Lavender Blu Limited

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children very much enjoy their time at this well-organised club. They arrive at the setting with confidence and enthusiasm. Staff are extremely friendly and nurturing.

Children form strong bonds with them and there is a genuine atmosphere of trust, respect and care throughout. Staff plan a wide range of well-thought-out and interesting activities, which children thoroughly enjoy. Children of all ages become deeply absorbed in their play and learning.

For example, children spend a great amount of time and effort creating models out of cubes. They are fascinated as they use ingredients to make their own play dough during out...side play. Staff are thoroughly involved in children's activities, and this contributes to children's engagement.

Children enjoy being at the club. They settle quickly and demonstrate high levels of self-esteem and happiness. They are truly proud to attend and there is a sense of belonging.

For example, children offer to show the inspector around and invite her to join their table at snack time. Staff role model respectful relationships with each other and children follow this. Children know the routines of the club and their behaviour is particularly good.

For example, children tidy away and show a good understanding of hygiene as they wash their hands before eating. Younger children actively seek out staff and their peers and invite them into their play. For example, children and staff excitedly take part in games and activities, such as table top hockey and imaginative play in the role-play area.

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

The manager and staff regularly reflect on their practice, so that they can monitor what is working well at the club. Leaders make good use of staff supervision sessions to review staff practice and how it can be improved. Staff talk about the support they receive from the leadership team.

The manager is passionate about providing staff with opportunities to develop their knowledge. For example, recent training around inclusion has helped staff to feel more confident in how they organise the environment for all children.The manager has built strong partnerships with the host school and there are effective two-way communication processes in place.

The manager is dedicated to creating strong links with other professionals, such as the local authority. She takes every opportunity available to keep her own and staff's knowledge up to date and provide high-quality provision for all children.Staff know the children who attend well.

They gather information about the children when they first start, to get to know what they like and dislike. Staff use this information, alongside children's ongoing views, to provide experiences and activities for them to enjoy.Parents speak highly of the club.

They praise the 'love and care' staff provide for their children. Parents comment that the activities and experiences are great, and their children enjoy attending the club. Staff provide parents with regular feedback when they collect their children to keep them up to date about their child's time at the club.

Staff plan a range of activities for all children to be outdoors, so that they have plenty of fresh air and can practise their physical abilities. For example, children enjoy playing ball games with each other, cheering each other along. Staff are deployed extremely well both indoors and outdoors so that children are always supervised.

Staff promote children's good health effectively. In addition to providing lots of opportunities for active play, staff prepare healthy and nutritious snacks for the children and mealtimes are sociable occasions. Children are highly independent during this time at the club.

They carefully select their fillings and prepare their own wraps to eat. They explain to the inspector that some children have allergies and that is why they have a place mat next to their food. This demonstrates their care for their friends and an understanding of how to keep each other safe.

Staff provide many opportunities for children to be creative. Children laugh and smile as they dress up, using colourful wigs and sunglasses. Younger children happily take a shopping basket into the 'shop' and prepare pretend cups of tea for the staff.

Staff fully immerse themselves in the children's play and imaginations.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.There is an open and positive culture around safeguarding that puts children's interests first.

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