Childminder in Calderdale

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 and settled in the childminder's care. They are confident, eager to learn and enjoy high-quality educational experiences. Some children are making rapid progress. They demonstrate secure relationships when they engage in imaginative play. For instance, children pretend to make ice creams. They show good language skills when they talk about flavours, such as kiwi. They discuss how much ice creams might cost, which supports their early understanding of the world, and mathematics.

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The provision is good

Good hygiene routines are embedded. Children soon become independent in self- care, ready for the eventual move to school. They talk about the food they like to eat and enjoy a wide variety of different foods. At snack time, children pour their own drinks and cut up their fruit. This promotes children's control, coordination, and the safe use of small tools. Children persevere with more difficult tasks, such as peeling a satsuma.

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The provision is good

Children delight in the outdoor environment. They are eager to explore, access resources independently, and initiate play. Children develop their physical skills as they climb and slide. They learn to risk assess and use equipment safely. For instance, children test their skills using a climbing wall. Praise and encouragement from the childminder promote their confidence and self-esteem. This helps children develop resilience and overcome setbacks.

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need to do better?

n The childminder's curriculum is largely child-led. It focuses on children's next steps and interests. It is planned well to ensure children build on and consolidate their learning. The childminder helps children make connections in their learning. For example, they think about what flies in the sky, apart from the birds they see in the garden. They talk about butterflies and aeroplanes. They remember the aeroplanes they went in at the airport visitor centre during a trip with the childminder. n The childminder is enthusiastic and joins in with children's play. With her guidance, they behave very well. Children are learning about rules and taking turns. For instance, they play a game matching numbers and objects. There are good interactions between the childminder and children. The activity is fun, with lots of shrieking and laughing. Children are skilled in cooperative play, which helps to prepare them for the move to school. However, at times, most-able

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need to do better?

children rush through tasks and move on before they have found the correct answer or completed a task correctly. n Children relish playing a game of bingo. They enjoy the healthy competition and understand that they cannot always win. Children demonstrate good

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13 March 2024 mathematical skills. For example, they recognise numbers one to ten and explain that two plus two is four. They use dice to estimate, which extends their understanding of counting in different formats. n Children participate in trips to places of interest and meet up with other minded children for outdoor activities. For example, they enjoy learning in a forest school environment, where they pretend to build campfires. During these trips, they learn to build relationships, play and negotiate in a wider social group. n In the main, the childminder promotes children's communication and language skills highly successfully. They initiate discussions and use a broad vocabulary. She fully understands the negative impact that dummies might have on children's speech and works with parents to reduce their use. The childminder has completed training in developing speech in children and has a better

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awareness of how long it takes children to fully develop their speech. However, she does not always use correct grammar so that children hear words and phrases spoken properly. n The childminder links with other childminders to share good practice and ideas, and to keep up to date. She regularly shares children's next steps and activities with parents. Milestones from home are shared through photographs and regular discussions. Parents and children greatly appreciate the care and learning the childminder provides. They say she is wonderful and supportive, and shows children understanding, love, and kindness.

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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 support most-able children to slow down when required so that they extend their concentration skills and complete given tasks correctly n always use correct grammar so that children always hear words and phrases spoken properly.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY451031 Local authority Calderdale Inspection number 10317038 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register, Voluntary Childcare Register Day care type Childminder

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inspection

Total number of places 6 Number of children on roll 5 Date of previous inspection 11 May 2018

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Information about this early years setting

The childminder registered in 2012 and lives in the Northowram area of Halifax. The childminder operates all year round from 7.30am to 4.30pm, Monday to Thursday, except for bank holidays and family holidays. The childminder works with another registered childminder and sometimes childminds from her co- childminder's house.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector discussed any continued impact of the pandemic with the childminder and has taken that into account in their evaluation. n The childminder and the inspector discussed how the childminder organised different aspects of learning. n Children spoke to the inspector about activities they enjoy when they attend the setting. n The inspector considered parents' and children's feedback and discussed working with different families with the childminder. n The inspector observed the quality of education. She talked to the childminder about her professional development and how she evaluates the provision. n The inspector carried out a joint evaluation of an activity with the childminder.

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Inspection activities

13 March 2024 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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