Busy Bees Day Nursery at Thetford

Highlights from Latest Inspection

Summary of key findings for parents

This provision is good • The motivated manager and staff team reflect on and evaluate the service to identify strengths in practice and areas for further improvement.

They make changes to enhance the experiences children receive, such as their recent garden redevelopment. • Children develop good physical skills and enjoy extended periods of time outside in the fresh air. They manoeuvre on and around a large, block obstacle course as they practise climbing, balancing and jumping.

Staff encourage babies to practise their early physical skills, such as pulling themselves to standing and taking steps. • Children form warm bonds with staff. This has a positive impact on their... emotional well-being and helps them to settle.

From a young age, children demonstrate that they feel happy, secure and comfortable in the nursery. • The premises are bright and attractively presented. Staff display photographs of children alongside their artwork.

This promotes children's sense of belonging and demonstrates that their work is valued. • Children are curious, motivated learners. They speak confidently to the inspector.

Children talk about their day and what they like best about the nursery and its new garden. • Parents talk about the supportive staff and how they sensitively helped children to settle into the nursery. They comment on the range of activities on offer to children, particularly the focus on mathematics and literacy for older children.

Parents praise the healthy meals and outdoor access children enjoy. • Although staff have good relationships with parents, the arrangements to engage parents with their children's learning and experiences in the nursery are not fully effective in all cases. • Sometimes staff do not fully utilise children's curiosity and imagination around scientific concepts, to further support their understanding of how things work or why things happen.