Outstanding care, warmth & kindness, A+ facilities
My daughter has attended Bearsprings from Jun 2018 when she was 1 1/2 and will leave to attend school at the end of Summer 2021 after more than 3 years of full time care. I feel we have been blessed to find Ruby and Ursala. My daughter comes home happy every day from nursery, bringing stickers she is proud to have earned and wonderful examples of her drawing, craftwork and writing. She sings me songs she has learned, shows me her dancing, curtseying, zumba routines, and hopscotch. She loves her childminders so very much and they have really shaped the lovely person that she is. The atmosphere at Bearsprings is very happy and warm, the children behave very kindly towards each other; there is a consistent effort to role model and foster understanding, co-operation, tolerance and generosity to one another and it's a very peaceful and harmonious environment. I believe that Ruby and Ursala are a great team and they know my child inside out and I will be forever thankful from the bottom of my heart, for their work, their patience and their positive impact on our family.
The facilities are excellent, a wide range of toys and activities which are refreshed and swopped very regularly. There have been different themes on family, animals, space, and so on and the toys, activities, images on the walls, and books being read are changed to reflect that.
Behaviour is managed through lots and lots of positive encouragement and clear boundaries, and includes using a weather chart where the children's outlook is reflected, from stormy cloud to rainbow.
Food is a normal range of nutritious meals and fruit snacks
There are only a max of 6 children and large rooms (all dedicated to the nursery) and a large garden with a covered play area and again, a wide range of activities to do. In addition the children sometimes take sound walks and there have been some occasional trips when there are fewer children coming in.
Ruby was a primary school teacher prior to opening Bearsprings and so there is excellent preparation for the transition to start school and getting 'school ready'. Thanks for reading my review. Go for it, you won't regret this choice of setting.
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Response from Bearsprings
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Dear Kitty,
Thank you so much for sharing your warm thoughts and opinions in this review. Both Ruby and I are very grateful to you for taking the time to do so.
Three years ago, we began an incredible journey together. With your support and involvement every step of the way, your daughter has gained all the skills and knowledge she needs (and beyond), in order to succeed at school. We have all had so much fun and laughter along the way and got to know each other extremely well.
We feel proud to say that your daughter comes in with a very positive ‘can do’ mindset each day. She enjoys challenging herself and has gained excellent personal and social skills through playing and learning with her peers. We are sure she will be able to confidently embrace any of the challenges of starting school and we know that she cannot wait to make new friends. We would like to wish her lots of happiness and look forward to staying in touch.
Thank you for being one of our pioneering families and for trusting us to take care of your most precious treasure. It goes without saying that we will miss your daughter dearly, but we are very excited for her to continue learning and growing in confidence as she progresses on to school.
With much love and best wishes,
Ursala & Ruby xx
