Early Years (0-5)

P5300015 The Early Years Team delivers a variety of childcare provision within the area, including Creche support for training and groups and Stay and Play. They run a Mobile Toy Library who visit a variety of settings in the area and encourage an understanding of the importance of play. They promote communication and language development with support from appropriate support agencies.

The Children’s Centre Teacher

The Children’s Centre Teacher’s role is to support early years settings in providing consistent quality of learning and development.

The teacher works alongside practitioners within our reach area offering support and advice on planning, assessment and effective practice. Support is also offered during Stay and Play sessions where parents are encouraged to play with their children during fun, stimulating sessions.

Childminders within the Balsall Heath Children’s Centre area are able to access all the services which are offered to families and settings.

St Paul’s Nursery

St Paul’s Nursery, a Full Day Care setting, offers both full and part-time places for children aged 3 months to 5 years for children of families living in the Balsall Heath and surrounding areas. The Nursery is open from 8.00am until 6.00pm, 5 days each week for 50 weeks of the year excluding bank holidays.

The Nursery, along with other child care providers, works closely with Balsall Heath Children’s Centre to support families where children have additional needs.

This enables early identification of these needs and the correct support to be put into place. Balsall Heath Children’s Centre uses the ‘Early Support’ package which is the Government programme to achieve better co-ordinated, family focused services for young disabled children and their families. It is a national programme that is being introduced and used in local authorities, hospitals and community-based health services across England and now Children Centres.

Communication Matters

This is a group run by an artist for parents to develop their creative skills with their children. This is an opportunity for you to come along and explore your creative flair in a variety of ways.

Communication Matters takes place on Fridays 1.00pm – 3.00pm (Term Time) at BHIC (old Clifton School Building)

Chatter Matters

Chatter Matters is a speech and language group which runs once a week (Term Time) in Balsall Heath Initiative Centre.

The group starts at 1.00pm and finishes at 2.30pm. The room is set up and activities are planned specifically for those children on a weekly basis. Advice and support is given to parents/carers to enable them to complete the necessary forms as well as suggestions for simple activities that can be carried out at home to encourage their child to talk. Fruit snacks are provided at the end of each session.

For any further information on the above services, please call on 0121 464 6349