Kaleidoscope Care Sleaford

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children are supported by staff to share toys and equipment in the club. For example, staff ask children to take turns when they play with electronic games. This results in children doing this willingly.

Children tell visitors that they like to do arts and crafts, and that their favourite food is 'chips on a Friday'. They say that staff make them happy because they provide fun activities for them. Children listen and follow staff's instructions.

This includes when they are asked to tidy away toys. Children are keen to do this and help staff, knowing that they will be able to play team games afterwards. Children play cooper...atively with their peers and staff.

They hold hands together to make a large circle, while staff talk to them about the rules of a game called 'splat'. Staff join in playing the game with children, laughing with them when themselves and children are out of the game. Children are keen to interact with staff to share their experiences.

For example, children show their imagination and pretend that a feather can perform magic to make a pencil heavy. Staff follow children's lead and pretend that they can not lift a pencil from the table because it is too heavy. Staff help children to learn how they can keep themselves safe.

For example, they show children how to hold scissors and talk to them about returning the scissors to the holder when they have finished.

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

Staff find out about what children are learning during the day at school and compliment this. For example, when children learn about dinosaurs, staff provide children with toy dinosaurs to play with and talk to them about the names of the dinosaurs.

Children are confident to share their thoughts and knowledge with staff and their peers.Staff say that they feel supported with their well-being. They are invited to attend meetings with the management team to discuss their practice and identify professional development opportunities.

Staff complete training courses, such as food hygiene and paediatric first aid to help them promote children's safety. They attend specific training for individual children to meet their health needs.When children arrive at the club, staff ask them to wash their hands to get rid of the germs.

This helps children to follow hand-hygiene routines and to understand why they need to wash their hands. Staff provide children with a nutritious range of foods to promote a balanced diet. However, staff do not help children to develop their knowledge of healthy foods and how this can promote their oral health.

Staff and children develop the rules and boundaries in the club together. This includes for children to walk indoors. Children understand this rule and say that if they run indoors, they might 'bump into people', showing their understanding of the consequences of their actions.

Staff ensure that younger children arrive at the club first. They spend this time following the routines and engaging in activities that interest them. This helps to promote their emotional well-being and for them to feel confident and secure before older children arrive.

The manager and staff seek the views of parents and children to reflect on the experiences they offer children. Recent changes offer children further opportunities to develop their imagination when they want to draw.The manager and staff greet parents warmly when they drop off and collect their children.

This helps them to feel welcomed into the club. Parents comment positively about their children's experiences. They say that their children often do not want to go home.

Parents appreciate the talent shows that their children are able to perform in, to help develop their confidence. They say that the manager and staff care not only for the child but also the family.Children have opportunities to engage in arts and crafts.

Staff provide them with a wide range of materials to use, such as paper, glue, glitter and paint. Children make their own art work and are keen to share their achievements with staff. They receive praise and positive comments from staff, helping to raise children's self-esteem.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.Staff supervise children well. For example, when they collect them from the host school, they remind children to hold hands in pairs.

Staff ensure that there is a member of staff at the back and front of the line when they walk to the club. This helps to promote children's safety. The management team follow a safe recruitment procedure when employing new staff.

They check staff's ongoing suitability to work with children. The management team and staff understand how to identify any signs of symptoms of abuse. They know where to report concerns about children's safety or if an allegation of abuse is made against a member of staff.

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