Busy Bees Preschool

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Our vision and pedagogy

At Busy Bees Preschool we believe that our most valuable resource we can provide for children is warm sensitive adults, who know the children well and can provide the right mix of child led versus adult led play opportunities. We take a 'stages not ages' approach and therefore children's opportunities are never limited by their chronological age or expected to do things they are not developmentally ready for yet.

At Busy Bees preschool our children come from a diverse range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds; however we make no assumptions about children's life experiences an aim to expand all children's cultural capital by providing as wide a range of opportunities as we are able which boosts vocabulary and enriches children's lives.

We include parents in their child's learning from the very first day and use Tapestry online platform to share learning and key moments with parents, and encourage parents participation too.

SEND

Children who may not be meeting expected development or just need a little extra help are supported by our experienced SENCO and staff team. Each child will have there own unique support plan using both supported participation in targeted interventions along with lots of play based strategies. See our SEN Information plan below for further details

Our Key Person system

All children at Busy Bees are allocated with a Key Person when they start, which are arranged broadly by age. This allows each key person to be an advocate for their age group during planning discussions and is responsible for ensuring the individual needs are being met.

Our routine

As well as lots of opportunities for children to play and explore throughout the day we also provide carefully planned adult supported small and large group activities.

Busy Bees Routine

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Childcare information

Busy Bees Preschool opens from 8.30 every morning and offer a 4 o'clock club from Monday-Thursday.

We cater for children eligible for 2 year funding, and 15 & 30 hour funding for 3 & 4 year olds, as well as paying families. For families paying for childcare and children attending beyond their funded hours the hourly rate is only £5.70.

Children aged 3 and over have the option of having a hot meal at lunchtime if staying for a full day, at Manor Fields Primary school, which is located on the same site as the preschool.

As a charity run preschool, Busy Bees takes pride in not charging for any additional activities or consumables.

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Learning through play

We have 2 play rooms which are generally organised by age. Our Bumble Bee rooms caters for our youngest children whilst the Honey Bee room is for the older preschoolers.

There is also a secure outside play space which all children have access to together to play and explore.

The day is structured to enable children to spend time with children their own age and also role model or learn from children of all ages.

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Great teamwork!

Fun and experiences!

Our environment is carefully considered to provide a careful balance of core activities based around children age and stages of development.

Loose parts and real objects play an important role in children exploring and learning about the world around them.

Our routine allows children to free flow between inside and outside activities and experiences for large parts of the day.

Ofsted Inspection; What is it like to attend the early years setting?

"Parents confirm how well staff work in partnership with them, especially when children have special educational needs. Parents refer to staff as 'nurturing' and say their children have better social and speaking skills since attending the preschool"

January 2022,

To see the latest Ofsted Inspection report from January 2022 go to Busy Bees Preschool Ofsted report