Twilight At All Saints Infants

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Staff collect children from their classrooms and use a registration system to ensure that all children have arrived safely.

They share key messages with the class teacher about children's days at school. Staff use this information to help children to settle into the club. Children arrive happily.

They quickly make their choices and start to instigate their own play.Children respond positively to staff and behave very well. They are confident in their interactions with staff and invite them into their play.

Staff enthusiastically join in, listening and responding appropriately. This shows children that their views ...are valued. Children say that the club 'is really fun' and they love their friends here.

They explain to visitors that they are happy in the club and like playing with the toys.Children enjoy playing together and have made friendships with children from different classes. Older children are kind, considerate and encourage younger children to join in with their play.

Children are confident communicators. They talk with their friends, the staff and visitors who come to the setting.

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

Leaders work closely with the school, parents and staff to create an inclusive and safe space for children.

This is at the heart of the club and is a core strength. All children thrive in the calm and caring atmosphere that leaders and staff work hard to create. Children are carefully supervised by staff.

Children are supported to have a sense of belonging. For example, when it is time to tidy up for tea, children who have created a large train track are asked if they would like to save and protect it. Staff help children to carefully move this to the side so that it does not get broken.

Children understand that their play and their creations are important and that they can return to these after tea.Staff reflect on the experiences they offer children. Recent changes include providing further opportunities for children to make more of their own choices at the creative table.

They have a large storage area located next to the art table that allows children to extend their creations by selecting the resources they require. Children confidently reach inside a draw to select some tape and scissors to extend their artwork.Staff provide healthy and nutritious snacks for children to enjoy.

Snack time is a calm and social time. Children delight in coming together and spend long periods chatting to their friends and the staff. They independently select what they would like.

Children use their manners to ask their friends to pass them down what they would like to eat.Children are supported by staff to learn how they can keep themselves safe. This includes staff helping children to understand the importance of staying safe online.

They discuss different online games that are current and what age children should be to play these and the reason for this.Children have free access to outdoor activities. Staff make sure that the outside is accessible as soon as children arrive.

Children enjoy running around, using skipping ropes and developing their physical skills. They make up their own game of throwing balls into goals and ask staff to referee the game. Counting and understanding of number is carefully weaved into the game by staff as they keep scores.

This helps younger children to further embed their understanding of numbers.Parents say that their children love coming to the club. They explain how their children can play with different ages of children to help develop their social skills.

The management team keeps parents informed about their children's time in the club and the staff who care for them.

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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