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About this care
The Kleine Plantage is a small and cozy daycare center located in the heart of Amsterdam's Plantage neighborhood. We are housed in a characteristic building at Henri Polaklaan 12B, right across from Artis Zoo. The homely and warm atmosphere ensures that children and parents quickly feel at ease. We provide care for up to 16 children aged 0 to 4 years.
In addition to full-day care from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM, we also offer half-day care from 8:00 AM to 1:30 PM. A combination of full and half days is also possible. We value continuity in the groups; therefore, we work with a permanent and experienced team of five pedagogical staff members who are present throughout the week. Anne Jantzen, our manager, founded De Kleine Plantage nearly 40 years ago and still works daily on the group.
We have two spacious, bright group rooms that overlook our beautiful green courtyard garden. The garden is surrounded by other gardens and houses, making it wonderfully peaceful. Children can play in the sandboxes, climb the climbing trees, play in the playhouse, and take care of our five rabbits in the large rabbit hutch. We go outside every day, in good and bad weather.
Children receive a healthy and varied lunch with fresh wholemeal bread from the Bakkers van Oost and as many organic spreads as possible. We do crafts daily with the children in our own studio in the garden. During the fall and winter months, our resident artist comes weekly for extra creative activities. We sing daily, and the 'Song Wizard' regularly visits to make music with the children. Due to our location opposite Artis, we also make regular trips to the zoo.Read more
GGD Inspection
Violations
Inspection date: January 16, 2025
Strengths
- Warm pedagogical climate with emotional safety
- Good language and developmental stimulation
- Strong parental involvement and transition to primary school
- Clear daily structure and children's self-reliance
- Effective use of themes and materials
Shortcomings
- More careful checking of diplomas and certificates of (temporary) staff
- Keeping the pedagogical policy plan up to date
- Ensuring that at least one fully qualified ECEC professional per eight children is always present
Violations
- Incorrect description of pedagogical policy staff member for early childhood education
- Not always 1 qualified ECEC professional per 8 children
- Deployment of temporary staff without valid diploma or language certificate
- Missing linkage of 2 temporary staff in the childcare personnel register
- Missing Certificate of Conduct (Verklaring Omtrent Gedrag/VOG) for 2 temporary staff
Summary
Voorschool De Kleine Plantage is an early childhood education (voorschoolse educatie/VVE) location in Amsterdam that received an unannounced inspection on 16 January 2025. The pedagogical climate is positive: children experience emotional safety, there is a clear daily routine, and activities stimulate language and cognitive development. Cooperation with the primary school and parental involvement proceed well. During the inspection, six violations were identified: three related to early childhood education (including incorrect deployment of pedagogical policy staff and insufficiently qualified temporary staff), two related to missing linkage in the personnel register, and one related to an unqualified temporary staff member without an appropriate diploma. The organisation submitted and implemented a recovery offer on all points, thereby ending the violations. The Municipal Health Service (GGD) advises the municipality not to impose enforcement measures, but to take municipal subsidy conditions into account.
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