Dawn until Dusk Ltd Thomas Johnson

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children arrive happy and settled at this welcoming and friendly club.

They are eager to talk to staff about their day at school. Staff listen attentively to what children have to say and, as a result, children feel valued. Staff support children's personal, social, and emotional development well.

For example, they encourage children to take turns and share resources as they play board games. Staff remind them of the rules and who is next to have a turn. Children engage well with the range of activities on offer.

They are eager to make choices about what they want to play with and treat resources respectfully, put...ting lids back on pens when they have finished. Children think imaginatively as they pretend to cook pizza for visitors. They delight in sharing out each slice to their friends.

Staff support children's growing independence. They encourage them to hang up their own coats and bags when they come into the setting. Staff provide opportunities for children to make simple choices and decisions.

For example, children choose from a range of healthy fruits at snack time, talking about the fruit they have chosen and describing the taste. Children delight in talking about their food choices and staff support them to make healthy decisions.

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

Staff provide experiences for children based on their interests.

They provide children with choices and allow them to voice their opinions about what they would like to do. This makes children feel valued and confident at the club.Children behave well with others.

Staff role model positive behaviour and the children are receptive to this. Children happily play in groups and share resources with each other. Older children invite younger children to join in with their play.

Staff support them to ensure all children are included.An effective key-person system is in place to ensure that younger children are supported well. Staff are caring, friendly and kind.

They have lovely relationships with the children and have formed strong bonds. Children are eager to show staff their achievements and invite them to join their games. For example, children proudly show their handwriting and ask staff how to spell certain words.

Staff ensure that children feel safe in the club. They provide activities for children to be able to acknowledge their feelings and manage their mental well-being. For example, a quieter area has been created, so that children can sit in a calmer space when they are feeling overwhelmed.

Other children delight as they make their own fidget toys using balloons and flour. Staff explain that 'these can be squeezed when we feel stressed or overwhelmed'. Children talk about how they are feeling and staff sensitively listen.

Children have opportunities to develop their physical skills. They have access to outdoor areas where they can climb on apparatus. When they are inside, they use scissors and cut round their art work.

Staff know and understand the needs of all children at the club. They work in collaboration with teachers in the school and parents to ensure that the needs of all children are met. In particular, children with special educational needs and/or disabilities are supported very well.

Staff have undertaken appropriate training to ensure that they can make adaptations to the provision, where necessary.Children are taught about different cultures and celebrate a diverse range of festivals. They learn about Chinese New Year and taste different cuisine for their tea time meal.

Children recall when they petted a baby lamb at the club the previous Easter.Parents commend the staff at the club for the work that they do. They say their children 'have fun and are happy'.

The manager ensures that parents' views are listened to and conducts regular questionnaires, so that she can constantly evaluate the service that they offer.Staff have regular meetings to discuss the planning of activities. They work well together as a team.

The manager supports their well-being and professional development, providing courses for staff that need support. Staff comment that they feel supported and enjoy working at the club.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.

Staff know the procedure to follow to help keep children safe. Managers have a good understanding of their responsibilities in relation to keeping children safe, including broader safeguarding issues, and ensuring that staff have relevant training. The space in which children play is clean and secure, and resources are well maintained.

Distance between activities is maintained, so that all children can access activities safely. Staff complete training in first aid and safeguarding. They encourage children to risk assess their environment by encouraging them tidy-up resources, so they do not trip, and to walk indoors rather than run.

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