Busy Bees are excited to announce that our Nursery in Oldbrook have received the Busy Bees ‘Centres of Excellence’ award. Busy Bees are committed to offering quality childcare to every child that attends our nurseries. In continuing the passion, enthusiasm and drive our childcare professionals display, five Busy Bees nurseries across the UK have receive this award.

The nurseries chosen as the Centres of Excellence will encourage our childcare professionals to continue to develop and provide a good all round environment for the children at Busy Bees. The initiative promotes a proactive approach to best practice by giving our Nursery Staff the opportunity to visit the Centres of Excellence. During their visit, staff will observe areas such as; creativity, access to resources, and child learning journals accompanied with development monitoring systems. All the observations are designed to give inspiration and ideas to staff across the whole of Busy Bees, ensuring our nurseries are always exciting and efficient settings for children to develop and play.

Busy Bees Nursery in Oldbrook received the award after our Childcare and Curriculum team observed that the presentation of the nursery was outstanding, with children’s achievements celebrated throughout with photographic displays, video footage in reception, and consistent learning journals. The nursery’s partnership with parents is outstanding with information shared through regular formal and informal parent evenings, and emails sent to all parents with reminders of forthcoming events. The Childcare and Curriculum team observed the setting continually reviewing and developing the environment to make it a rich learning experience for the children.

Lisa Snell, our Childcare and Curriculum Manager, was delighted with what they observed at the nursery saying, “The long-standing staff team leads to a high sense of well being and involvement for the children, ensuring that their individual needs are met and enhanced.”

The Centres of Excellence are part of a larger project being developed by Busy Bees throughout 2011. Our ‘See the Difference’ campaign ensures that each of our nurseries maintain a high level of care and service by answering to a strict and thorough criteria.