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Blackheath Day Nursery and Preschool
WHY CHOOSE BRIGHT HORIZONS
A Place to Grow
Blackheath Day Nursery and Preschool (formerly Zoom Nurseries, Blackheath) is open between 7.45am and 6.30pm, Monday to Friday.
We are closed on Bank Holidays and for 5 days over Christmas (excluding Bank Holidays)
The ongoing training and development of the Zoom team is crucial to our success so we will be closed for 5 days training throughout the year.
Becky Freeman
Nursery Manager
Nursery Manager
Nutrition
Our excellent nutritionally balanced menu is changed regularly to encourage a varied diet. Here is an example of a typical menu.
Breakfast
Lunch
Tea
Supporting and Learning
Growing Mathematicians
1-2-3-4-5! Mathematics is embedded in everything that we do and experience in our day-to-day lives and our Growing Mathematicians programme has been created to help your child understand the purpose and importance of mathematics.
Growing Readers
Growing Readers brings together home and nursery life, providing parents with some of the theory behind developing children’s reading skills, and also providing handy Hints & Tips, recommended reading lists and suggested activities for parents and children to explore together.
Growing Writers
Our Growing Writer’s approach supports the complex magical journey from making a mark, to emergent writing, to confident writer, laying the foundational skills that enable each child to flourish with the confidence and capability to succeed at school.
A Day at Blackheath Day Nursery and Preschool
Below is an example of a typical day
Breakfast
Drop Off
Free Play
Pick Up
Play & Activities
Singing Time
Sleep Time
Story Time
Tea / Dinner Time
Fees & Availability
Where possible we look to offer flexible booking patterns and a range of funding options, including the government's 30 hours funded childcare* provision. To request pricing and availability, please request a call back by clicking the button below.
*Terms and conditions apply to 30 hours funding. Click here for more information.
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Meet the Team
Becky Freeman
Hi my name is Becky Freeman, I am the Nursery Manager of Zoom Nurseries in Blackheath. I have worked for Zoom for just over 10 years now, starting off as a Senior Practitioner in the Little Explorers (2-3 yrs room) and then to Lead and then Third in Charge all at our Hither Green nursery. This was over a period of 3 years and then I moved over to Blackheath as a Deputy Manager when we opened in April 2011. I have now managed Blackheath for 4 years.
We are a very busy nursery, with a very healthy waiting list. Most of our families come from recommendations from existing or families we have had in the past. We are a very close community here in Blackheath, which is very rewarding and nice to be a part of.
I absolutely love my job and have a fantastic team who are as passionate as me in helping and supporting children through the most important milestones in their lives. We thrive to offer the best possible experience for children and their families and work together with them to build little independent people to send out into the big wide world.
We are a very creative team with lots of diversity and culture and range from 17 years old up to 60 years old, we make a great team through effective communication and all being on the same page with putting the children at the front of everything we do.
Candy Floss
Hi, my name is Candy Floss, I joined Bright Horizons in March 2010 as the ‘Super Safety Hero’ to help nursery children stay safe and manage risks. My role as a Health and Safety Super Hero is unique to Bright Horizons and I’m in every nursery, 365 days a year.
Back in 2010, I saw a job advert for a Zebra Super Safety Hero – I was very excited, applied and was invited for an interview with several other zebras. We were interviewed by all the children who then voted on which of us would be their Super Safety Hero. It was hoof biting but I was thrilled when they told me I was the most voted for by the children who all loved me because of my cape and bag. My bag is very special, if something fits inside, it’s a choking hazard. You might be wondering how I got my name. The children in our nurseries chose five names and voted for their favourite. I love it as it’s unique, I mean have you ever heard of a zebra called Candy Floss? Exactly!
Why Bright Horizons
The Bright Horizons passion and enthusiasm for providing high-quality care isn’t just common knowledge within our own business – we’ve also gained some impressive accolades from external sources for excellence as both a childcare provider, and as an employer. We are the only childcare company to have been listed for the last 11 years as one of the country’s top 50 “Great Places to Work” by the Great Place to Work Institute.
