Here at Bright Swans we make sure every child is safe and protected according to current safeguarding legislation. All our staff hold relevant early years qualifications and are DBS checked. All rooms are equipped with CCTV including the children’s bathroom.
Engage your child all day long in fun and educational activities that nurture their young minds and create interpersonal skills such as team work and communication. Bright Swans Day Nursery offers a private day nursery service for children who are 6 weeks old and above.
Babies
Our dedicated spacious Baby Room is the perfect space for babies from three to fifteen-months-old to play, explore, babble and snooze.
As well as soft, snuggly furnishings and stimulating toys, the newly refurbished space has a special sensory and messy play area for babies to try fun, expressive activities such as bubble play and finger-painting.
Good quality sleep is vital for young children. Our Baby Room has everything little ones need to aid restful sleep, including cosy cots, blackout blinds and soft lighting.
We aim to provide a real home-from-home environment for younger and older babies. The room is run by our qualified nursery team who ensure babies receive all the loving care they need throughout the day – from play time and singing nursery rhymes, to giving perfectly timed naps, feeds and nappy changes. When the weather is fine, we also take the babies out to play in the nursery garden and to the park nearby. Each baby will have a key person who will track and support their development according to the EYFS during their time in baby room.
Toddlers
Our exciting toddler room is perfectly equipped for children from with a variety of toys and activities for the children to enjoy throughout the day.
Features include a cosy area for the children to relax and enjoy stories, a sensory tuff spot for the children to take part in daily messy play, an exciting home corner with a kitchen containing real food and utensils for the children to explore, an arts and crafts station to encourage children to use their imagination and also a children’s choice area for the children to choose what they would like to play with.
Toddlers also access our large forest garden twice a day to support physical skills. Each child will have a key person to support and track their development according to the EYFS and parents will be kept up to date about their child’s development every term.
Preschool
Our spacious preschool zone is expertly equipped to meet the needs of curious, active three-to-five-year-olds.
This zone is a treasure trove of exciting activities, each designed to develop your child’s skills through creative and imaginative play.
Features include a large soft play area to explore and climb and tables set up for sensory play, painting and crafts. To encourage brilliant imaginations, there is a fully furnished home corner containing a variety of different food and utensils, an abundance of dressing-up clothes and a roomy castle play-tent, so preschool can role-play to their heart’s content.
Our preschool room also includes a cosy area for the preschoolers to relax and enjoy stories as well as direct access to the library.
Library
At Bright Swans we try our very best to encourage children to read which is beneficial for their language development as well as developing their imaginative skills.
Our very cosy library consists of a variety of different stories and books which are suitable for all age groups.
Parents are welcome to access the library with their child and also take books home for their child to read. Parents must make sure they are completing the book signing in/out sheet which is available in the library.
The great outdoors
There’s so much children can learn from the great outdoors, we view outside as an extension of our nursery space.
Spending time outside is a big part of our day and we openly encourage children to play outdoors as often as they wish.
At Bright Swans we have a large secure play area where children can enjoy a variety of physical activities, such as playing in our Wendy house, cooking up muddy delights in our mud kitchen and riding trikes and bikes.
We also have areas for sand and water play as well as our very own vegetable garden where children can take part in planting different vegetables and watching them grow. We also have a mini beast garden where children enjoy searching and learning about different insects using magnifying glasses.