Starting at our Nursery
At Happywoods nursery, we provide an inclusive environment, where all children are respected, cared and loved for their own individualities. The Nursery Manager and key person assigned to your child will work with you closely to ensure your child’s needs are fully met in order to provide a smooth transition progress to their new nursery life in accordance with our own settling in policy. 
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Learning

We provide a stimulating learning environment, where each day at Happywoods nursery the activities are carefully planned, further, to open plan resources in order to allow each child to plan their own imaginative play which support your little ones to meet the required learning goals within the Early Years Foundation Stage framework and prepare them well for their school readiness. Furthermore, to make their daily experience more rewarding, extracurricular activities are offered such as Spanish, Cooking, Yoga, Phonics and termly new skill. 
 
Care

Upon enrolment Happywoods children become part of the extended Happywoods family. A key person is assigned to your child and a settling period is arranged for the child. Parents will receive weekly observations by our online journal called the Tapestry. Parents are invited to meet the key person and manager for the following meetings:

 

1. Development needs assessment

2. Progress check - 2 year olds

3. Parent consultations - twice a year

4. Transition reports 

The Team​

All our staff are DBS clearance and Paediatric first aiders in conjunction with the yearly statutory training e.g FGM, prevent duty, Food Hygiene, Health and Safety, Online safety in Early Years, Child Protection and ongoing programmes of professional development within the Early Years Development platform to ensure our children are safe at all times. Our Early Years practitioners are all qualified with their Level 3 Childcare qualifications or undertaking a recognised Early Years qualification.

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Early Years Curriculum

At Happywoods, we ensure that from the minute a child walks into our setting, his/her learning experiences begin by being nurtured and assessed in line with Early Years Foundation Stage framework by providing daily routines, self-help learning, life-skill development, structured and non-structured activities.
 

Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Our children are provided with a safe, happy, and nurturing environment, where they can learn about self-respect, form friendships and develop their emotional well-being in order to become self-starters in play and develop a sense of confidence where their actions, likes and dislikes are respected and treated in line with the curriculum we teach.  

Communication and Language

Children are provided with a wide range of literacy resources to enhance a rich vocabulary so that they can expand their languages and assimilate a wealthy language development that will allow each child to communicate independently. 

Physical Development

Children are encouraged to promote a healthy well-being by having daily physical activities planned in line with the new government pledge to ensure that children are accessing 180 minutes of exercises daily. We promote healthy eating through cooking sessions and the children take part in planning the menus.

Literacy

We promote literacy on a daily basis, and this is planned as per each child age groups. Children under 2 years old learn through the aspects of sounds and those older are exposed to the phase one of Jolly Phonics programmes. Children are also encouraged to read aloud, and the nursery does provide weekly home leaning bags. Library sessions are planned weekly, and we liaise with the local Enfield Library for books.

Mathematics

Children are encouraged to access a wide range of mathematical resources to develop and improve their counting skills, understanding, using numbers, calculating simple addition and subtraction problems and to describe shapes, space and measures.

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Expressive Arts and Design

Children have access to a wide range of materials and media resources to promote their interests and curiosity to explore their creative thinking, geniuses and learn new skills. Children often sit with their peers to share their thoughts, ideas, and feelings within a variety of activities such as art, music, movement, dance, role-play and design and technology.

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Understanding of the World 
Children are cherished for their own different cultural environments, and these are well celebrated at the nursery on a daily and yearly basis. To ensure understanding of the different cultures we all come from, we celebrate cultural yearly events, where children are taught about different celebrations, famous places of heritage, modern technology and how to maintain a sustainable environment.