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Busy Bees Childcare Nurseries
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Nursery ManagerKaren Harris
Childcare for3 Months - 5 Years
Opening TimesMonday - Friday 8:00am to 6:00pm
Telephone0121 356 6304

About Us

We are closely situated to the M5 and M6 motorways, enabling easy access to major towns and cities within the area including Birmingham and Sutton Coldfield. The nursery is also conveniently located on several major bus routes.

Blakelands House is a newly converted 1st Floor office block, phase one is now complete and we look forward to phase two opening shortly.

Meet the Manager

Karen Harris has worked for Busy Bees for 17 years and has been Manager for 8 years.

Our Nursery

Facilities and Benefits

The right nursery setting can make a big difference to a child, that's why Busy Bees at Blakelands House is purposely designed with children in mind. Our play areas are bright welcoming and fun with areas for messy activities, active play, sleeping and quiet times.

Toys and equipment are chosen specifically for each age and stage of development so there's always plenty to keep young minds stimulated.

Other benefits of Busy Bees at Blakelands House include...

  • Busy Babies - very popular with the children, parents and staff alike
  • Interactive whiteboard in the Pre-School room to enhance children's ICT knowledge
  • Painting
  • Sticking
  • Sand play
  • Water play
  • Singing
  • Story time
  • Circle/discussion time
  • Pencil control
  • Colour and number recognition through games
  • Free play and outdoor activities.

 

Extra Activities

To compliment the fun activities we provide every day in nursery, we also offer additional extra curricular activities that will help your child to develop further and enjoy their time at nursery even more.

Busy Bees at Blakelands House currently offer...

  • Kidzsongs attend nursery every Thursday to work with the children through musical instruments, song and dance
  • Visits to the local library, parks and supermarket
  • Great fun in organising and taking part in special events such as Red Nose Day, Children In Need, Chinese New Year, St Patrick's Day etc. We also celebrate events such as Mother's Day, Father's Day and Valentine's Day

 

Quality Childcare

Providing high standard, high quality childcare is of utmost importance to us and we want your child to enjoy their time at our nursery. Each child is treated as an individual and we strive to ensure that each child's social, physical and emotional needs are met.

At Busy Bees at Blakelands House some of our unique objectives to providing high quality childcare include...

  • Ensuring that every child’s needs are met by making every child’s interests, safety and happiness central to everything we do

Ofsted

Busy Bees at Blakelands House is regulated and inspected under the Children's Act by Ofsted and receives inspections and visits to ensure that our practices and procedures are in accordance with the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) welfare requirements.

Latest inspection date: 01/10/2007

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Healthy Eating

Food for Thought

At Busy Bees at Blakelands House we make mealtimes happy social occasions, where skills can be developed and new foods tasted.

We are dedicated to providing your children with fresh, well-balanced meals every day; that not only taste great, but that also provide lots of nourishment.

Phil VickeryTo ensure we are providing well balanced, nutritious meals to our children, the Busy Bees catering team worked alongside Michelin-starred chef, Phil Vickery, and a child nutritionist to create a brand new range of delicious recipes to use, as part of the nurseries' day to day menus.

[Click Here] to download a sample nursery menu and see some of the tasty dishes being served in our nurseries.

Our nursery has a fully equipped kitchen where all meals are prepared and cooked using only the freshest produce - including fresh fruit and vegetables every day.

Each meal is carefully planned to meet each child's individual needs and to cater for any special dietary requirements.

  • We are working towards our Healthy Setting Award through Birmingham's Health Education Service
  • We use menus devised by Phil Vickery which are proving very popular with the children

Meet Our Catering Team

Lesley Timms is our Head Chef and has worked for Busy Bees for 3 years. Gina Lawler, who is Assistant Cook, has been with Busy Bees for 5 years but has only recently become part of our kitchen staff.

Nursery Address
Busy Bees at Blakelands House
Blakelands House
400 Aldridge Road
Perry Barr
Birmingham
B44 8BH

Telephone : 0121 356 6304
Fax : 0121 356 4757
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