Busy Bees at Thorley Park

Just some of the facilities to be found at Busy Bees at Thorley Park
Manager
Karen Pogonowski
Address
16 The Thorley Centre
Thorley Park
Bishops Stortford
Hertfordshire
CM23 4EG
Map
view a map of the location of our childrens nursery
Telephone
01279 654 830
Hours
7:30am - 6:30pm, Monday to Friday
Ages Taken
3months - 5years

Why choose Busy Bees at Thorley Park: -

Busy Bees at Thorley Park is ideally located next to Sainsbury's supermarket, a local pharmacy, doctors and laundrette. The nursery is a small, two storey building in the style of a mid-20th century house.  

 

A look inside one of the nursery rooms at Busy Bees at Thorley Park

Facilities at the nursery include: -

  • Good Ofsted 2009 - Click here to see our report
  • Grow your own for all those budding gardeners
  • Busy Babies initiative to enhance your babies senses
  • Wake and Shake singing and dancing to give your child a healthy start to the day
  • French lessons for pre-school
  • Super Soccer sessions for pre-school
  • Kinder Musik to encourage your child's hidden musical talent
  • Dancing lessons for pre-school and toddlers
  • Our Imagination Station for all those little explorers
  • Wholesome healthy food, freshly cooked each day in a kitchen with EHO 5 star rating
  • Four group rooms where a balance of care and education is provided for small groups of children
  • A safe and secure garden area featuring a variety of exciting outdoor equipment including a climbing frame and play house
  • A dedicated, qualified staff team

Hello, I’m Karen Pogonowski and I am the Manager here at Busy Bees Thorley Park. I am proud to say I am the Manager of this fantastic little nursery. We pride ourselves on having a ‘home from home’ atmosphere which is an ethos my team and I are keen to maintain.

I have worked for Busy Bees for 7 years and have been in child care since 1980. Whilst with Busy Bees I have worked at our Chingford nursery, firstly as Room Manager for under 2’s, then Room Manager for Preschool and then as Assistant Manager, having a spell as Acting Manager to cover mat leave. I then progressed to jointly managing the Finchley Nursery and then onto London City as the Manager, before arriving here in the lovely little town of Thorley.

Whilst at Busy Bees I have completed lots of training including First Aid at Work, Paediatric First aid, Level 2 in Food Management, British Safety Council Level 1 certificate, Designated Person for Safeguarding, EYFS and Safe Handling of Medicine. I was, prior to being Manager the SENCO and have many years experience working with children with additional needs including speech and language delay, social/emotional problems, behavioural difficulties and medical conditions such as cystic fibrosis and cerebral palsy.

I am passionate about providing first class childcare to all of our children and making sure parents can leave their children with us safe in the knowledge that their children will be safe, happy and developing new skills.

A large amount of the children who attend this nursery come as a result of parent recommendations, others already having siblings here or previously here. Why don’t you come along and have a complimentary stay and play session, look around the nursery and see how your child could benefit from attending this special little nursery. I look forward to hearing from you soon.