About our Nursery

Busy Bees at Mardley Hill is a friendly, inviting nursery, providing day care for children aged 3 months to 5 years. The nursery aims to help children settle in and feel safe and secure by providing a happy and welcoming environment. The nursery is ideally situated near to motorways for London and the North, and is a converted house with off road parking, and there is a security system in place for entering the building.

There are six group rooms where a balance of care and education is provided through stimulating, age appropriate activities and resources, where children are encouraged to learn and develop in key areas. All activities are well planned, and implemented according to the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS).

Each child is assigned a key person who is responsible for recording their progress in nursery using our tracker system. The information is regularly reported to parents, and at Parents Evenings which take place twice a year. Alongside the planned activities, weekly French classes are provided to support children’s development of social and language skills, and sports lessons and movement and music classes help to improve their physical development.

Each group visits the garden area at least twice a day, giving the children the opportunity to play together outdoors getting fresh air and exercise, and making use of the variety of outdoor equipment. The large outdoor play area is perfect for riding bikes and playing group games, whilst the grassed sensory area has its own garden for planting shrubs and flowers for the children to take care of. All of this fun and excitement can be tiring, therefore snooze mats are provided for children to rest or sleep on if required.

The daily events are recorded and relayed to parents when they come to collect their child, giving some insight into their child’s activities.

 

About the Manager

Allison Archer, otherwise known by the children as Ally has worked at Busy Bees Mardley Hill for over 5 years.

Allison says "I thoroughly enjoy and love the whole Nursery. Our team are fantastic through all of the different age ranges and are all very friendly and approachable."

Allison went on to say "The main priority for our nursery is the children's safety, happiness and that they all have a fantastic time while they are with us. I love to see each child grow and flourish from strength to strength.."

The nursery has a number of outside and extra curricular activities that take place at the nursery.

Talking about these extra activities Allison said "we have outside groups coming in to give each child extra opportunities such as French Classes for the over 3's, 'Tiny Mites' music classes and 'Dinky Dancers Dance Classes'."

"We all follow an EYFS planning process with each child to make sure that we plan for the child's individual needs constantly and we look at the activities that the child would love to participate in."

If you are interested in finding out more information about the nursery, or would like to speak to Allison in person then you can contact her using the form on this web site or by calling the number shown at the top of this page.

Opening Times

Monday - Friday: 7:30am to 6:30pm
Morning Session: 8:30am to 1:15pm
Afternoon Session: 1:30pm to 5:45pm

The nursery can be flexible to meet parents' needs within the opening hours, by prior arrangement.

Annual Holidays

The nursery will be closed on all Bank Holidays.

Activities Noticeboard

A wide range of toys, equipment and activities are offered, including; baby toys, books, puzzles, construction sets, small world play, role play and dressing up.

Art and craft activities such as painting, gluing, drawing, modelling, cutting, mark making, stenciling and printing. Messy activities include sand play and water play, play dough, corn flour play, cereal play, jelly play, finger painting and cooking.

Outdoor equipment includes bikes, climbing frames, hoops and balls. We have special activities to fit in to our themes.  

Extra Activities

We have many different activities that come into the Nursery on top of our usual fantastic daily activities such as:

• Tiny Mites - This is fun music group for the younger children to enjoy, Kelly from Tiny Mites comes every Wednesday morning with many props and instruments for the children to enjoy.
• Dinky Dancers - This is a fantastic extra activity for the pre school children to enjoy. These activities all follow the EYFS planning process and follow different children’s interests. The children get the opportunity to explore dance and music. Veronica from Dinky Dancers comes into the pre school every other Thursday
• French Classes - The Pre School over 3's group get the opportunity to participate in French classes every Tuesday morning. The children love to learn this new language.
• Kindermusik - We have recently introduced a new Kindermusik singing and dancing group for the children to participate in. Parents can also purchase home kits so that they can follow what the lesson plan has been teaching with the music instruments and then if they wish to, they can provide a similar lesson at home for the children.
  

 

Parent Liaison Comittee

We have a Parent Liaison Commitee which meets every three months to discuss things that happen in the nursery, minutes for the meetings are posted on our designated notice board.

Everyone really enjoys these meetings as it's a lovely opportunity for the parents to provide extra input to the nursery which helps improve both parents and childrens experiences during the time they spend at the nursery.

 

OFSTED

Last Report Date : 12/3/2009

Level Attained : Outstanding in all areas

 

Our Day nursery facilities are registered with the Department of Education and Employment DfES) to accept grants for Early Years education for children aged three and four and activities are geared to meet the requirements of Ofsted incorporating the Early Learning Goals.

Activities also take into consideration all aspects of the National Curriculum Key Stage One.

Children are given every opportunity to make their own choices with encouragement and help from staff and parents.

You can check the latest Ofsted reports here

http://www.ofsted.gov.uk