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Benison Nursery, Leading Childcare in Chester
Benison Nursery has been a well-established and trusted childcare provider just on the outskirts of the beautiful City of Chester and close to North Wales since 1986. With a reputation for providing high-quality childcare, our nursery commits to creating a home away from home atmosphere for children and parents to feel comfortable and confident in our setting.
Our nursery is divided into 3 separate buildings appropriate for each babies, toddlers and pre-school. Each building has its own qualified, dedicated staff team, kitchen, bathroom and garden facilities that are suited to each age group.
We provide childcare for children from 0 – 5, as well as an After School Club and Holiday Club which means children can come to us from Birth to 11 years old!
Our nursery is carefully designed and has a varied and plentiful range of resources and equipment. We also work in partnership with Cheshire West Council to provide funding to eligible families. We have our own private car park for drop-offs and pick-ups.
Our unique features
Close to Chester and Wales and surrounding areas for commute.
Forest school with exceptional opportunities.
Cookery school and classes.
Before and After School club
Meet the Manager
Natasha Pye
Deputy Manager
Our Nursery Brochure
We will guide you through every step of your childcare journey and help you discover everything you need to know about our nursery. Come and join our family across the UK.
If you have any questions or enquiries, please feel free to contact us using the contact details at the foot of this page.
Alternatively, you can complete our online enquiry form also located below and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
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What Parents Say About Our Nursery
Outdoor Discovery: Growing, Learning, and Playing in Nature
We love to get outside at Benison Nursery! We have substantial gardens providing opportunities for outdoor learning across all areas of the curriculum. We also have a Forest School area in our outdoor space with lots of enriching experiences for children to explore!
As well as access to our fabulous outdoor play areas, children of all ages enjoy regular walks in the local area. We take children out in groups, come rain or shine, to take part in a variety of activities set up by our staff. Wherever possible we try to take our indoor learning outside. During our time outside we teach children how to assess risk, problem solve, share, gather and utilise from nature.
We use high visibility vests to keep children safe when out on trips away from the nursery. All children leave wellington boots and waterproof clothing at nursery so they can be appropriately dressed for all seasons!
We are committed to being an environmentally friendly nursery, making changes wherever we can in order to make the world a cleaner place. Over the past years the older children have formed an Eco School Committee where they discuss ways we can be more environmentally conscious and create a culture of sustainability via eco projects and recycling in fun ways. This helps to teach our children about their environment and the effect we have on it in our day to day lives.
Our Approach to Education at at Benison Nursery
Our curriculum includes a Statutory framework for the early years foundation stage that offer hands-on approaches to encourage the skills your child will need in the nursery and beyond:
Developing a broad based curriculum where children learn through play, work together, negotiate, learn about boundaries, take assessed risks and create simple rules.
Building strong relationships with families and our community so our children are confident and proud of themselves, their family and home life while learning and developing.
Instilling a love of learning, self esteem and confidence where children are valued and heard as well as respect each other and the world they live in.
- Mathematics: Integrating numbers into real-life routines
- Schematic Play: Quality learning environment providing the potential for children’s creativity skills and allowing them to follow their own interests confidently
- Listening, Attention and Speaking: Teaching children to express their ideas and feelings about their experiences using complete sentences
- Personal, Social and Emotional Education
- Birth to 5 Matters Learning and Development Framework
- STEM Activities: Building and problem solving using science, technology, engineering, and math
- Relax Kids classes which helps children regulate and understand their emotions through a toolkit of relaxation and mindfulness techniques.
Ensuring children are physically active from birth and meet the Chief Medical Officers (2019) guidelines of a minimum of 3 hours per day
Our Nursery Fees and Funding
We always offer flexible booking patterns and a range of funding options, including 9 month – 5 years old government’s funded childcare. To find out more information on pricing and availability, please request a call back and we will be in touch shortly.
Our fees include:
- Quality Early Years Care and Education
- Healthy, well-balanced menu for all children
- Access to a wide range of quality resources and equipment
- E-Learning Journals
- All meals, nappies, wipes and formula milk included
Most Enjoyed Activities at Our Nursery
Cookery School
Our Cookery School offers the children regular opportunities to develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a kitchen environment, growing, caring for and harvesting crops as well as visits into their local community to purchase seasonal ingredients and explore food processes.
E-Learning Journals
Our E-Learning Journals allow you to see your child’s activities at nursery with the click of a button. Your little one’s Keyworker will upload images and notes about your child’s development, any useful updates from their day and participation in activities at nursery for you to access wherever you are. Our nursery tablets offer exciting and stimulating learning experiences tailored to challenge and engage little ones.
Excellent resources
Our nurseries provide an extensive range of resources to encourage children to learn through play. We favour naturalistic learning resources and make fantastic use of our outdoor equipment, promoting free-flow and Child-led learning.
Fundraising activities
Taking part in fundraising activities helps children to learn about others that live differently, or are in disadvantaged situations and understand how we can help them. Some of the fundraisers we have taken part in are: Children In Need, sponsored toddles, Macmillan coffee morning, superhero days and garden parties.
Settling in sessions
Our nurseries offer free Parents can bring their child for a couple of hours first, gradually introducing the child to a new environment. Settling in sessions are aimed at helping your child to adapt and become more familiar with the staff and children, but also help you adapt to their surroundings and feel safe and secure when your little one joins us.
Physical Development and Education
As part of our curriculum we are committed to ensuring children are physically active for a minimum of 3 hours per day. Physical Development Champions at each nursery create and design specific activities based around movement, raising the heartbeat and exercising the cardiovascular system.
Food & Nutrition: Building Healthy Habits
Here at Benison Nursery we have our very own qualified Nursery Chef, who creates nutritionally balanced 3 week rolling menus. This helps us encourage healthy eating among the children.
Our menus are designed to give your child the very best start in life. We make this possible by supplying our children with home cooked nutritional food, bursting with fresh fruit and vegetables (some of which come from our garden!) and all the essential ingredients necessary for healthy physical and mental development. We source our food, when not from our garden, locally and organically including seasonal vegetables and fruit into our menus. Our children have a choice of milk or water to drink throughout the day.
Growing Our Own Vegetables
Our children have opportunities to excel as nursery gardeners with their very own vegetable patch! They enjoy harvesting and tasting the food they have grown during snack and meal times.
Cookery school
Our children have the fantastic opportunity to work with our Nursery Chef, Natalie, to take part in our cooking and baking activities provided in our cookery school! Our pre school children have the opportunity to explore and experience growing, harvesting, preparing, tasting and serving a wide variety of food. Chef Natalie gently scaffolds their learning so they feel they are achieving at every step and are motivated to keep trying.
Vegetarian
We are happy to cater for all preferences including Vegetarian and Vegan.
Dairy-Free Milk
We offer a variety of milk including animal and plant based milks. Speak to our Nursery Chef regarding your dietary needs.
Dietary Requirements
We are happy to cater for a whole range of dietary/religious/cultural requirements. Please speak to our Nursery Chef for more information.
No Added Sugar or Salt
We do not add additional salt or sugar. Where possible we purchase products with reduced salt and lower sugar.
Allergies and First Aid
Our staff are trained in First Aid and the team are experienced in catering for allergies. You are more than welcome to meet with a member of our team to discuss your requirements.
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