Mon Ami Children's Nursery @ Ormsby Lodge

Inspection of Mon Ami Children's Nursery @ Ormsby Lodge Ormsby Lodge, 12 East Street, Alford LN13 9EQ

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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 keen to join the activities staff plan for them and stay engaged for long periods of time. This positive attitude to learning is due to staff knowing the children well and playing alongside them. Children in the baby room make choices about what songs they want staff to sing, helping to support their early understanding of words. Staff introduce new words in the toddler room for children to learn, such as 'share', and help them to understand what this word means. Children have opportunities to be physically active. For instance, in the toddler room, children excitedly listen and follow instructions when staff play music and ask them to move their bodies in different ways. Children swing their arms, tap their feet and clap their hands. When children balance as they walk across wooden planks, staff remind them to hold out their arms and to jump off the end. Staff stand close-by to support, if necessary, promoting their safety.

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The provision is good

Children receive praise from staff for their achievements, helping to reinforce positive behaviour. For example, when children in the baby room are asked to tidy away toys, staff clap their hands when they do this. When pre-school children dress themselves independently, they receive a high five for doing this on their own. Children show pride in their own achievements. When staff ask pre-school children to self-serve their lunch, they say 'I did it'.

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need to do better?

n The manager uses additional funding that some children receive to support parents to continue their children's learning at home. For example, this includes providing activity bags for them to borrow. The contents of these bags include helping parents to develop their children's love of stories, to support their children's toileting needs and to encourage them to share. n Staff say that they feel supported with their workload and emotional well-being by the management team. The manager helps staff to extend their professional development. This includes staff attending training courses to extend their knowledge of how to support children's communication skills. For example, when staff ask children questions, they give them plenty of time to respond, encouraging their thinking skills. n Staff know the children well. They use observations and assessments to help identify what children need to learn next. This includes encouraging children to

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be independent. For instance, staff ask children in the toddler room to wipe their noses. In the pre-school room, children pour their own drinks and wash their cups and plates when they have finished eating snacks. n Staff quickly identify children's developing interests, such as helping them to use their imagination to be creative. For example, they provide activities for children to build on their interests in making wands. Children wind furry wire around a

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26 February 2024 stick and tell visitors that they will take them home to turn their parents into a frog. n Children show an understanding of the routine of the day that is embedded by staff. This contributes to children understanding what happens next, supporting their emotional well-being. However, during personal self-care routines, staff do not always provide privacy for children when changing their nappies. n The manager and staff support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities well. For example, when staff communicate with children, they use words and visual pictures to help children understand routines in the day and activities and toys that are available for them. n Staff support children to understand how to use tools safely. For example, at lunch time, staff show children in the pre-school room how to use safety knives to cut bananas. Children explain to visitors how they handle the knife, being

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careful not to touch the sharp edge. n Staff implement rules and boundaries to help children understand what is expected of them. This includes asking children to use their walking feet. Staff talk to children in circle time about how they are feeling, supported by the use of picture cards. However, staff do not carry this through into children's self-chosen play, discussing how they feel if they become upset. n Parents say that they are thankful to staff for bringing on their child's development. They explain how staff go above and beyond to teach life skills to their children, such as how to share, be kind and to listen.

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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 staff to provide children with privacy when changing their nappies n support staff in the toddler room to find ways of supporting children to manage and identify their emotions when they are upset during self-chosen play.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY545197 Local authority Lincolnshire Inspection number 10308611 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 86 Number of children on roll 85 Name of registered person La Compagnie Mon Ami Limited

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reference number

Telephone number 01507 462228 Date of previous inspection 8 March 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Mon Ami Children's Nursery @ Ormsby Lodge registered in 2017 and is situated in Alford, Lincolnshire. The nursery employs 10 members of childcare staff. Of these, one holds an appropriate early years qualification at level 2, four with level 3, one with early years teacher status and the manager who holds early years professional status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round, except for one week at Christmas. Sessions are from 7am until 6.30pm. 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, manager and inspector completed a learning walk together of all areas of the nursery and discussed how the manager implements the curriculum. n The inspector observed the quality of education during activities, indoors and outdoors, and assessed the impact this has on children's learning. n Children spoke to the inspector throughout the inspection. n The inspector spoke with staff at appropriate times throughout the inspection. n The inspector carried out a joint observation with the manager. n The inspector held a meeting with the provider and manager. She reviewed relevant documentation and evidence of the suitability of staff working in the nursery. n Parents shared their views on the nursery with the inspector.

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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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