Anna-Ca-Soo Day Nursery

Inspection of Anna-Ca-Soo Day Nursery 334 Eastfield Road, Peterborough PE1 4RA

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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

Staff in the nursery provide children with a range of fun learning experiences that encourage them to develop a positive attitude to learning. Children arrive happy to start their day, and staff greet them with a smile and a warm welcome. This helps children to settle and feel secure in their surroundings. Staff take the time to get to know the children. They build very close relationships with parents to find out what they know and can do when they start. This enables staff to provide activities that are tailored to children's needs and interests.

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The provision is good

Leaders ensure that staff understand their intent for children's learning and follow an ambitious curriculum that is sequenced to build on children's knowledge and skills. This supports children to be fully prepared for starting school. Babies are provided with lots of opportunities to use and explore their senses. They shake their musical instruments excitedly as staff sing familiar songs. Older children engage in activities that help to develop their hand-eye coordination. They practise drawing big circle movements with chalk, make snips in paper with scissors and throw balls through holes on a board. Children are building the language they need to communicate their needs with others. This helps them to express themselves with their friends as they learn to share and to take turns.

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n Leaders have devised a curriculum that includes a strong focus on supporting children's independence, self-care and building relationships in preparation for school. They closely monitor the delivery of the curriculum and provide staff with regular mentoring and training opportunities that help to continually improve their practice and deliver a high-quality provision. Staff feel that their well-being is given high priority by leaders, and they enjoy the 'family' feeling they have working in the nursery. n Staff demonstrate good teaching skills. They are enthusiastic and positive in their approach. Staff listen to children, engage them in meaningful conversation and make learning fun. For example, following a conversation about holidays, staff helped children to create an airport in their role play. Children want staff to join in their play. They enjoy the games they play outside, such as hunting for

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'bears' or going on a nature hunt. However, on occasions, some staff do not always recognise when to adapt their teaching to better support what the children know and can do and to provide further extension. n Building on children's communication and language is a key focus of the nursery. Babies show a great interest in books and seek out staff to read them. They copy the animal sounds that staff make, such as the sound of a frog. Toddlers show increasing concentration when stories are being read and confidently finish the sentences of their favourite books. Older children engage in conversation

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16 May 2024 and ask questions to develop their knowledge. Children use their critical thinking skills when deciding how to make their rainbow picture as colourful as possible. n Children with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) and their families receive exemplary support and guidance from the nursery's dedicated SEND team. They, along with staff who work closely with the children, ensure that children are provided with a learning environment that consistently meets their needs and helps them make the very best progress. Very positive relationships are in place with parents and other professionals to provide a combined approach to help children achieve their learning targets. n Staff work very closely with all parents and ensure that they are fully informed of every aspect of their child's care and education. Parents highly value the support and guidance they receive from staff and are fully involved in their children's

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nursery life. They attend regular events, such as stay-and-play sessions, where they engage and see first-hand the experiences their children receive. Parents ask for recipes from the nursery menu, so they can create these for their children at home. n Staff support children to be independent from a young age. Babies learn to feed themselves and toddlers scrape their plates and pour their own drinks at mealtimes. Older children successfully dress themselves for outdoor play. They show good perseverance to attach and pull up the zip on their coat. Staff 'high five' children for their achievements, which makes them smile. n Children are learning how to stay safe. Staff model how to use and hold scissors safely in their play. They learn about stranger danger and practise what to do in emergency situations.

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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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n help staff understand how to consistently adapt teaching to extend children's learning to the highest level.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY501253 Local authority Peterborough Inspection number 10335725 Type of provision Childcare on non-domestic premises Registers Early Years Register Day care type Full day care

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Total number of places 50 Number of children on roll 100 Name of registered person Anna-Ca-Soo Day Nursery Partnership

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reference number

Telephone number 01733 358619 Date of previous inspection 25 June 2018

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Information about this early years setting

Anna-Ca-Soo Day Nursery re-registered in 2016. The nursery employs 20 members of childcare staff. All of these hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 or above, including the manager who holds qualified teacher status. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7.45am to 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 manager joined the inspector on a learning walk and talked to the inspector about their curriculum and what they want their children to learn. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. 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 manager and the inspector carried out a joint observation in the garden. n The inspector spoke to several parents during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector looked at relevant documentation and reviewed evidence of the 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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