Time Out at South Milford

Activities: Children take part in many craft activities that allow them to explore their creative skills. For example, children concentrate well to cut out the rabbit-shaped face to make a mask.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Adults support and extend their play by introducing money and a money bag for the passengers to pay for their ride.

Communication: Staff communicate with teachers when they collect children from their classrooms. The manager regularly spends time in younger children's classrooms.

Community Building: Parents make positive comments about the care their children receive. They describe staff as 'positive and caring' and that the club has a 'happy and welcoming' atmosphere.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Children develop strong bonds with staff, who know them well. Staff are described as 'positive and caring'.

Safeguarding Training: Staff demonstrate a good knowledge of the signs and symptoms that may indicate that a child is at risk of harm.

Play and Learning Integration: Children show high levels of imagination during their everyday play. For instance, they work together to make a bus and pretend to go to a safari park.

Transition to Primary School: Partnerships with the host school are strong. Staff communicate with teachers when they collect children from their classrooms.

Diversity Management: Children take part in cultural activities throughout the year. For instance, children enjoy craft activities to celebrate the Chinese New Year and practise painting their hands with henna.

Child Safety Management: Staff complete regular checks on the environment to help them to identify and eliminate any risks.

Children's Safety and Security: Children are confident and develop strong bonds with staff, who know them well.

Teaching Personal Safety: Staff regularly update their knowledge on current safeguarding issues.

Happiness and Settling: Children are happy, confident and sociable.