Bambams Preschool Birmingham

Bambams Preschool Birmingham An Ofsted registered nursery offering quality childcare at affordable prices. Bambams provides education to children aged 0-5 years old.

Qualified staff use the EYFS to plan and deliver lessons in an educational setting. Free child places available for 2,3 & 4 year olds.

14/08/2026

At our setting, the safety and wellbeing of every child is our highest priority. We wanted to share some important reminders about current safe sleep guidance for babies and young children.

We follow the latest evidence-based recommendations to ensure children are supported to rest safely while in our care.

Safe sleep reminders:

Babies should always be placed on their back to sleep on a firm, flat sleep surface.

Sleep spaces should be kept clear, with no pillows, quilts, soft toys or loose bedding.

If a baby falls asleep in a pushchair, bouncer or car seat, they will be moved to a safe sleep space as soon as it is practical and safe to do so.

If a child's uses a comforter or dummy, these will need to be removed once they are a sleep.

Chilled Rest Children who no longer require a sleep are offered a calm "chilled rest" period with quiet activities such as stories, calming music or looking at books.

If a child falls asleep naturally during this rest period, we are not able to wake them. Current guidance recognises that sleep is an important biological need, and allowing children to wake naturally supports their wellbeing and development.

For more information on safe sleep, please visit: • The Lullaby Trust Safer Sleep Information

• NHS Best Start for Life: Safe Sleep Advice for Babies.

If you would like to discuss your child's sleep patterns or routines, please speak to a member of our team. We are happy to answer any questions and explain how we support children's sleep and rest while following current safe sleep guidance and our nursery policies.

12/08/2026

Ahead of September we will be making some changes to what we will be allowed into setting for lunch and snack wise for the children who bring lunch and snacks with them as we follow Startwell Nutrition Guidance.

All our menus we provide to children are from 5 main food groups here I will list them;

Fruit and vegetables- Sources of vitamins and minerals which protect against illnesses

Starchy Carbohydrates- Slow release of energy which keeps blood sugar stable

Protein rich foods- Important for growth and development

Dairy and alternative- Important for strong bones and teeth

Food high in fat/sugar/salt- These foods have no nutritional benefit

Lunch- Should consist of 2 courses , this could be a main meal with a starter, side dish or second dish with minimum of 1 portion of fruit and vegetables for each child.

We break our meals down into 1 portion of fruit and vegetables

1 portion of starchy food; bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, noodles, couscous, yam, plantain. We also provide a wholegrain starchy food at least once a week at lunch time.

1 portion of protein food; meat, fish, eggs, tofu and pulses such as beans, lentils, peas and chickpea.

Dairy and alternatives e.g milk, cheese, unsweetened yoghurt or unsweetened fromage frais. Provide three portions of dairy and alternatives each day (including those provided at home)

We have only a small number of children who bring in packed lunches and for September those who do need to ensure they keep inline with this when sending boxes in. Alternatively, we could provide meals from our kitchen, so if you would rather this, please do let us know ahead of September.

We will no longer be allowing snacks from a baby range that have under 12 months on the packages for children who are over 12 months old!

Snacks need to be 1 portion of fruit or vegetables.

Dried fruit should not be served as part of a snack! We provide plain starchy food such as plain savoury crackers, or unsalted unsweetened rice or corn cakes as part of at least 1 snack each day.

If anyone has any questions about these changes or want a copy of our lunch time menus then please do let me know.

Physical development encompasses gross motor skills, which involve large body movements like crawling, walking, running,...
08/08/2026

Physical development encompasses gross motor skills, which involve large body movements like crawling, walking, running, and jumping, and fine motor skills, which involve precise hand and finger movements such as grasping, threading, and mark-making. Gross motor skills help children develop core strength, balance, coordination, and agility, which are essential for healthy bodies and social confidence. Fine motor skills support hand-eye coordination and are directly linked to early literacy and self-care tasks like using scissors, fastening buttons, and writing. Also strengthening your finger muscles... Kiyah got Claire and I and the children to scrunch some paper with our hand’s and then hold up our dominate hand with the scrunched paper and try and unscrunch the paper. This was much harder than we thought it would be!

Kiyah brought back a huge elastic band from her event last Friday and has used it to represent routine while adding movement to our morning routines that children could share with you at home. With Oral health being something to highlight Kiyah has been taking the children to our role play dentist every morning using the elastic band. The children have been holding on, crouching on the floor and waking up by stretching their arms up and walking around in a circle to go to the ‘bathroom’ and stepping in. The children have then used the elastic band to mimic brushing their teeth by moving it side to side and jumping in the circle to spit out the paste... what a great idea!

In the short time we have been in the garden this week we have implemented our new garden rota from Kiyah’s training we felt we could use our outside space in a way that targets all physical movements for our children’s needs in our 180 Katie way and to be as active as possible with making sure the children are moving their belly buttons. I have attached the rotas we will be using in our garden now. It will be on a 3-week rota and go back to week 1 after the 3rd week. We have lots of Starwell posters and information up in the rooms for children but feel free to pop in and look at these or the garden display at any time.

In Oak tree this week we have been looking at how developing our communication and language skills can help us to prepar...
06/08/2026

In Oak tree this week we have been looking at how developing our communication and language skills can help us to prepare for when we move to our new big schools. Good communication and language skills can help us to use functional words to make choices, listen and follow simple instructions as well as helping us to have meaningful conversations with our friends.

We have enjoyed describing how the cornflour looks and feels. We have used adjectives such as "satisfying", "smooth", "silky" and "gloopy" with one child even telling his peers what satisfying means 😁

The children have also enjoyed making choices when creating beautiful fathers day cards and they have talked about how they feel about the special men in their lives.

We have been practising recognising our written names at circle time. Each child has a a coloured square with their names on and the children have enjoyed sounding out the letters in their name to help them them find thecorrect square.

Mark making is also an important part of children's development and this week the children have been talking about the marks that they make and have been developing their questioning skills whilst asking each other about their creations.

At our Gossey Lane site, we have explored all things under the sea! 🪼🪸Our learning focus has been Communication and Lang...
04/08/2026

At our Gossey Lane site, we have explored all things under the sea! 🪼🪸

Our learning focus has been Communication and Language. This is one of the prime areas of the EYFS for children's learning and development in the early years.

Through stories, songs, conversations, role play, and group activities, we are encouraging children to develop their listening skills, build their vocabulary, express their thoughts and feelings, and gain confidence when communicating with others.

Strong communication and language skills help children to:

✨ Build positive relationships

✨ Express their needs, ideas, and emotions

✨ Develop confidence and self-esteem

✨ Support future reading and writing skills

✨ Make sense of the world around them

Every interaction, from sharing a story to chatting during play, helps children grow as confident communicators. We love hearing the wonderful ideas, questions, and conversations that take place throughout the day!

The children have loved exploring this theme with activities such as water play, exploring different sea creatures, and developing their fine motor skills with threading activities. They have got their problem-solving skills going with puzzles and sorting activities. The children have also created their very own sea creatures whilst exploring arts and crafts.

We love spending time with family in nursery. This year weenjoyed a beautiful morning it has been celebrating the specia...
02/08/2026

We love spending time with family in nursery. This year weenjoyed a beautiful morning it has been celebrating the special men in your children's lives. Thank you to the dads, uncles and grandads that came to join us for fathers day breakfast. It was so lovely to see you all, and how excited the children were to show you their rooms and what they do every day.

We would like to wish you all very happy celebrations on Sunday and enjoy your day, dedicated just for you. 🏆🎉🎉🎉 We also raised just over £40.00 for charity.

This year we had our wonderful Eid celebration lunch from Eid back in May. The very skilled kitchen staff here at The Fi...
31/07/2026

This year we had our wonderful Eid celebration lunch from Eid back in May. The very skilled kitchen staff here at The Firs cooked us up and storm like always! The children had chicken pilau with shish kebabs, raita, salad and onion pakora which went down so well. Today the school have this lunch and the smell from the kitchen is just divine.

We have been lucky this morning as some siblings have come dressed in culture clothes like the theme of the day in school and we just love to see the range of different special outfits, they look beautiful! We will be working with the school to try and sync our event days for September 2026 as we know the children like to be just like brothers and sisters!

In Willow Room, our focus has been on Communication and Language. This area of learning helps children develop their spe...
29/07/2026

In Willow Room, our focus has been on Communication and Language. This area of learning helps children develop their speaking and listening skills while building single words and short sentences, developing understanding, and social interactions.

We have been developing these skills through lots of exciting activities this week!

Our We're going on a bear hunt exploration has offered different sensory experiences where we use describing words as we notice different textures, the children have also engaged in lovely imaginative play during this🧸

Our pirate exploration has encouraged imaginative play as the children dig for treasure and also share stories about their own experiences and trips to the beach! 🏴‍☠️

We have also enjoyed a 5 little ducks and 5 speckled frogs water tray, where we sang songs together while using lots of mathematical language🦆

The children had lots of fun driving cars through paint, noticing different patterns, colours, and sizes. This activity encouraged lots of descriptive language🚗

The children have shown an interest in the very hungry caterpillar story this week and enjoyed creating their own caterpillars using playdough they had made themselves. Making the playdough encourages listening skills as the children followed simple instructions and worked together as a team. Throughout the activity, we used lots of descriptive language and asked simple questions about what they were creating🐛

We have also enjoyed lots of group time activities, song time with puppets, dancing with ribbons, story times, I spy, colour hunts, and the children’s favourite, ‘What’s in the Box! The children have been excited to share the objects they have brought in and anticipate each item’s turn. This activity has been great for building confidence in group situations, encouraging children to describe their own objects sometimes independently or with support while their friends use their listening and language skills to make guesses about what might be inside📦

We have had a very busy start to our last term before summer break.For this term we will be looking at our 7 areas of le...
27/07/2026

We have had a very busy start to our last term before summer break.

For this term we will be looking at our 7 areas of learning and strengthening any areas our children need support in or looking at any areas with gaps in learning.

This is a great opportunity for us to be able to get all our children in Oak room school ready. Children are supported through a curriculum that reflects their interest and development.

So far this term we have looked at Personal, social and emotional development, this is a core area of Early Years Foundation Stage and underpins all other learning while focusing on how children understand their emotions, build relationships and develop positive sense of self.

Willow room have looked at communication and language, this is an area we are continuously working to strengthen with our children as it is a foundational prime area, directly impacting cognitive growth, literacy, and social-emotional skills.

While Oak room looked at literacy this links in with communication, listening skills, and motor skills needed for reading and writing which is brilliant ahead of our children getting ready for school in September.

This week we have chosen expressive arts and design to work on, this focus on nurturing children's imagination, creatively and self expression through exploring movement, music , materials and role play.

Here are some snap shots of how we have been using our children's next steps that we share with you via famly and interests to provide high quality teaching and play experiences that develop our 7 areas of learning!

So far this term in Willow Room, our activities have focused on physical development, with lots of exciting opportunitie...
25/07/2026

So far this term in Willow Room, our activities have focused on physical development, with lots of exciting opportunities for the children to strengthen both their gross and fine motor skills. To celebrate World Ocean Day, the children explored fish-themed play dough and created wonderful sea creature paintings, helping to develop hand strength, creativity, and pencil grip.

We have also enjoyed playing basketball, encouraging balance, coordination, and throwing skills. This links in well with our Startwell Characters, embedding these physical skills through our every day practice. During our creative activities, the children used straws to blow paint blobs across the page, helping to strengthen the mouth and facial muscles as well as developing breath control. They have also been practising their scissor skills by carefully cutting along dotted line patterns, supporting hand-eye coordination, control, and confidence when using tools safely.

Through these fun and engaging experiences, the children have been developing important physical skills while exploring, creating, and learning through play. We are so proud of everything they have achieved so far this week! 🐠🎨✂️

Address

340/344 Brays Road
Birmingham
B262RL

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 3:30pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 3:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 3:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 3:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 3:30pm

Telephone

07554089468

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