Fledgelings Playgroup

Inspection of Fledgelings Playgroup Portacabins, Laneham Road, Dunham on Trent, Nottinghamshire NG22 0UL

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Overall effectiveness Good

The quality of education Good Behaviour and attitudes Outstanding Personal development Good Leadership and management Good Overall effectiveness at previous inspection Good

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The provision is good

Staff provide children with a welcoming and interesting play environment. Before children start to attend, staff find out all about them. They make sure that there is something of interest and familiarity available in pre-school, such as dinosaurs, for children to play with. Children settle in quickly and their learning journey with the pre-school begins smoothly. Staff have golden rules in place for children to follow, which they do successfully. If children need a reminder, staff do this sensitively, making sure children fully understand why they need to change their behaviour.

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The provision is good

All children are supported to access activities and resources, some of which are in place or adapted to suit the needs of particular children. For example, children enjoy identifying letters and sounds and finding an object starting with the sound, while others make good attempts at naming the objects. Children's speech and communication develops quickly at the pre-school. Staff use a wide range of methods to help with this. This includes using Makaton sign language, letting children blow bubbles to develop their mouth muscles to support making speech sounds, and talking to children about what they are doing as they play.

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The provision is good

Children are confident and demonstrate emotional security at the pre-school. They and their parents have strong relationships with their key person. Children gravitate to their key person when they are unsure about a situation, such as a visitor being present, and staff reassure them and support them until the children are happy with the situation.

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need to do better?

n Staff have developed a curriculum that has clear intentions for what they want children to know, understand and be able to do when they start school. Staff focus strongly on developing children's confidence, physical, communication and language and social skills. For example, children successfully learn how to share. Even children who have only attended for two weeks understand that the fruit at snack time is for sharing. They select their fruit before kindly passing the plate to the next child. n Staff use their observations and information gained from parents to assess children's development. When they identify concerns, staff act swiftly to work with parents to find the support children need. Staff work closely with other professionals, such as speech and language therapists, to give children the best possible opportunity to slow down any developmental gaps that might be emerging. Parents receive good-quality information about their child's progress.

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need to do better?

n Children have numerous experiences of hearing staff using language to communicate their ideas, needs and what they want from children and each other. Staff model speaking, using one-syllable words for the children who need

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need to do better?

27 September 2024 it and more complex sentences for other children. Carpet time provides children with an opportunity to speak up in a group situation, which the older children do with confidence. n Staff are aware that the youngest children may struggle with time spent in group activities. They make sure the children have an adult near to them to help them to focus. When they can sense the children have reached the limit of their concentration, they quietly allow the children to move away to take part in a different activity, such as a game, with another adult. This allows children to learn about behaviour expectations in a positive and supportive way. Children take pride in being chosen as the daily helper and they know they have been chosen because the staff are pleased with them. n Staff understand how the development of children's large muscles and movement contributes to their future writing and drawing skills. Outdoors,

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need to do better?

children have many places to practise and develop their strength and coordination. They work out how to move tyres and planks to make walkways that they balance on. They paint using different-sized brushes on large boards, and cut, crush and mash flowers and leaves in the kitchen area using a variety of tools. That said, staff occasionally do not recognise when they can introduce new ideas or language to children to provide an even better learning experience for them. n Children have lots of freedom to explore and experiment. There are times, however, when staff do things for children that they could manage to do for themselves, such as scooping paint, pouring water or pushing bottle pumps. While this does not impair children's development, it does mean they cannot practise and refine these skills independently. n Leaders and managers have a good routine in place for monitoring staff practice and children's progress. Staff access training and development opportunities.

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need to do better?

These are either to develop a skill or interest they have identified or that the manager has identified through monitoring. Staff work very well together, which makes the pre-school a calm and productive environment for children to learn in.

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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 identify when children's learning can be extended during play n help staff to understand when to step back and allow children to do things for themselves before intervening.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 253097 Local authority Nottinghamshire County Council Inspection number 10363775 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 Sessional day care

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inspection

Total number of places 18 Number of children on roll 21

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Name of registered person

Fledgelings Playgroup (Dunham on Trent) Committee

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reference number

Telephone number 01777 228066 Date of previous inspection 9 January 2019

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Information about this early years setting

Fledgelings Playgroup registered in 1977 and is committee run. The pre-school employs six members of childcare staff. Of these, five hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and one holds a qualification at level 6. The pre-school opens from Monday to Friday, term time only. Sessions are from 8.45am to 3.15pm. The pre-school provides places for children in receipt of government funding.

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Inspection activities

n The deputy manager, manager and inspector carried out a learning walk together of all areas of the pre-school and discussed the early years curriculum. n Children spoke with the inspector during the inspection. n The inspector talked to staff at appropriate times during the inspection and took account of their views. n The inspector spoke with the nominated individual about the leadership and management of the setting. n Staff spoke to the inspector about how they support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. n The inspector and the manager carried out a joint observation of a small-group activity. n Parents, grandparents and carers shared their views of the setting 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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