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Little Gem's Childcare | Ofsted Reports, Reviews (2025)
Little Gem's Childcare
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Little Gem's Childcare
- Nursery
- Dartford DA1 1QT
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
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Diverse Books and Toys: Children are learning to understand the importance of oral hygiene and a healthy diet. They have opportunities to practise brushing teeth correctly through their role play and exploration. During snack and mealtimes, they taste a range of healthy fruits and enjoy the nutritious meals that staff provide.
Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children enjoy activities to support their physical development, such as negotiating space as they ride scooters and bicycles in the garden.
Activities: Children enjoy visits to the local library, feeding ducks on the lake, nature walks, and local play parks.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children quickly settle into the rooms for the day and explore freely while adults engage with them and join in their play. Staff encourage children to be independent, use the toilet, wash their hands, and serve their snack.
Communication: Parents say they are happy with the care and education their children receive during their time at the nursery. They are kept up to date on their children's progress, such as through handover time at the end of the session.
Programs and Resources: Staff identify children's needs quickly and put in place the extra support some children need, ensuring that children make good progress from their starting points, including children who speak English as an additional language and children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Staff Training: Staff have recently accessed training to help and support children's mental health.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: The manager warmly welcomes each child on arrival, and children separate from their parents with ease. They confidently say goodbye and put their belongings away.
Safeguarding Training: The management team ensures that staff complete regular training so that they can identify children at risk of abuse. Managers ensure ratios are always met, and staff are deployed well so that children are supervised and kept safe during their time at the setting.
Play and Learning Integration: Children complete obstacle courses inside with the soft-play equipment, balancing, climbing and coordinating their next move. They are motivated and show a 'can-do' attitude.
Transition to Primary School: Staff encourage children to be independent, which helps to prepare them for school.
Diversity Management: Staff provide a range of visual aids to support children's choices, resulting in children of all abilities making good progress in their communication.
Child Safety Management: Staff implement effective risk assessments to check that the environment and equipment are suitable for children's play and learning.
Children's Safety and Security: Children are happy and secure in the setting. Staff form positive relationships with children, offer them encouragement and promote children's positive attitudes to learning. This helps children to feel self-assured and confident.
Teaching Personal Safety: Children learn how to use the toilet, wash their hands and serve their snack.
Happiness and Settling: Children are happy and secure in the setting. The manager warmly welcomes each child on arrival, and children separate from their parents with ease.
Nutritional Menu: Children taste a range of healthy fruits and enjoy the nutritious meals that staff provide.
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Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 28th Oct 2024 - 1st Nov 2024 |
| Winter Holidays | 23rd Dec 2024 - 3rd Jan 2025 |
| Spring Half Term Holidays | 17th Feb 2025 - 21st Feb 2025 |
| Spring Holidays | 7th Apr 2025 - 21st Apr 2025 |
| Summer Half Term Holidays | 26th May 2025 - 30th May 2025 |
| Summer Holidays | 23rd Jul 2025 - 29th Aug 2025 |
Terms Dates 2024/25
| Terms | Dates |
|---|---|
| Autumn Term | 2nd Sep 2024 - 27th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 2nd Nov 2024 - 22nd Dec 2024 |
| Spring Term | 4th Jan 2025 - 16th Feb 2025 |
| Spring Term-2 | 22nd Feb 2025 - 6th Apr 2025 |
| Summer Term | 22nd Apr 2025 - 25th May 2025 |
| Summer Term-2 | 31st May 2025 - 22nd Jul 2025 |
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