This year The Bluebell Nursery celebrates its 10-year anniversary at the Greenway Centre. Owner, Izabela, started the nursery back in 2014, with plenty of support from her two children. She’s always been very passionate about teaching, and wanted to bring her knowledge and passion of quality childcare to the Southmead area.
The nursery was originally situated in the Green Rooms building (once the canteen when Greenway was a school), but earlier this year, due to this building being renovated, the nursery relocated to the main Greenway Centre building. The nursery is now right next to the Greenway Gym and Café Des Amis. Even better, the nursery’s view looks directly across the Greenway field, over to the lovely Badock’s Wood nature reserve, where the children are often taken on special guided trips so they can look at wildlife, which, in turn, inspires their love of nature.
The Bluebell nursery is multilingual, with teachers from different ethnic backgrounds, which, in turn, is reflected by the range of nationalities (for example, Portuguese, Sudanese, Bulgarian, Spanish, and Polish), represented through the children themselves.
The nursery is influenced by different models of childcare, particularly those first implemented by the Reggio Emilia nurseries, which place great importance on the influence of the environment and natural exploration.
Children attending the nursery also have weekly access to a soft-play and the outdoor playground at The Ranch Adventure Playground. Additionally, the nursery has a garden area where children can engage in a variety of learning opportunities.
With space for 40 children, the nursery welcomes all children aged from 0 to 5 years old, including those families in receipt of government-funded childcare (15 or 30 funded hours per week).
Please get in touch if you would like to find out more, email: thebluebellnursery@hotmail.com, tel: 07701 098 434
