Sunshine Nursery and Pre School

Inspection of Sunshine Nursery and Pre School Woodthorpe Childrens Centre, 10 Lewis Road, Sheffield S13 8DA

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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 Not applicable

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The provision is good

Children are happy, engaged and playful in this setting. They arrive eager and ready to learn. Staff encourage children to start the day singing together in their groups. This creates an environment where children feel safe and develop a sense of belonging. Staff get to know children well as they settle in. They observe children to identify their interests and plan creative experiences that extend their learning. For example, children use real cups, jugs and teapots to pretend to make tea. They pour water and mix herbs and spices. Staff encourage children to smell the spices and use language to describe the scent. Children say it is 'gingerbread tea'.

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The provision is good

Children are deeply engaged in their play as they wash the dolls and talk to staff. Staff support children well and ensure that they have opportunities to return to familiar activities and practise new skills. Staff listen and encourage younger and quieter children with conversations that encourage their thinking skills, language and communication. They sing a song about brushing teeth as children brush the doll's teeth. Children thrive in this environment. They feel valued and secure as they settle and become established in the room. Staff provide an excellent range of age-appropriate activities for children to choose from that ignite their curiosity and promote the use of language. Children make choices and benefit from free-flow access to outdoors. The routine means that children know what is happening now and next. As a result, the setting is calm and children are engaged and learning.

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need to do better?

n Outside, staff lead older children in active group times, singing action games. Children sing gleefully and roar with laughter. Older children sit together and use puppets to act out a story of a bear hunt. Staff join in and support children. They are tuned in and understand children's language. However, at times, such as during free play, children are distracted by music from a speaker and it is difficult for them to concentrate and interact. n Staff observe children, monitor their progress and record next steps for each child. Overall, staff understand what they want children to learn. However, children's next steps in learning are not easily and precisely linked to the curriculum intent. n Staff are reflective and consider their own practice. For example, they notice when children begin to do things for themselves. Therefore, they give children time and space to achieve practical tasks, such drying their own hands. Staff use

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need to do better?

playful strategies to help children to develop their independence. For example, they invite children to put their coats on hood first, then the sleeves. n Staff have developed an excellent relationship with the local school. They take children to visit school and invite teachers to visit the nursery. As a result,

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need to do better?

15 January 2025 children are familiar with school and their transitions are smooth. n Staff support diversity in their interactions with families and through exploring celebrations and stories. Staff invite parents and carers to share words in their home languages. This values children and improves communication. Staff have built strong connections with other professionals and settings to support children with special educational needs and/or disabilities. Staff create individual learning plans and support children with focused one-to-one activities. n Staff support children to develop healthy lifestyles. Children learn to brush their teeth and eat fruit at snack time. Staff nurture babies as they learn to feed themselves. Toddlers learn to take turns and to carry their plates. Older children serve themselves at the table. Staff follow safe sleeping guidelines and monitor children who are sleeping closely.

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need to do better?

n Staff share information with parents in daily conversations and on an app. Parents speak very highly of the setting. They say that staff are dedicated, kind and creative. Parents say that they feel supported and included. They say that their children experience lots of activities and are delighted to come to nursery. Parents say that their children make excellent progress, particularly in communication and language. n Staff are engaged and happy. They say that they enjoy their work and that they feel valued and supported by leaders. Leaders have made good use of additional funding to support and enhance children's learning and to develop new experiences. For example, they provide real items, such as fruit and vegetables, for children to explore in the role-play and creative areas.

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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 children to focus more fully on their interactions and learning during free play n link children's next steps in learning and activities more precisely to the curriculum intent.

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Setting details

Unique reference number 2811736 Local authority Sheffield Inspection number 10366874 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 77 Number of children on roll 91 Name of registered person Sunshine Care Centre Ltd

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reference number

Telephone number 01142651188 Date of previous inspection Not applicable

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Information about this early years setting

Sunshine Nursery and Pre School re-registered in 2024 and is located in Sheffield. The nursery employs 15 members of childcare staff. Of these, 10 staff hold appropriate early years qualifications at level 3 and two staff at level 2. The nursery opens from Monday to Friday, all year round. Sessions are from 7am until 6pm. It offers government funded childcare and receives specific funding for disadvantaged children.

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Inspection activities

n The manager showed the inspector the areas used by the nursery and explained how the provision is organised. n The inspector held a number of discussions with leaders and staff. n Leaders showed the inspector relevant documentation. n The inspector observed interactions between children and adults. n The manager participated in a joint observation of staff with the inspector. n The inspector observed planned activities and free play inside and outside the nursery. n The inspector spoke to parents during the inspection and took account of their views.

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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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