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Play A Way Activity Centre | Ofsted Reports, Fees, Reviews (2025)
Play A Way Activity Centre
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Play A Way Activity Centre
- Nursery
- Medway ME7 1TD
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| The quality of education | Good |
| Behaviour and attitudes | Good |
| Personal development | Good |
| Leadership and management | Good |
| Overall effectiveness at previous inspection | Not Applicable |
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Indoor and Outdoor Facilities: Children delight in their outdoor play and skilfully walk across the different size tyres as they learn to balance.
Activities: Staff plan a variety of focused activities for children to engage with, e.g., younger children learn about the Lunar New Year.
Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Staff effectively introduce new vocabulary and reinforce words with actions to support children's communication and language skills.
Communication: Staff share information with parents at drop-off and collection times and encourage them to view children's online records.
Programs and Resources: The special educational needs coordinator works closely with families and other professionals to support any children with special educational needs and/or disabilities.
Staff Training: Staff have received relevant safeguarding training as part of their induction procedure.
Welcoming and Professional Staff: The staff are attentive, help children to master new skills, and make strong use of positive praise and encouragement.
Safeguarding Training: Staff have a suitable knowledge of the signs that may indicate that a child is at risk of abuse or neglect and are fully aware of the procedures to follow.
Play and Learning Integration: Staff make strong use of positive praise and encouragement as they support children to try to complete activities independently.
Child Safety Management: The provider implements robust recruitment procedures to ensure that all staff are suitable to work with children.
Children's Safety and Security: The arrangements for safeguarding are effective.
Happiness and Settling: Children are happy and confidently explore the interesting range of activities on offer.
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About Us
Play A Way Activity Centre is a Nursery, Nursery located in Kent, South East.
This nursery accepts children from 0.3-11 years old.
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At Play A Way, weve been providing personable, affordable and always professional day care in Gillingham for more than two decades from our Christmas Street and Vicarage Road centres.
Play-a-Way provides a friendly, welcoming and inclusive environment for everyone.
We offer a wide range of activities, encouraging childrens free choice of resources, that accommodate all areas of development.
Our trained, certified staff provide care, play and learning to children from 3 months to 5 years, which gives your little one the right start.
We offer a variety of services, including our day care nursery, breakfast club and school drop-offs, school collection, after-school clubs, and holiday clubs.
At play a way we adopt the philosophy that children learn through play.
Each child is assigned to a keyworker who is responsible for the emotional wellbeing and development of a small group of children.
The system allows the key worker to understand your childs individual needs , build a special relationship with them and build a sense of security.
Our staff are well trained and qualified.
All our staff are either qualified NVQ in Level 3 in Childcare or working towards NVQ Level 3 qualification.
We are delighted that we have been able to create a enjoyable environment for our staff many of our staff have been with us for more than 10 years.
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Play-a-Way provides a friendly, welcoming and inclusive environment for everyone.
We offer a wide range of activities, encouraging childrens free choice of resources, that accommodate all areas of development.
Our trained, certified staff provide care, play and learning to children from 3 months to 5 years, which gives your little one the right start.
We offer a variety of services, including our day care nursery, breakfast club and school drop-offs, school collection, after-school clubs, and holiday clubs.
At play a way we adopt the philosophy that children learn through play.
Each child is assigned to a keyworker who is responsible for the emotional wellbeing and development of a small group of children.
The system allows the key worker to understand your childs individual needs , build a special relationship with them and build a sense of security.
Our staff are well trained and qualified.
All our staff are either qualified NVQ in Level 3 in Childcare or working towards NVQ Level 3 qualification.
We are delighted that we have been able to create a enjoyable environment for our staff many of our staff have been with us for more than 10 years.
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Holidays & terms
Holidays 2024/25
| Holidays | Date |
|---|---|
| Autumn Half Term Holidays | 21st Oct 2024 - 25th Oct 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 - 20th Oct 2024 |
| Autumn Term-2 | 26th Oct 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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