Category: News

We talk lots with the children at the nursery about recycling, climate, and how we can all make small changes to help our planet.  As part of our desire to promote recycling, we have built a recycled bottle greenhouse so the children can enjoy gardening throughout the year and we can all enjoy eating the […]

We love to support charities at Beeches Park and Cancer Research UK is close to many of our staff’s hearts. Saturday 9th October saw us head to Markeaton Park in Derby to run the Pretty Muddy 5k Race for Life with a group of staff, management, and colleagues from our sister nursery The Old Forge […]

We had a STEM Discovery Day this week so we could learn the best practices for teaching STEM to young children and so our staff could learn how to effectively engage children in STEM learning. We took part in some exciting experiments looking at building structures, moving liquids, and creating circuits. These experiments are designed […]

We’re delighted to have our 5 Star food hygiene award renewed again after a recent inspection.  Our Nursery Cook Anita works really hard to ensure that the children receive nutritious, healthy, and delicious meals every day, home-cooked on the premises.  She makes a wide variety of dishes and freshly baked cakes, biscuits, and deserts and […]

This week we were delighted to introduce the children to our new nursery pets. We have two gorgeous Guinea-Pigs called Timon and Pumba who will be staying with us and playing with the children in all our rooms. We will each take turns in caring for them and the best bit… giving them tasty treats!  […]

We recently read this article from the NDNA (National Day Nurseries Association – www.ndna.org) and thought it would be of interest to parents as these guidelines cover the procedures we currently adhere to. NDNA advises all nurseries and anyone working with young children to be extra careful in current hot temperatures. The heat itself can […]

We are so excited that our bid for a grant from the IOP (Institute of Physics) has been successful and we have been awarded funds to develop our STEM room and outdoor STEM teaching facilities. We will now be able to purchase even more exciting equipment for the children to develop their STEM learning and […]

You’re going to see us talking quite a lot in the future about STEM So what exactly is it and how does it benefit your children at Beeches Park Day Nursery? STEM is essentially Science, Technology, Engineering, and Maths learning. These are all important areas that your children need to be comfortable with to excel […]

Come and join us on Saturday 10th July, 10am – 2pm, for our first ever OPEN DAY.  A unique and exciting opportunity to see inside our amazing Nursery, meet our staff, see our facilities and ask any questions. We will be proudly showing off our new STEM room (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) and our […]

As part of World Hunger Day, we asked our children and parents (and staff) for a small food donation of canned or dried goods for us to pass on to our local homeless Charity.