Time Out Childcare Hook With Warsash

Activities: Children thoroughly enjoyed exploring and creating enjoyable models and shapes.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff encourage children to develop their early writing skills. For instance, during the inspection, staff supported children to personalise a picnic blanket.

Communication: Staff continually share details with parents about the type of activities that children most enjoy.

Community Building: Parents are happy with the service that staff provide. Many parents explain that children enjoy accessing the wide range of creative resources on offer.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: The manager holds a relevant qualification at level 3 and another member of staff holds a qualification in childcare at level 2.

Safeguarding Training: She regularly checks that all staff have a good awareness of how to respond if they have any concerns about a child's welfare.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff support children to engage in realistic play activities. Children make pretend 'tea' for friends and carefully unpack boxes to arrange kitchen utensils and crockery. They engage in conversations with friends and comment on their play.

Transition to Primary School: Staff work exceptionally well with teaching staff at the local school. For example, they collaborate to support children who require additional support.

Child Safety Management: Staff display high levels of vigilance as they supervise children extremely well in all areas of the setting.

Children's Safety and Security: Staff offer children superb emotional support, such as when they have in-depth conversations about children's home lives.

Happiness and Settling: Children are remarkably open and honest with the caring staff team. They are happy to express their emotions and to talk about their feelings.