Welcome to Kingfisher Day Nursery Didsbury. We are conveniently situated at 53 Palatine Road, on the corner of Oak Road next to Christies Hospital. It is a large and spacious corner plot with lots of car parking for parents to allow easy drop off in a convenient and safe environment.

We have 5 dedicated rooms for our various age ranges and each room reflects the seven areas of learning, as prescribed in the Early Years Foundation Stage.

Kingfisher Day Nursery Didsbury was opened in 2013 and was fully refurbished and individually appointed to reflect the particular requirements of each age group from three months to five years old. Children are moved between rooms based on individual development rather than just age.

We are open Monday to Friday 51 weeks of the year

Closed for Bank Holidays, two inset days and during Christmas week

We offer full day sessions from 7.30 am to 6.00 pm

Morning sessions 7.30 am to 1.00 pm

Afternoon sessions 1.00 pm to 6.00 pm

All meals to include breakfast, lunch and tea are freshly prepared on site.

5 star food and hygiene rating

Nappies, wipes and creams are all included within the price

Baby sensory room, outdoor sensory room.

Preschool has open access to the garden

Large outdoor play area

Large outdoor carpark for easy access

Kingfisher Day Nursery Didsbury is split into 4 main areas:

Babies

We have 2 baby rooms at Kingfisher Day Nursery Didsbury. Our younger babies benefit from the large bright open day-room, which is well equipped to stimulate the baby’s senses during their formative months and take their first steps. As Babies spend a lot of time sleeping at this early age we provide a dedicated sleep and sensory room.

As they grow in confidence they move through to our second baby room which is a bright open space with more facilities to encourage them to explore their mobility and develop their play.

There are never more than three babies to any one member of staff. Babies have supervised access to the garden and planned local walks and outings. Your child’s key person will take care of all your child’s personal needs and will proactively reinforce the Early Years Foundations to ensure your child develops to their full potential during their time with Kingfisher Day Nursery Didsbury.

Teenies

The teenie room is designed for children over 18 months with the day structured around their changing interests. The room is very well appointed with fantastic levels of equipment allowing your child to discover at their individual level of understanding. The room follows the Early Years Foundations and encourages learning through play. The teenies also have supervised access the garden, outdoor sensory room and planned local walks and outings.

Toddlers

The toddler room benefits from a number of dedicated areas; a creative and messy area, a reading corner, circle time, construction, small world and a home corner. As this is the time when the majority of children start “toilet training”, the toddler room is equipped with brightly decorated children’s toilets, encouraging independence. The toddlers can have supported access onto the outdoor play area and sensory room plus planned local walks and outings.

Pre-school

Preschool is across 2 rooms with activities and areas to support the children in the seven areas of learning. The first is a quieter learning environment with an interactive white board and learning zone for maths and literacy, book and circle time zone, construction and understanding the world.

The second room is a large bright spacious area with sand and water, creative and messy play area, along with Den, home corner, junk modelling and larger construction investigation zone, cookery activities, circle time zone.

The children have open access to the garden every day and can choose to complete a lot of their daily activities outside. The garden environment also reflects the areas of learning and allows problem solving on a grander scale.

All children in all rooms go out for educational trips and whether it be to the local shops, parks or places of interest, we always risk assess our outings and ensure ratios are adhered to and exceeded. The children throughout their time with us have regular additional activities, from cookery activities, wake up and shake up, weekly adult led physical education from the staff and also external companies Jo Jingles and Multi Sports, Pre School have weekly Launguage lessons.

We support free funding for each child from the term after the child’s third birthday. We also support all eligible 2 year old funding.

Outside Play Area

Our fully enclosed outdoor play area allows children’s learning to continue outside. They are able to make dens, build, climb and play with water and sand. Make mud pies in the mud kitchen, plant and pick herbs and vegetables, ride bikes and transport in wheel barrows. Explore the outdoor sensory room. Picnics and tea parties or sitting and reading can all be done in our large outside area. Anything the children want to achieve outside, we can support them to make this happen in a safe and stimulating environment.

Car park

A large car park provides ample space off road to ensure safe and convenient drop offs and pick- ups, so that every visit to nursery is welcoming and convenient for both you and your child. If you prefer to walk to nursery we have a secure pram shed for parents to use.

Latest News

All our children have been busy having lots of fun and enjoying lots of different activites with all our satff & also with our extra curricular activites including, Spanish with Kids Lingo, Rhyme Time & Singing with Jo Jingles & Sports Coaching with Ultimate Kids.

We like all our children to get out and about in the local community taking trips to The Park, The Library, Local Shops, Trips On The Bus, Walks To The Tram Stop To See The Trams, The Local Fire Station.

Even in the rain our children have put on there water proofs and enjoyed lots of outdoor play splashing in puddles and making mud pies in our outdoor mud kitchen.

We are looking forward to some parent events where our parents can come in and enjoy some activities with their children, these parent events will be for all children in all our rooms. We aim to have parent events every 3-4 months.

Arrange a tour

To book a tour of Kingfisher Day Nursery Didsbury please call us on 0161 425 4506 or complete the contact form.

Helena the Nursery manager would love to arrange to show you around the nursery and supply you with all the information you will need to make an informed decision.