Happy Hares Nursery Blog
March 2026
We know last month’s blog was about the great outdoors, but we love spending time outside, where children can learn, explore, and have fun together! Outdoor play is definitely a favourite at Happy Hares! Water Play is always a popular, giving children the chance to...
February 2026
Did you know that big learning happens outdoors? Fresh air, muddy shoes, and big smiles - outdoor play is where our children thrive. At our setting we make the most of every moment outside with football, balancing challenges, forest school adventures, and fun filled...
January 2026
January has been full of discovery, creativity, and fun for the children! We kicked off the year by exploring three exciting themes: Winter, Healthy Eating, and Under the Sea. The children embraced hands-on learning through a wide range of sensory and active...
August 2025
During August at Happy Hares, we’ve celebrated some VERY important skills. These are not your everyday skills – these are the ones that make childhood magical and fun. These skills included shark dodging, tree climbing, castle building, sheet painting, woodworking,...
July 2025
This month of July has been quite eventful for us. We focused on two main topics: 'Vikings' and 'On the Farm'. We also celebrated a graduation party for the children moving on to 'Big School' in September. During our Vikings theme, the children made helmets,...
June 2025
Hello everyone! Welcome to our June blog! It’s been another exciting month here at nursery, filled with fun topics like 'Kings and Queens', 'In the Jungle', and 'Minibeasts'. Our nursery garden has been buzzing with minibeasts, and we had a fantastic time searching...
May 2025
Wow, what an exciting month May has been! We've been buzzing with fun exploring 'Mini Beasts', grooving in 'Music and Movement', and pretending to be 'Pirates'! The children loved searching the garden for tiny insect friends. They carefully placed them in magnifying...
April 2025
April has been a garden digging, ice-cream making, tower building, book reading, train track creating, tree climbing, frog watching, cress growing whirlwind of a month! We have spent a lot of time in the garden developing our physical skills by running around, riding...
March 2025
This month at Happy Hares we have focused on the topics of ‘Stories & Books’, ‘Space’, and ‘Science’. We celebrated World Book Day with an exciting trip to our local bookshop! And of course, we were also busy making cards for the special people in our lives for...
February 2025
We’ve had a fabulous February here at Happy Hares! This month, we focused on emotions, chatting about how we feel and how others might feel too. We also loved hosting a 'Stay and Play' session, giving our wonderful parents and carers a chance to join in the fun at...
January 2025
Welcome to our first blog of the year! This month, we’ve been exploring "Winter", "Healthy Eating", "Under the Sea", and "Chinese New Year". We had lots of fun making biscuits, decorating bread with colourful food dyes using pipettes – a great way to boost our fine...
November 2024
November at Happy Hares has been full of fun and learning! We've had such a wonderful time exploring topics like 'Bonfire Night', where we talked about safety, and ‘Remembrance Day’, during which the children created their own poppies and learned about its...
October 2024
Hello and welcome to another monthly blog from Happy Hares! This month, we have focused on our emotions, explored the world of mini beasts, and celebrated the festival of Diwali. In our emotions topic, we discussed our own feelings as well as the feelings of others....