Whizz Kids Holiday Club

Highlights from Latest Inspection

What is it like to attend this early years setting?

This provision meets requirements Children are happy and enjoy their time at the club. They greet staff and their friends with enthusiasm as they arrive.

Children demonstrate good social skills and quickly settle into the activities staff provide. They have good relationships with staff and their friends and enthusiastically come together for their morning welcome meeting. Children discuss the rules of the club and show an understanding of personal safety.

For instance, they talk about the evacuation procedures, the importance of not sharing food and the need to drink water regularly to help stay hydrated. Staff are good role models. Their energetic person...alities motivate children to join in with the morning warm-up sessions.

Children roll dice and read instructions, such as to jump like a frog. They laugh with their friends and show great pleasure as they practise moving in different ways. Children negotiate activities with each other.

For instance, they listen to their friends as they discuss the rules of the parachute game. Working as a team, they successfully lift the parachute and manoeuvre the balls around, showing a great sense of pride. Staff know children well and are sensitive to their individual needs.

For example, they give those younger children the support and encouragement they need to join in. Children clearly feel safe and secure in the staff's attentive care.

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

Staff establish positive relationships with children and get to know them well.

This helps them to plan activities and play experiences that they know children will enjoy. However, there are fewer choices available for those children that prefer to take part in art and craft activities. Nonetheless, children enjoy mark making.

They talk about their drawings and create their own stories. This helps to build on their existing literacy skills.Staff communicate well with parents and keep them fully informed.

For example, at the end of each day, staff share children's achievements with parents and the activities they have taken part in. Parents say their children have fun and enjoy their time at the club.Children behave well, show good levels of independence and listen to what is asked of them.

For example, they know to ask if they need to go to the toilet and demonstrate positive hygiene practices throughout the day. Children know that they must line up to be counted before going outside and in colder weather to put on their coats Children demonstrate they feel emotionally secure and confidently speak to the inspector about the activities they enjoy. At lunchtime, children spend time chatting to their friends and talk about events at home.

This helps to support children's understanding of cultures and family communities other than their own.Staff support children's understanding of healthy lifestyles well. They talk to children about the benefits of eating healthy foods.

Children actively discuss the importance of exercise and take part in many physical activities. For instance, indoor, children take part in games such as relay races. They initiate their own games, and show a good understanding of number and calculation as they add up their scores.

Outdoor, children take part in a variety of sports, such as football. Staff adapt their levels of support to each child's abilities. This helps to ensure all children have every opportunity to enjoy activities alongside their friends.

The provider evaluates the setting to help improve the club. He ensures his staff complete mandatory training, including paediatric first aid and safeguarding. Staff say they feel supported in their role and have opportunities to update their professional knowledge.

The provider and staff implement the club's risk assessment procedures effectively. They have stringent procedures in place to sign children in and out of the club and ensure parents complete up-to-date information prior to leaving children in their care, such as medical forms. Staff hold discussions with parents to make sure children have everything they need for their day.

For instance, staff ensure that they have recorded the relevant collection passwords and have full details of who will be collecting the children.

Safeguarding

The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.Safeguarding is part of everyday practice for staff at the club.

All staff understand their role to always promote children's welfare. They know the procedures to follow if they have any concerns about other members of staff or children's well-being. The provider follows safe recruitment procedures.

He ensures robust checks are in place to make sure staff are suitable to work with children. The site supervisor deploys staff well. Children are supervised vigilantly throughout the day.

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