Fruity Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • Children enjoy their time at the club.

They form secure attachments with staff. A well-established key-person system supports the needs of the youngest children. This helps to promote children's emotional development.

• Staff encourage older children to support younger children throughout the session. Younger children say they like getting help with their reading and homework from their older peers. This helps build children's self-confidence and sense of responsibility.

• Children's behaviour is good. They are polite and respectful of each other. Adults model the good behaviour expected of children.

As a result, children are co...nsistently kind and caring. • Staff listen to each other's ideas and communicate effectively. This supports the smooth running of the club.

• Children enjoy sitting together for their evening meal. They are complimentary of the weekly menu. Children eat fresh-cooked, nutritious hot food.

Parents comment on the quality of the evening meal. Parents say the food provided is one of the reasons they recommend this club to others. • Children have plenty of opportunities to be physically active after a day at school.

Staff create games and provide resources outdoors. Older children organise themselves for team ball games. Younger children are supported to play games with hula hoops and balls.

This helps to promote children's physical development. • The manager does not routinely evaluate practice. Sometimes opportunities to further enhance teaching skills are not identified.

This means staff are not always clear how they can maintain and build on their already good practice

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