Mini Bees Childcare

🐝✨ Exciting News from Mini Bees! ✨🐝

We are delighted to announce the opening of our brand-new Mini Bees branch in Mill Hill — and enrolments for 2026 are now officially open!

At Mini Bees, we believe every child deserves a nurturing, inspiring, and joyful start to their learning journey. We warmly invite families to join us for a special Open Day and experience our beautiful new setting firsthand.

Come along to meet our passionate team, explore our purpose-designed nursery environment, and enjoy a fun-filled day with your little ones!

📅 Open Day: Saturday, 30th May 2026
⏰ Time: 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
📍 Location: 563–571 Watford Way, Mill Hill, London, NW7 4RT
🎟️ Entry: Walk in anytime — no booking required!

✨ What to Expect ✨
🎨 Face Painting
🎵 Music & Movement Activities
🥪 Complimentary Refreshments
🏫 Guided Nursery Tours
🧩 Interactive Play Sessions

🎁 Exclusive Open Day Offer
Be among the first 10 families to register and receive the opportunity to claim up to £500 Cashback! (T&Cs apply).

👶 We proudly welcome children aged 3 months to 5 years, providing a warm, stimulating, and caring environment backed by 14+ years of excellence in early years education.

We cannot wait to welcome you and your family to the Mini Bees community. 🐝💛

📞 For enquiries, please call: 0203 475 5514

🌍 Growing Together: Celebrating Earth Day with Our Grandparents! 🌱

What a wonderful day we had at our Palmerston Road branch! To celebrate Earth Day, we invited some very special guests, our amazing grandparents to join us for a day of nature-inspired creativity and connection.

Our little ones and their grandparents got their hands busy with:

🎨Art & Crafts: Creating beautiful masterpieces inspired by our planet.
🥳Sensory Play: Exploring the textures of real grass and the great outdoors.
🍀Clay Creations: Sculpting Earth’s natural creatures and plants using colourful clay.

It was heart-melting to see the different generations bonding over a shared love for the environment. Teaching our children to care for the Earth starts with moments like these!

Check out the highlights from our day below! 📸👇

"Join the Hive! 🐝 Mini Bees is Hiring!"

Pay: £26,000.00-£32,000.00 per year

Job Description:

✅ Job Overview
We are seeking a candidate passionate about early years education and looking to join a welcoming, dynamic team that values your contributions. At Sahan & Mini Bees Group, we pride ourselves on nurturing both the children in our care and the professional growth of our staff. We are currently seeking Level 3 Qualified Early Years Practitioners and a Room Leader to join our supportive and forward-thinking team.

As part of our family-run nursery group with locations across East London (Forest Gate, Upton Park, and Hackney ) and West London (Mill Hill), you will play a key role in providing high-quality childcare in a vibrant and evolving environment. We are committed to offering a positive work culture where your skills are recognized and your career development is prioritized.

✅Right to work in the UK:
Please note, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position. Candidates must have the legal right to work in the UK.

✅ Why Choose Us?

- Competitive Salary: £26,000-£30,000 per year for Level 3 qualified practitioners (based on experience and hours worked).
- Professional Development: Tailored training and development opportunities to help you grow in your career.

✅Key Requirements:

➡️ Minimum Level 3 Qualification in childcare.
➡️ At least 1 year of experience working with children aged 0-5.
➡️ Solid understanding of EYFS and National Standards for childcare regulation.
➡️ A genuine passion for early years education and child development.
➡️ Strong organizational skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.

✅How to Apply:

Submit your CV today, we look forward to hearing from you!
Apply at:
📩 [email protected]
Or
🌐https://minibeeschildcare.co.uk/careers

🟣 Job Type: Full-time, Permanent, Fixed-term contract
🟣 Contract length: 12 months, Onsite role

✅Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Referral programme

✅Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime

Celebrate Earth Day with Mini Bees! 🌍🐝

We are turning our nurseries green!
This Wednesday, April 22nd, all Mini Bees branches (Upton Park, Palmerston Road, and Hackney) will be celebrating "Earth Day".

At Mini Bees, we believe in nurturing not just our children, but the world they will inherit. Join us this Wednesday for a morning of outdoor exploration and eco-friendly fun.

What’s happening:

💦 Little Gardeners: Watering our plants and learning how things grow.

🍂 Nature Play: Sensory fun with soil, leaves, and sticks.

🎨 Eco-Art: Crafting beautiful masterpieces inspired by our wonderful planet.

Grand Parents: You are warmly invited to join your little ones in these activities! Let’s make some memories (and maybe a little mess) for a great cause!

🎨 World Art Day | Nurturing Little Masterpieces at the Hive!

At Mini Bees, every doodle and finger-painting is a step toward big discoveries. We celebrated the messy, colourful, and brilliant world of early years art on 15th Aril Across all branches!

Why art matters for our Little Bees:

🖐️ Fine Motor Magic: Holding brushes and crayons strengthens tiny muscles needed for writing.

🧠 Cognitive Spark: Choosing colours and shapes builds critical decision-making skills.

💛 Emotional Expression: For children, art is a language. It helps them express feelings before they even have the words.

🌈 Sensory Play: From the squish of clay to the stroke of a brush, art is a full-sensory workout for the brain!

Discovery Through Play: Heuristic Learning at Mini Bees Hackney! 🐝✨

At Mini Bees, learning begins with curiosity. Through heuristic play, our children explore, experiment, and create using simple, open-ended materials, turning everyday moments into powerful learning experiences. 🧺🔍

From building problem-solving skills to developing independence and confidence, we are nurturing thinkers who don’t just follow instructions… they discover possibilities. 🌱

It’s been incredible to watch their concentration and the creative ways they interact with the world around them. At Mini Bees, we believe that the simplest objects often lead to the biggest "Aha!" moments. The smallest moments spark the biggest breakthroughs. 💛 💪

🌍 World Health Day | Building Strong Foundations for Life

In a fast-paced world, safeguarding our children’s health isn’t optional, it’s foundational.

At nursery, we believe that lifelong wellbeing starts early. That means shaping not just what children learn, but how they live - through movement, nourishment, and mindful habits.

Here’s how we champion healthy development every day:

🥗 Nourish with Purpose
We actively encourage parents to provide balanced, wholesome meals, minimising processed and sugary snacks. Early nutrition directly influences concentration, behaviour, and long-term health outcomes.

🏃‍♂️ Prioritise Active Play
Children are not designed to sit still. Daily outdoor exploration, physical play, and movement-based learning are essential for building strong bodies, coordination, and resilience.

🧘‍♀️ Support Emotional Wellbeing
Simple practices like mini yoga, breathing exercises, and calm-down routines help children regulate emotions, improve focus, and develop inner confidence.

💧 Build Healthy Habits Early
Hydration, rest, and listening to their bodies are habits we reinforce consistently—because prevention is always more powerful than cure.

✨ Our Commitment:
We don’t just care for children, we systematise healthy lifestyles that families can sustain beyond the nursery setting.

👨‍👩‍👧 Today, we’re asking our community:
What healthy habits are you building at home?

Share your routines, tips, or favourite family activities below to inspire and help other parents 👇

🐣🌸 Happy Easter 🌸🐣

Wishing all our amazing children, families, and wider community a joyful and beautiful Easter! 💛

May this season bring happiness, laughter, and lots of special moments filled with love, kindness, and new beginnings. 🌼✨

We are so grateful to have such a wonderful community around us, thank you for being part of our Mini Bees family 🐝💫

Enjoy the celebrations, the smiles, and of course… the chocolate eggs ! 🍫🥚

With warm wishes,
🌿 Mini Bees Childcare Team 🌿