What are the opening hours?

Monday 8am - 6pm Tuesday 8am - 6pm Wednesday 8am - 6pm Thursday 8am - 6pm Friday 8am - 6pm

Happy Hares Childcare

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Ofsted Registered Childminders and members of PACEY the Professional Association About Nadine
I am a mum to our 12 year old son and wife to my husband Steve.

I have 23 years’ experience working across school Early Years setting including 1-year experience as a room leader for the 2-year-old room. I am passionate about providing first class childcare,
committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, with a relaxed attitude and making learning fun. I am a strong believer in learning through play and allowing children to express themselves

through imaginative and role play. With comprehensive knowledge and understanding of OFSTED and the EYFS standards, this enables me to set up outstanding and engaging indoor and outdoor activities. I hold the following qualifications/training:

NCFE CACHE Level 3 Home Based Childcare Award
Enhanced DBS Certificate
Full Paediatric First Aid - Jul 2020
Member of PACEY which is the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years

About Steve
I am a Dad to a 12 year old son and an experienced teaching assistant with a calm, patient, caring and warm approach. I have 18 ½ years’ experience working with children with Social Emotional Mental Health and 8 years’ experience working in the outdoor education/water sports environment teaching outdoor education, team building, sailing, and canoeing to a wide range of people from primary to secondary age pupils and adults. 3 years’ experience working with SEN primary students in a mainstream class, supporting them in their academic curriculum, social emotional behavioural needs, and teaching strategies for their individual additional needs. Since working in schools I have gained a great deal of experience in Health & Safety and carrying out Risk Assessments in an educational setting. I ensured that standards were met as the schools Educational Visits Co-ordinator and organised and managed, numerous school residential visits. So, I can use this experience to ensure that my home and outdoor environment is a safe place for the children that I care for. I have been a qualified first aider for the last 28 years and certified in level 2 food safety and hygiene for the last 13 years. I hold the following qualifications/training:

NCFE CACHE Level 3 Home Based Childcare Award. Enhanced DBS Certificate. Full Paediatric First Aid - Jul 2020. First Aid at Work - Oct 2020. Prevent Online Training Course -2020. PACEY – Effective Partnership Working with Fathers. Giving Emergency Medication for Prolonged Epilepsy Seizures (Buccal Midazolam). Member of PACEY which is the Professional Association for Childcare and Early Years. Higher Level Teaching Assistant Diploma Level 4. TQUK Level 2 Certificate in Understanding Specific Learning Difficulties. I am currently studying for:

Forest Schools Leader Level 3. Level 3 Certificate in Understanding Mental Health (RQF).

Operating as usual

27/06/2023

Happy Hares Childcare has reached RHS School Gardening Awards Level 3. Well done to all our little ones for their hard work, keeping the fruit and vegetables watered and maintained.

27/06/2023

Photos from Hygge in the Early Years's post

27/06/2023

Forest Schools provide a multi-sensory and ever-changing environment, which can enhance children's attention and focus. Children are exposed to a variety of sights, sounds, smells, and textures in nature, which can help to stimulate their senses and engage their attention. 🌿

Learn more about Forest Schools and how to start a life-changing journey of becoming a qualified Forest Schools Leader with us at the link in bio. 🙌🏼

27/06/2023

Continuing with our games to play at the park series, the traffic light game is great to play outside with your children. As well as being lots of fun, it also helps your child to start to understand simple instructions.

For more activity ideas, visit the HENRY website at www.henry.org.uk/activities

27/06/2023

Photos from Learning and Exploring Through Play's post

Photos from Happy Hares Childcare's post

27/06/2023

The children have been busy harvesting our Sugar Snap Peas and enjoying tasting them

27/06/2023

All 5 of our caterpillars made it to release day. We have now released them teaching the children the life cycle of caterpillars to butterflies 🦋

21/06/2023

Our caterpillars have formed into their chrysalis, and are now in their enclosure, waiting to form into beautiful butterflies 🦋 Can't wait to release them!

21/06/2023

Harvesting this seasons carrots, cleaning and prepping them to eat for our lunch salad

18/06/2023

Happy Hares Childcare would like to wish all the dads out there a happy father's day!

13/06/2023

Caterpillars have arrived! Can't wait to watch them grow into butterflies

13/06/2023

Fruit and veg patches are looking good! Soon, the children will be able to help pick, wash, and taste

09/06/2023

We are very pleased to announce that both Steve and Nadine are individually rated as a Good Provider by Ofsted

11/05/2023

Sunflowers 🌻 are growing well

11/05/2023

Planting sunflower 🌻 seeds

11/05/2023

Children helping to maintain our growing patch

23/04/2023

Happy St George's Day from Happy Hares Childcare

17/03/2023

Happy St Patrick Day from Happy Hares

03/03/2023

02/02/2023

We are currently learning about personal hygiene- Oral Health, practising brushing teeth with our props

30/01/2023

Photos from Happy Hares Childcare's post

09/12/2022

All ready to go home

08/12/2022

The children have been making Christmas 🎄 decorations this week

12/11/2022

11/11/2022

On the 11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month, Happy Hares Childcare sat beautifully to watch CBeebies 2 minute animation of Remembrance.

04/11/2022

Thankyou to everyone that helped us raise £160 for The Wildlife Trust. All our little legs completed their own personal 3km hedgehog walk and smashed our team total

01/11/2022

PAPER PLATE SKELETON

https://www.the36thavenue.com/extraordinary-guest-paper-plate-skeleton/

01/11/2022

Many children, will naturally remove their shoes to play, climb and be outside. Dear Parent, it's okay.

It's okay to remove the shoes.

Nature Play - take a step back and observe your child at play

13/10/2022

Clocking up some Kilometers

13/10/2022

At Happy Hares, we are raising money for The Wildlife Trust by Participating in the October . We will be working as a team to walk 30km in October. Our little legs will go for walks in the park to look at nature. We will then add up each child's distance until we reach 30km.

Our little ones will receive a Happy Hares team certificate once we have completed our

Happy Hares Big Wild Walk Team Participants: Kai, Alba, Thomas, Senan, Joshil, Michele, Pearl, Willow, Olivia

Please share our fundraising page with friends and family to donate as little or as much as you want. Every penny counts!

https://thewildlifetrusts.enthuse.com/pf/HappyHaresChildcare