About our Nursery

Busy Bees at Thorley Park is a large, specially designed building caring for children aged 3 months - 5 years. The nursery features seven group rooms where a balance of care and education is provided for small groups of children.

The nursery is bright, cheerful and the building is well maintained. Our garden has a hard surface area and a separate grassed area, and features a variety of exciting outdoor equipment including a climbing frame, Wendy house and an assortment of ride on toys.

A range of facilities, resources and equipment is available, enabling us to offer children a wide range of activities, promoting all aspects of development.

The caring, friendly staff team are professional and welcoming, helping children to settle into nursery and become secure and confident in their surroundings.

The staff provide parents with verbal and written feedback at the end of each day, providing a true picture of what their child has being doing.

The monthly topic sheets give parents some insight into the themes and topics running at the time, enabling parents and staff to work together to support the the child’s development.

Opening Times

Annual Holidays

Activities Noticeboard

Each room has an abundance of stimulating, educational, imaginative, creative, physical, social and emotional resources which include home corners, dressing up, sand and water, painting, construcion, books etc. All of which encourage and promote the attainment of the early learning goals.

The ethos of the nursery is learning through fun and play, and the equipment and activities provided are appropriate to the age and stage of development of each individual child.

The nursery also provides extra curricular activities such as French lessons.

OFSTED

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