above. The nursery opens Monday to Friday from 7am until 6pm, all year round, except for bank holidays. 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 management team and the inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children confidently communicated with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector observed the quality of education being provided indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact that this was having on children's learning. n The inspector carried out a joint observation of a group activity with the manager. n The inspector spoke to parents and carers during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke to staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the

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suitability of staff working in the nursery.

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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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