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Happy Hares Nursery & Preschool is a place where little learners Hop, Play & Grow!🐇

•Safe •Fun •Supportive •Nurturing📚

Quality Childcare you can trust-Age range from 6 months-4 years! ✨

30/10/2026

🎃👻 A spooktacular week at Happy Hares! 🕷️🦇

What a fangtastic week we’ve had filled with lots of Halloween themed activities and experiences. From exploring sensory tuff trays, investigating and searching for spooky resources like ghosts, skeletons, bats, spiders etc, carving pumpkins, getting creative with painting using different body parts, lots and lots of dressing up to themed baking, we’ve had the lot and more! 🎃

Across all our age groups we’ve had some brilliant langue opportunities that we’ve explored. Our preschoolers enjoyed a slime workshop in Green lanes and preschool, toddlers and babies had fun at the park on a few occasions this week too! 🕷️

A brilliant week full of Halloween magic! 👻🕸️🎃

24/10/2026

Happy 21st Birthday Jodie! 🎉

Jodie has come such a long way over the last couple of years, growing in confidence and experience and working her way up to be the fantastic two year old room supervisor that she is. It’s lovely to see how much she has developed!

She knows our 2s and their routines inside out, builds lovely relationships with the children and their parents, and is always organised and on top of everything. She’s also incredibly creative and always does a brilliant job with her display boards in the discovery den and window displays! 🎨✨ And of course, we can’t forget she’s our very own cleaning queen, with her love for a bit of Cif! 🧽😂

Jodie is a brilliant practitioner and a valued member of our team, and we’re very lucky to have her as part of our Happy Hares family 💙

We all hope you have a lovely birthday Jodie, and enjoy celebrating your special day on holiday!
Much love from everyone at Happy Hares! 🎈🎁🎂✨

10/10/2026

Happy Birthday Faith! 🎉

Faith is a strong part of our Happy Hares team and a particularly great practitioner in the Discovery Den with our two year olds!

She works very hard, especially as she continues to study towards her level 3 qualification, is fantastic with her key children and knows all of their routines inside out. Faith is brilliant at building lovely relationships with all the children and their families and is such a kind and caring role model🌸

Thank you for everything you do Faith, we all hope you have a lovely day celebrating!
Much love from everyone at Happy Hares! 🎈🎁🎂✨

06/10/2026

We’ve been embracing all things autumn at Happy Hares! 🍂✨

Our little ones have enjoyed lots of fun, engaging activities and creative crafts, from autumn painting, conker rolling and making beautiful leaf pictures to getting stuck into some gardening🌿🎨

There have been plenty of opportunities to explore the colours, textures and changes we see around us during this wonderful season, while encouraging creativity, curiosity and learning through play. We have a great garden space to watch all these changes happen and we enjoy it very much too! 🧡

From messy hands to proud little faces, it’s been a time full of fun, exploring and growing together! 🍂🐰✨

05/10/2026

Happy Birthday Ruby! 🎉

Ruby is one of our hard-working level 3 apprentices and has become such a key part in our two year old room. She is kind, caring and brilliant with all the children, Ruby knows all of their routines and is always happy to get stuck in with whatever is needed!

Ruby is calm and patient whilst also bringing plenty of laughter to our setting. Ruby is working hard to develop her confidence and skills everyday. Thank you so much for everything you do! 🌸

We hope you have the loveliest birthday and have a fantastic time celebrating!
Much love from everyone at Happy Hares! 🎈🎁🎂✨

25/09/2026

🐞🦋Mini Beast Week! 🐛🌸

Last week we had a wonderful time exploring and learning about the fascinating world of mini beasts!

Our little hares got creative with some lovely butterfly and ladybird pictures. As well as the rest of the nursery getting their creative head on, exploring lots of mini beast themed tuff trays along with lots of books and other interesting activities.
Our Big Hares put their explorer hats on and headed on a mini beast hunt. They had fun searching high and low to see what tiny creatures they could discover 🐛🐜🐌

It was a fantastic week full of exploring, creating and discovering! Well done little explorers- you’ve been busy bees! 🐝

07/09/2026

🎉 Happy Birthday Megan! 🎉

Megan has been part of the Happy Hares family for quite some time, first joining us as a student and now recently qualifying as a practitioner and becoming lunch cover and bank staff! It’s been so lovely to watch her confidence grow and see her blossom into the brilliant practitioner that she is! ✨

Megan is kind, caring and incredibly patient, she has such a lovely way with the children and is particularly good at welcoming and supporting the SEND children and new starters, as they settle into nursery life. Although, Megan can be shy, we’ve loved watching her come out of her shell and grow in confidence- and we know there’s no much more to come. Thank you so much for all your hard work!🌸

We hope you have a fantastic day celebrating!
Much love from everyone at Happy Hares! 🎈🎁🎂✨

04/09/2026

🎉🎂 Happy Birthday, Kaley! 🎂🎉

Today we’re also wishing a very happy birthday to our small but mighty Kaley! 💕🐰

Kaley is incredibly well organised, knows the nursery routines inside and out, and is absolutely brilliant within our baby room. She has also stepped into her role as Deputy Manager amazingly well, taking on the extra responsibilities with confidence and becoming a fantastic support to the whole team. 🌟

We’re so lucky to have Kaley as such a valued member of the Happy Hares team and really appreciate everything she brings to the nursery each day. 💗

We hope you have the loveliest birthday, Kaley, and enjoy your special day! 🎈🎁🎂

Happy Birthday from everyone at Happy Hares! 💕

04/09/2026

🎉 Happy Birthday Louise! 🎉

Wishing a very happy birthday to our amazing Nursery Manager, Louise! 🎂

Louise is quite simply the person who keeps so much of Happy Hares going. She works incredibly hard, always goes above and beyond and is there for absolutely everything — from the day-to-day running of the nursery to supporting the children, staff and our families. Her dedication and commitment to Happy Hares never goes unnoticed. 🌟

She’s also full of great ideas, always thinking of new ways to make things better, and brings so much fun and laughter to our days along the way! 💗

We’re so lucky to have Louise at the heart of our Happy Hares family and are incredibly grateful for everything she does!

We hope you have the most amazing 50th Birthday, get thoroughly spoilt and enjoy a day that’s all about you! 🎉

Much love from everyone here at Happy Hares! 🎈🎁🎂✨

01/09/2026

🍂 Hello September! 🍂

A new month means new adventures, new experiences and plenty of opportunities to hop, play & grow! 🐇🌱

Autumn is on its way- we’re looking forward to autumn days exploring the changing seasons and watching our little ones continue to learn and flourish. So it’s almost time to dig out those wellies, cosy jumpers and waterproofs- we’re ready for muddy puddles, more outdoor adventures and all the fun that comes with autumn 🍁🌧️

September is always a special time for us as we continue to welcome lots of new children and families into our Happy Hares Family. We know that starting nursery is a big step, filled with lots of emotions for both children and parents/carers, and we’re looking forward to getting to know each and every one of you, helping everyone to feel safe, settled and happy ☺️

A massive Happy Hares welcome to all our new starters! We’re so excited to begin this journey with you and can’t wait to see all the wonderful memories we’ll make together! 🐇💙

Address

11 Boutport Street
Barnstaple
EX321RW

Opening Hours

Monday	7:30am - 5:45pm
Tuesday	7:30am - 5:45pm
Wednesday	7:30am - 5:45pm
Thursday	7:30am - 5:45pm
Friday	7:30am - 5:45pm

Telephone

01271377034

Website

http://happyhares.com/

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