Happitots Day Nursery

Activities: Staff develop children's understanding of how to adopt healthy lifestyles. The nursery chef prepares well-balanced, home-cooked meals.

Skills , Knowledge and Behavior: Children gain knowledge and skills to manage their own self-care skills and safety. Staff support children to persevere when putting on their coats, as well as knowing when they need to take a drink of water.

Communication: Staff gather detailed information from parents when children start to help them to feel valued and comfortable.

Community Building: Parents are highly complimentary about staff and how well they are supporting their children to make progress.

Programs and Resources: All children, including those with special educational needs and/or disabilities, make good progress from their starting points.

Welcoming and Professional Staff: Staff greet them with warm smiles and lots of enthusiasm. They build loving relationships with children from the outset.

Safeguarding Training: Staff trained in safeguarding training and know what they need to do to keep children safe.

Play and Learning Integration: Staff enhance children's natural curiosity well. Their positive interactions help children to develop across all areas of learning. For example, staff sit closely with babies and share simple stories, such as 'Dear Zoo'.

Transition to Primary School: Children gain knowledge and skills to manage their own self-care skills and safety.

Diversity Management: For instance, they collect and use key words in children's home languages.

Nutritional Menu: The nursery chef prepares well-balanced, home-cooked meals. She also works with parents to plan personalised menus for children who have specific dietary needs.