Childminder in Devon

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

The childminder provides a safe and stimulating setting. Children are happy and very secure in her care. They have warm supportive relationships and form close bonds, which supports their emotional well-being well. Children feel very much at home and move around with confidence.

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The provision is good

The sharing of books, stories and rhymes are part of the daily routine. The childminder skilfully uses songs and rhymes as part of play. For example, children playing on the wooden rocker enjoy joining in with 'Row, Row. Row, Your Boat'. The children then repeat this independently when they rock their dolls on the rocker.

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The provision is good

Children behave very well and display good levels of respect and consideration. The childminder praises the children for their good manners and kindness. This boosts their self-esteem and helps them feel valued. Children show their unique characters and express their views and preferences. For example, when decorating biscuits, they talk about their choices and preferences. They offer advice to the childminder on how she should decorate her biscuit, which she follows carefully.

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The provision is good

The childminder focuses her curriculum on ensuring that children have the skills they need in preparation for their next steps to pre-school or school. She ensures that children can confidently express their views, ask for support and do things for themselves. The youngest children are supported to be independent in preparing their snack, using cutlery at mealtimes and requesting and using the bathroom. Children make good progress in their learning and are well prepared for their next steps in learning.

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need to do better?

n The childminder takes into consideration children's interests and abilities when planning activities. Children learn to sort objects and match colours. The childminder gently models and supports to ensure that the children learn the correct information. Children learn to recognise shapes and count objects confidently as the childminder provides a range of activities that enable them to practise these skills. n Children creatively learn to explore their ideas through music and dance. The childminder supports them by providing different instruments, singing and dancing herself. This increases the children's enthusiasm and confidence to try new ways of communicating and to explore new ideas. n Children learn the importance of being active inside and outside. The childminder provides a climbing slide and a rocker, and she goes for walks to the park and the beach. This enables children to build their muscle strength,

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8 January 2025 coordination and control. Children gain good hand control in preparation for later skills, such as writing. Visits in the community often involve soft play and meeting up socially with other groups, which builds on their skills of communication, sharing and taking turns in new situations. n The childminder provides a good balance of adult-led and child-initiated activities. She demonstrates her vast knowledge of how children learn. However, the childminder does not always provide the support and activities that consolidate what children are learning. For example, children learn to count from one to three in rhymes and songs, however, the childminder does not build on this so that children can count at other times to reinforce and extend their learning. n Partnership with parents is extremely strong and effective. This is an area the childminder has developed further since her last inspection. Parents receive

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information about their children's daily activities and progress with ideas on how they can support their children at home. n The childminder focuses her curriculum well to support children's emotional development. For example, she sensitively encourages children to explain their feelings and to think of their friends. She helps children to resolve any conflicts by helping them think of how their actions could affect others. This helps children build good friendships and emotional resilience. n Children show good skills and concentration during activities. They persevere to complete tasks, such as finding all of the ducks hidden in the pictures of the book and finding different ways to climb over and down the slide. n Children learn about healthy choices during snack and lunchtimes. The childminder skilfully uses these times to have conversations about what is good to eat and how to look after themselves.

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n The children are extremely settled in this new environment and are very happy exploring and asking questions to develop their knowledge. The childminder gives reassuring hugs when needed, which helps the children to feel safe, secure and builds their confidence. n The childminder has built relationships with other providers the children attend. However, information about children's learning and progress are not shared to support consistency in the experiences for the children.

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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:

8 January 2025 n work more closely with other settings that children attend to gain and share information relating to children's learning and development to promote consistency in their experiences n provide support and activities that build more effectively on what children know and can do to consolidate their learning.

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Setting details

Unique reference number EY541214 Local authority Devon Inspection number 10376068 Type of provision Childminder

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Registers

Early Years Register, Compulsory Childcare Register Day care type Childminder

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inspection

Total number of places 4 Number of children on roll 7 Date of previous inspection 15 May 2019

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Information about this early years setting

This childminder registered in December 2016 and lives in Exmouth, Devon. She operates from Monday to Friday, all year round, from 8.30am to 4.30pm. The childminder's setting is known as 'Thalia's Little Tinkers'. The childminder receives funding for the provision of free early education for children aged two, three and four years.

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Inspection activities

n The inspector observed the childminder interacting with the children. n The inspector spoke to the childminder at appropriate times during the inspection about the curriculum she provides. n The inspector spoke with children throughout the inspection. n The inspector sampled a range of documents, including suitability checks, training certificates and children's learning records. n The inspector spoke to parents and listened to their views about the setting n A joint observation was carried out and the impact of the curriculum was discussed.

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Inspection activities

8 January 2025 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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