Town & Country Kiddies

Wooden beams, garden digging and experiments with a long tube gave children practical ways to explore at Town & Country Kiddies in June 2021. That combination makes its Market Rasen nursery day recognisable: movement, imagination and problem-solving featured alongside learning to cooperate.

At its June 2021 inspection, Ofsted rated the nursery Good, judged safeguarding effective and found that children with special educational needs and/or disabilities received good support through individual plans and collaboration with families and professionals. These are dated judgements, rather than an assessment of today's practice.

The nursery accepts children aged two to 60 months at Chestnut House, 23 Kilnwell Road, Market Rasen, LN8 3BJ. It opens Monday to Friday, from 7am to 6pm, throughout the year except bank holidays.

In June 2021, the early years foundation stage took practical form through language, movement, imaginative play and thinking through problems. Children explored a nature book with staff, learned unfamiliar animal and insect names, and worked out how to send a toy along a tube. These examples show the learning inside the activity: new vocabulary in a shared book and cause and effect through an experiment.

The tube activity gave children a problem to solve. Staff prompted them to consider what could raise one end so that the toy would travel towards the other. The useful detail is the role of the adult: asking a question that helped children develop their own solution.

Outdoor play in June 2021 included balancing along wooden beams and negotiating obstacles. Long-handled spades gave children another physical task as they dug in the garden. Rocks, soil and flowers became ingredients for pretend cakes, connecting the garden's materials with imaginative play.

Yoga also featured that June. Children selected a body position, then followed staff's instructions to attempt it. This added an activity involving listening and movement to the physical experiences outdoors.

At the June 2021 inspection, Ofsted identified two improvements: staff needed to sustain children's attention more effectively in planned activities, and leaders needed to help families understand online safety. Some organised activities lost children's interest, so the positive examples of exploration should be read alongside that teaching weakness.

In June 2021, cooperation was part of the everyday experience. Adults helped children consider how to share toys, and children practised waiting for their turn. Tidying resources and wiping tables gave them manageable responsibilities within the nursery day. These small tasks made participation practical, rather than leaving independence as an abstract aim.

Support for individual needs that June included targeted plans and work with parents and other professionals. Additional funding was used to help children's speech, including toys that allowed children in different rooms to communicate. For families, this gives a concrete example of support being connected to a child's identified need.

Collection arrangements in June 2021 included information from parents about authorised adults, with passwords and written permission used for unfamiliar collectors. Staff also knew where to raise welfare concerns. The collection procedure matters because it sets out how permission was checked before a child left staff's care.

Chestnut House is at 23 Kilnwell Road, Market Rasen, LN8 3BJ. The weekday opening window of 7am to 6pm provides a clear boundary for planning work and care, while bank holidays are closure days.

The Market Rasen branch can be contacted on 01673 844014 or at tcnmarketrasen@gmail.com. A showaround can be booked online, with an hour allocated to the appointment. That gives families a specific joining step and time to discuss how care would work for their child.

In June 2021, the nursery provided funded early education for children aged two, three and four. That participation belongs to the inspection period; families considering a funded arrangement should use the visit question below to establish the terms relevant to their child.

• Attention during planned activities. In June 2021, some children lost interest during organised learning. At a showaround, ask how staff adapt an activity when children stop engaging.
• Online safety at home. Helping children and parents understand online safety was an improvement point in June 2021. Ask what guidance families now receive and how it connects with children's learning.
• Your child's care arrangement. An hour-long Market Rasen showaround is bookable online. Use it to discuss the age group your child would join and the attendance and funding arrangement you need.

Town & Country Kiddies suits families seeking weekday childcare in Market Rasen across the year, with an opening window that extends from early morning into the evening. Its June 2021 experience offers concrete examples of children learning through garden materials, physical challenges and adult-supported problem-solving.

The Good judgement provides a dated quality reference. Sustaining attention in planned activities and supporting online safety were the qualifications to it, and both deserve a place in a family's visit discussion.