Busy Bodies Big Kids Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements From the moment children arrive at the club, they are actively involved in their chosen activities.

Staff provide enjoyable, themed activities that link well, and help children to build on what they already know. Children refine their communication, writing and number skills as they play. For example, children build the Great Wall of China with a variety of different types of construction sets.

In the role-play area, children play imaginatively, taking orders, making meals and serving customers at the Chinese restaurant. They paint characters from the Chinese alphabet to make words using a brush and black paint.Children en...joy secure relationships with staff who know them well and meet their needs.

They take responsibility for their behaviour and agree the rules that they follow. Children put forward their ideas and are fully involved in the planning of activities and decision making. Children have a true choice of whether to play indoors or outdoors.

Both areas are well resourced to provide opportunities for children to refine skills in all areas of their development. For example, children refine their counting skills as they roll dice and move the appropriate number of spaces while playing board games. They also devise their own games.

For example, they time how quickly they can fill a bucket with noodles. Children work together, organise it themselves, time it and keep score using their mathematical skills.

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

Staff know the children well and ensure their needs are met.

They support children well when they start the club and provide ongoing support to promote children's emotional development and well-being.Staff obtain and make good use of information from the schools that children attend. They plan activities that children enjoy and complement their learning in school.

For example, at school some children are learning a set of words. At the club, children take turns to hide these written words around the yard and give other children clues on where to find them.Children, parents and staff are heavily involved in the evaluation of the club.

Children meet to discuss the views of others. For example, they agreed to limit the length of time that the television would be available following a suggestion from a parent. They work together to raise money for additional items, such as equipment for their entertainment area.

For example, they have collected some books and are selling them, having agreed a price.The club is extremely welcoming and inclusive. Staff make good use of calendar events, such as Chinese New Year, to help children learn about their culture and those of others.

Children talk about cultural differences and how different people live. They regularly communicate with a nursery in The Gambia, which they raise money to support. They make decisions about which toys will be bought and sent to children in The Gambia.

Children's physical health is well promoted. Children have good opportunities to engage in physical activity. They exercise vigorously in the ball park, develop balance as they walk across the trim trail and use a range of sports equipment in the yard.

Children help themselves to healthy snacks when they are ready. They butter their own bread and make sandwiches with their choice of fillings.Staff and parents exchange information in a variety of different ways.

Information obtained from parents and children when they first join is used to help children to settle in. Ongoing information about the club is exchanged with parents electronically and via newsletters and noticeboards.There is a clear recruitment and staff induction process.

Staff receive regular feedback on their performance. The management team regularly test staff's knowledge of policies, procedures, safeguarding and wider issues. They use their findings to arrange group discussions and training, so their excellent practice continues to develop and improve.

Children's behaviour is excellent. Children are happy, confident and emotionally secure. Children write about themselves and what makes them unique on heart-shaped papers and display them under a heading, 'Our Minds Matter'.

They also have opportunities to talk about how they feel.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.Staff have a clear knowledge of child protection and wider safeguarding issues.

They frequently discuss different aspects of safeguarding at staff meetings to keep their knowledge refreshed and up to date. Children take an active role in assessing risks and noting any hazards they identify. They are very knowledgeable about risks associated with the use of the internet and create informative displays to share what they know with each other.

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