The nursery is a single-storey building located on the grounds of Chorley and Ribble District Hospital. It was purpose-built six years ago and consists of four large base rooms and a spacious enclosed outdoor play area.
Jo has worked for Busy Bees for over thirteen years and has been Nursery Manager at Chorley NHS for over three years. She has a wealth of experience and qualifications including NNEB, First Aid at Work, Paediatric First Aid, Health & Safety Level 1 and Basic Food Hygiene.
The right nursery setting can make a big difference to a child, that's why Busy Bees at Chorley NHS 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 Chorley NHS include...
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 Chorley NHS currently offer...
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 Chorley NHS some of our unique objectives to providing high quality childcare include...
Busy Bees at Chorley NHS 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: 03/03/2008
Here are some of the comments from our latest Ofsted report: -
"The nursery is a welcoming, child-centred environment"
"The staff get to know the children, their needs, characteristics and interests very well!
"The quality of teaching and learning is good, children are happy, confident and eager to learn"
At Busy Bees at Chorley NHS 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.
To 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.
Busy Bees at Chorley NHS has recieved the nationally accredited ‘Lancashire Healthy Schools Award,’ after 18 months working towards the award.
The Lancashire Healthy Schools Programme is organised by Lancashire County Council in partnership with the local North, Central and East Lancashire NHS, and aims to raise educational achievement to improve health in childcare settings across the Lancashire area, acting as an indicator of quality to parents.
To gain the quality award, the nursery worked hard to demonstrate high standards of achievement in six key areas of care, including Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, and Emotional Health and Well-Being.
Achieve the healthy schools award.
The nursery have also won the SeaFood 'Encouraging Children to eat Seafood' award in 2009. The nursery held visits from seafood chef and child nutritionist, Ady Delaney, and the topic of fish was introduced into all areas of the Busy Bees curriculum. The children were able to cook with a variety of fish, as well as make sushi and develop role play areas themed around fish.
We also hold the 'Recipe 4 Health' certificate from Environmental Health
Emily has been Nursery Chef here for over 5 years. Her qualifications include Catering & Hospitality Levels 1&2, Certificate in Nutrition Foundation Level and Basic Food Hygiene.
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