Busy Bees at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital

Why choose Busy Bees at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital: -

Busy Bees at the QE Hospital is a purpose built building, which was opened in 2007. There are 8 Rooms, Poppies holds 9 children aged 0-12 months, Snowdrops holds 9 children aged 9-24 months, Sweetpeas holds 9 children aged 9-24 months, Dragonflies holds 9 children 12-24 months, Bluebells holds 12 children 12-24 months these rooms are all on 1-3 ratio. Butterflies holds 24 children aged 2-3 years and Ladybirds holds 21 children aged 2-3 years both rooms are on 1-4 ratio, Pre-school holds 40 children aged 3-5 years on 1-8 ratio.
We are a secure building which can only be accessed through our display buzzer system. We are open from 7am-6pm (closed on bank holidays). The rooms are all large and airy rooms with Fire exits in each room downstairs. All of our rooms have a Room Manager or Senior Room Manager overseeing the room. We offer emergency places for families attending the QE hospital or who work for the armed forces and have been injured during service.

We have a large garden area which is split into 3 sections that the children can access, a soft play area, a grass area and 1 playground. The children are able to grow their own fruit and vegetables, dig in the mud or sand pits or take part in a variety of exciting activities offered.

The staff at QE Hospital site are dedicated in giving the children the best start and work alongside the parents to provide every opportunity to each child. We follow the EYFS within the nursery and continually observe and support the children in their individual needs. All of our staff are either Level 3 or above trained or are working towards their level 3 qualification. All the staff at QE Hospital are committed in personnel development and attend a variety of courses offered by either our National support centre within the Busy Bees company or with Birmingham council such as First Aid, Food Safety and EYFS to name a few.

We have many initiatives within the nursery designed by our support centre that are offered to the children. Babies have the Busy Babies initiative. This is the black and white area in babies. We also have Wake and Shake. Pre-school children have access to a touch screen computer.

The children's time in nursery is treasured and remembered in a variety of ways, such as displays, photographs and the children's learning journals which are their own to keep when they leave the nursery, we also have a graduation ceremony for all the children to attend when they leave us for school.

We hold parents evenings twice a year for the parents to come along and speak to their child's key person and we have a large amount of parents in our Parent partnership group who support the nursery in many ways.
We have a Senco, Behaviour management co-ordinator, Designated safeguarding officer and Health and safety officer on site who specialise in these areas and support the children, staff and parents.

We offer a healthy and well balanced menu for all the children and have been awarded the 5* award in excellent food hygiene standard. The food is all prepared on site by our trained kitchen staff. There is a four week menu in place that is changed seasonally which includes a weaning menu for our babies.

What Ofsted say about our Birmingham nursery: -

• All children feel secure and have a strong sense of belonging
• The wealth of activities ensures that children gain appropriate skills for the future as they progress towards the early learning goals.
• Children develop knowledge and understanding of the world as they plant and care for vegetables which they subsequently eat. Children's good health is substantially promoted due to effective procedures.

Facilities at the nursery include: -

• Good Ofsted 2012 - Click here to see our report
• Wake and Shake singing and dancing to give your child a healthy start to the day
• Grow your Own for all those budding gardeners
• Busy Babies initiative to enhance your babies senses
• 98% of our staff are qualified
• A very low turnover
• A secure access system
• An excellent location within the hospital grounds
• Brand new facilities
• A newly transformed large outdoor area where children are able to explore all of the different areas of learning
• A large car park making it easy for dropping off and collecting