Happy Days Nursery

Happy Days Nursery is committed to ensuring equal access to a full range of activities in a broad and balanced curriculum for all children. We encourage the development of their ability to devise and make individual choices through opportunities for exploration, investigation and creativity. We aim to develop a shared understanding of social and cultural diversity within their community and the wider world. We work in partnership with parents and carers, to encourage their confidence in leaving their children with us and to seek to ensure that children enjoy their time with us.   

Our environment 

Happy Days Nursery has fully implemented the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS), which covers the learning, and wellbeing of all nursery aged children from birth to 5 years. We encourage children in learning through their play by providing a variety of materials and a wide range of experiences both inside and outside the nursery. At the Nursery, we encourage learning to take place through both adult-led and child-led activities. We provide a free-flow system at certain periods during the day where children are free to choose where their learning takes place. Each child has an individual learning journal and activities are planned around this to support their individual developmental needs. 

The nursery is registered with Ofsted and accommodates children between the ages of 9 months and 8 years.

Our nursery aims to:

• Provides high quality care and education for children
• Works in partnership with parents/carers to help children to learn and develop
• Has a dedicated. qualified and loyal staff team
• Adds to the life and well-being of the local community
• Offers children and their parents/carers a service that promotes equality and values diversity

Our staff

The staff team at Happy Days have all been fully Police checked, had background references followed up and also completed professional childcare qualifications. We encourage staff as part of their work to continue with their professional development throughout their career. We have a longstanding and dedicated staff team who use professional experience to entertain and encourage the children’s development.

It is important for parents and carers to feel comfortable when leaving their child in our care, to feel confident that staff are committed to providing excellent care and learning opportunities.

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND)

One member of staff is a designated Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator (SENCO)

Inclusion

Wheelchair access.

All special diets are supported. Dietary needs are established on registration. Fresh fruit and vegetables are given at snacktimes.

At Happy Days we aim to ensure that our environment reflects the multicultural and linguistic communities of the children and staff in the nursery and local community. We want to encourage our children to understand the diversity of experience and materials in use in multi-racial Britain. We celebrate festivals such as Christmas, Diwali, Chinese New Year and encourage Parents/Carers to come into the nursery and share their skills with the children and staff for example, cooking a favourite dish. 

Food

At Happy Days we encourage healthy eating, we encourage all children to eat independently and to sample a variety of tastes that enrich their pallet. In addition to main meal times, water, milk and fresh fruit and vegetables are also available throughout the day. We supply healthy snacks and the option of healthy and nutritious food provided by Little Tums (an outside catering company) parents/carers can provide lunch boxes if they prefer. We do not provide any juices apart from baby specific juices at request and supply of the parents. We actively support parents during a baby’s weaning process. At Happy Days snack and meal breaks are considered sociable time with the children eating and chatting together. Parents have the option of sending in a packed lunch. If a packed lunch is provided please do not send in any products containing nuts as we may have children attending with nut allergies, please note that we cannot heat up rice. Please notify us if you have any concerns about your child’s dietary needs.

Transport options

Located in the heart of Hanover, within easy reach of Brighton Station.