Happy Days Nurseries & Pre-Schools officially opened its doors in Verwood on Tuesday, September 24th, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by Deputy Mayor Councillor Toni Coombs.

Deputy Mayor Coombs toured the newly purpose built nursery, met the enthusiastic staff, and praised the nurturing environment designed to foster young minds. The highlight of the ceremony was a collaborative ribbon cutting, officially marking the nursery’s opening to the Verwood community.

In addition to Deputy Mayor Coombs, other guests at the event included Happy Days Directors and Senior Team leaders, as well as Councillor Simon Gibson and the Atkins family – Nick, Jim, and Oscar – who were the developers behind this exciting project.

“We are thrilled to finally welcome families to Happy Days Verwood,” said Kim Herbert, Managing Director for Happy Days. “This purpose-built nursery boasts stimulating learning spaces and a beautiful outdoor area, providing the perfect environment for children to learn, play, and grow.”

Deputy Mayor Coombs echoed the sentiment, stating, “The Happy Days Verwood facility is truly impressive. From the engaging classrooms to the expansive outdoor play area, it’s clear that children will thrive here. I’m delighted to see this fantastic resource become part of the Verwood community.”

Happy Days Verwood is now accepting enrolments and invites families to schedule a tour to experience the nursery firsthand.

Phone: 01202 806 004 | Email: verwood@happydaysnurseries.com

📖Strong and Confident Communicator📖

The children in Droitwich Adventurers have been exploring their favourite books. We aim to support a lifelong love of reading at the nursery, which underpins many of our daily activities and routines. The children have enjoyed sharing them with their peers and practitioners and explaining why it is special to them. The children have then developed this further by creating their own version of the story and acting out the story with puppets and props.

This activity forms part of our Strong and Confident Communicator which is a part of the unique Happy Days ‘Where Children Shine Curriculum’. This activity is developing and enabling the children to talk about events and principal characters in stories, retelling stories and to use talk imaginatively in their play.😄

We all enjoyed exploring “The Tiger That Came For Tea” and “The Gruffalo” which proved to be a lot of children’s favourite bedtime story.

Happy Days Nursery and Pre-School, Droitwich are celebrating a significant milestone as it commemorates its first year of operation. The occasion was marked with a cheerful event attended by ex elected mayor Cllr Kate Fellows, staff members and children.

A purpose built nursery & pre-school, perfectly located within the heart of Yew Tree Village, just south of Droitwich Spa. After opening in September 2023 the nursery has illuminated tranquillity with neutral and calming environments to enrich play and learning opportunities for children.

Amongst celebrating a successful first year of operation, Ashley, the manager of Droitwich was presented with a certificate and flowers to commemorate becoming a finalists in Nursery Management Today NMT Awards 2024. Well deserved recognition of the immense dedication and effort Ashley has put into Happy Days Nursery, Droitwich over the last year.

The nursery send special thanks to Cllr Kate Fellows for joining Happy Days Nursery and Pre-School, Droitwich on the day of celebration. The team would also like to pay thanks to The Wedding House for providing an incredible balloon arch that sat within the nursery.

The birthday celebration of Happy Days Nursery was not only a significant achievement for the nursery but also a proof of the strong sense of community that has developed among parents, early years practitioners, and Local Authority. As Happy Days Nursery enters its second year in Droitwich, the team looks forward to pursuing its mission of nurturing every child to become a lifelong learner and to enable their future success.

To find out more about Happy Days Nursery and Pre-School, Droitwich click here, to book a tour and view this incredible space click here. Alternatively you can get in touch with the nursery via the contact information below.

Phone: 01905 590500 | Email: droitwich@happydaysnurseries.com

Happy Days Nursery Thornbury, situated in South Gloustershire, is celebrating having recently received a GOOD grading from Ofsted.

Happy Days, Thornbury is ideally located close to commuter routes into Bristol and Gloucester and has designated parent parking for ease of drop off and collection. It’s a purpose built, one level nursery with direct garden access. Located within Thornbury community, with a library and park nearby, the children often get out to enjoy environmental walks. Designed for children’s independence with free-flow access to outdoors, allowing children to become active and confident learners.

The Ofsted report highlights that ‘Leaders and staff provide children with a positive nursery experience. Upon starting at the nursery, leaders tailor a settling-in process to the needs of each family. This helps children to have a smooth transition and ensures that parents are happy that their children’s needs are being met. This bespoke transition process continues throughout the nursery as children move to different playrooms. All children are safe and secure and very well settled..’

Furthermore, the report acknowledged that ‘Leaders have worked hard through a number of changes to ensure they provide inclusive, high-quality care for children. There is a rigorous recruitment and induction procedure in place to ensure staff are suitable to work with children and that they can meet the expected standards for practice..’

Fiona Blackwell, Operations Director, stated, “This is a fantastic achievement for Darlene and the team who have been instrumental in turning this nursery around and creating a fantastic environment for both children and our colleagues”

The nursery has a limited number of places available and parents are encouraged to contact the nursery as soon as possible to secure their place. Contact Thornbury on 01454 419 911 or email thornbury@happydaysnurseries.com

Happy Days Nursery, Droitwich, celebrate their Manager being shortlisted for the Nursery Manager NMT Award!

Happy Days Nursery, Droitwich, are extremely proud of their manager, Ashley Webb, who is a finalist for the Nursery Manger NMT Award, with the winner being announced at the Awards Ceremony on 30^th November.

As part of the nomination, Ashley had to demonstrate her leadership skills and the ability to support, develop and motivate staff, along with the ability to work with young children and their families in a sensitive and positive way and the ability to create a safe, caring and stimulating environment. The award submission also summarised how her role and day to day management is so outstanding.

Sam Richardson, Early Years Operations Manager, stated, “We are delighted that Ashley has been recognised for this award. Since joining Happy Days in 2023 to open our new nursery in Droitwich, she has developed an exceptional staff team, leading and guiding them to ensure the best quality care and education are provided to the children, every day. Her partnership with parents is excellent, having secured a daynurseries score of 10 within the first 10 months of the nursery opening. She truly is a magnificent manager and we are extremely proud of her.”

Along with demonstrating her management skills, Ashley also received some amazing testimonials from staff, parents and the children – well done Ashley!

As part of International charities day, we have set ourselves a weeklong travel challenge, alongside 8 other nurseries the challenge of walking to all the Happy days nurseries.

This is a total of 1471.40 miles which means Droitwich needs to contribute 163.49 miles during the week of 5th to 12th September. Between staff, parents, and children we need to aim for 23.36 miles per day. We are raising money for Children’s hospice Southwest. We have a pledge form in the reception area where parents and staff can sign up to say how many miles, they have travelled that day and a poster with QR code for any donations you would like to make