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Teddies Nurseries Crawley

102 Worth Road, Crawley West, Sussex RH10 7DU

Your local Teddies welcomes you to visit the nursery at your earliest convenience.
Call 01293 613 461 to make an appointment to meet the team, view the fantastic facilities and discuss the space availability within the nursery.

Alternatively, please call the Teddies information line on: 0800 980 3801

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Teddies Nurseries Crawley is located in a quiet residential area close to Three Bridges railway station and within easy reach of the M23 and all main routes out of Crawley. The nursery is adjacent to a wooded area leading to the local park, where we hold our annual sports day and visit regularly throughout the year. It is also only a short walk to the local shops, where we practice use of money and the Post Office, where we love to post letters.

The nursery offers:

• flexible hours from 8am - 6pm
• a home from home environment
• a caring and professional staff team, who enjoy ongoing training in order to continue to develop new ideas for use with the children
• care and development of children, based on age and ability, within small groups in dedicated home rooms, cared for by their own key carers
• a safety surfaced garden, with outdoor play equipment, a nature area where we welcome the birds in to nest, bath and feed and a sensory corner
• opportunity for the children to grow their own plants, both indoors and outside within our planting area
• optional extra activities, including Tots in Music, ballet, French and Tots in Sport
• optional trips to the library on the bus and other age appropriate, fun and topic related venues
• a special activity room where small groups of children may use the computer, enjoy role play and play games
• a baby care unit with a separate milk kitchen, to make up the babies bottles according to individual needs and a separate, cosy sleep room, where the babies can sleep at any time throughout the day
• parking on a forecourt in front of the nursery, for parents to drop off and pick up their children
• fees include Pampers nappies, nappy cream, bottles and formula baby milk of your choice
• nursery fee rates reduce from the first month after your child's third birthday
• British Nutrition Foundation endorsed menus

During their time at the nursery children can progress through three main areas:

Teddies Baby Care

These self-contained areas provide dedicated care for babies from three months old. Here, they can follow the same comforting routine they would at home. They can also enjoy a range of activities to encourage their development. For quieter times, we provide a peaceful sleeping room, with adjacent changing facilities and a milk kitchen. When they feel ready, they can occasionally join the Little Learners for music sessions, ‘messy play’ and some indoor and outdoor activities. This helps to create a family atmosphere, allowing children of all ages to learn from each other.

Teddies Little Learners

This area takes children from approximately 15 months and is designed to support their rapidly developing skills and physical abilities. There is a story area and an art and craft area and children have a broad choice of toys and resources to help keep them happy and busy throughout the day. A wide range of activities includes ‘messy play’, sand and water play, singing, music and movement and dramatic play. The children have their meals and rest after lunch in the home room, which is also used for quiet or imaginative play and is re-designed regularly to reflect different themes.

Teddies Learning Centre

This area is for older children up to the age of five. The children enjoy a variety of activities including art, music, gym, dance and drama as well as messy play, construction and creative sessions.

At this stage children also receive a gentle introduction to a wide range of subjects such as reading, writing, maths, science, IT, the world around them and French. We focus on each child's individual needs in order to develop their confidence and independence in preparation for school. As they achieve the Early Learning Goals, they embark on Teddies own active learning programme, known as SMILE.

Settling in at Teddies

At Teddies we offer a safe, loving and stimulating environment for all the children we care for. We can only achieve this through a trusting relationship with parents. Before a child starts at Teddies we invite you and your child to the nursery for settling in. During this time you will get the chance to meet your child's key carer and share your knowledge as a parent which is key to us in developing your child's individual care plan. An example of how we do this is by asking you to complete a parent pack to form your child's individual profile and then we discuss all the information that we have received. This will include what your child's likes are, for example, Thomas the Tank Engine, playing in the sand, going for walks and lots of cuddles! Also discussed are dislikes such as types of food, loud noises and certain toys.

We also discuss how your child likes to go to sleep and at what times, when your child has bottle feeds at home and how he/she likes to be fed. We will establish sleep and feed patterns and how your child behaves when they are feeling a bit under the weather.

We then book in additional settling in sessions building them up slowly from one hour, two hours, three hours and so on. This will give you and your child a chance to get used to the nursery at your own pace.

Your child will realise that they can play but you are coming back, you will have a chance to get used to being away from your child gradually and your child's key carer will also have the chance to spend time getting to know you and your child.

When you and your child are happy, confident and comfortable we can then start your full sessions. We do not charge parents for the settling in period as it is vital for us to ensure we give each child and parent the opportunity to get used to the nursery environment before joining.

Click here to read a letter sent from a Teddies parent.

Teddies - Investors in People

We know that it is only through the efforts and dedication of our staff that we can provide excellent childcare in our nurseries and that is why we invest a lot of time and energy into ensuring that our staff have an excellent support network.

We are an Investors in People organisation and are committed to providing ongoing training and development to all our staff. We offer extensive learning and development programmes to all staff including comprehensive inductions to ensure that they settle in quickly and perform effectively in their roles.

Staff also get the support of their managers through regular individual meetings, team meetings as well as having a more formal performance review once a year.

We value our staff's views seriously and that is why each year we carry out an employee satisfaction survey from which we set ourselves targets for the areas in which improvements can be made. Through our One Life Ideas and Awards Scheme we also encourage staff to come up with ideas on how we can improve the way we work.

For more information call 0800 980 3801

Read the Ofsted report on Teddies Nurseries Crawley for an independent view