Junior Adventures Group @ Vicars Green HA0

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision does not meet requirements At this after-school club, children are given some choices in their play. However, staff do not organise activities to provide sufficient resources to engage and excite children, including when they wish to play outdoors. Some children quickly become disengaged.

Staff collect children from school and children happily arrive at the after-school club. They know the routine of putting their coats and bags away. They sit and enjoy a snack, where staff greet them and ask about their day.

Children enjoy interacting with their friends. Children enjoy imaginative play. Staff encourage children to join an activity and child...ren join their friends of all ages and build a train track.

They introduce farm animals to their game, which sits alongside the train track. They talk with one another and discuss what else they need to include to widen their game. Children play cooperatively.

Staff talk and encourage children throughout play and remind them of rules to manage positive behaviour. This helps children to feel safe and secure. They engage with children to play board games and help to explain how to play the game, so children understand how they can participate and try to win.

During outdoor group activities, staff involve themselves in the game with children, which creates excitement and joy among the children.

What does the early years setting do well and what does it need to do better?

Children are provided with limited choices in their play. Staff have not thought through the organisation of activities.

The environment indoors has very few resources available for children to engage and excite them on arrival. Some children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, quickly lose interest.Children have access to the school playground and can access the school apparatus.

In addition, staff engage children in group games. However, staff have provided very few resources outdoors for children to make their own choices in play.Parents speak highly of the after-school club.

They say their children are happy to attend, and quickly make friends. Children build their confidence through social interactions in the club. However, parents are not updated with how their children's day was at the end of the day or what activities their child engaged with.

Leaders ensure that staff are supported through a range of training opportunities. Regular staff supervision provides an opportunity for staff to talk about their role, ideas they may have to support practice, and discuss their well- being. In addition, staff understand that they must notify leaders immediately of any circumstances which may affect their suitability to work with children.

Leaders ensure that when a child first begins at the setting, they obtain relevant information about the child with the support of parents. This helps staff understand the needs of each child and understand their likes and dislikes. Preparing children for their next stage in school is important for the club.

Staff will talk to children to help them prepare for transitions.Staff create a friendly and welcoming atmosphere at the after-school club. Children demonstrate that they feel safe and secure.

They demonstrate good bonds with the staff, who engage children in play opportunities. This helps to build children's emotional well-being and helps them feel that they are welcome in the club.Children enjoy a good range of healthy snacks.

Children are taught to manage their own needs and understand the importance of washing their hands before snack time. They independently butter their rice cakes and wraps before adding cheese and cucumber. They enjoy a range of fruit and pour their own drink of water and juice.

During play, children have access to water to hydrate their bodies.Children learn to take turns and be kind towards their friends. During a swing ball activity, staff explain the expectations.

Children learn to wait their turn and share the game. They demonstrate pleasure in their understanding of how to play the game and happily wait until it is their turn to bat the ball.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

Staff recognise the signs and symptoms of abuse. Where necessary, they know the agencies that they need to make referrals to. This helps to keep children safe from harm.

There are robust safe recruitment procedures in place. To ensure staff remain suitable to work with children, there are regular ongoing suitability checks. Staff are aware that if they have concerns about a colleague and their conduct towards children, they have a responsibility to report these concerns.

Children are taught good hygiene procedures and the club is clean. This helps to support good infection control within the club.

What does the setting need to do to improve?

To meet the requirements of the early years foundation stage and Childcare Register the provider must: Due date ensure the organisation of activities indoors and outdoors meets the needs of all children and allows them to make choices from a wide range of resources that engage and excite them 26/10/2023 strengthen parent partnership communication, so parents are provided with information on what activities are provided in the club and how their child's session has been.

26/10/2023

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