Happy Days Creche

General information, Happy Days Creche

Brief Introduction

Happy Days offers two unique opportunities for children and their parents within Sligo

Further Information

A children's day care centre for ages 3 months to 12 years based in Clarion Village, Ballytivinan, and an Adventure Play Centre suitable for all the family in Cleveragh Business Park.

The Day Care Centre was established in 1992 to meet the growing needs of Sligo's working parents. It is the longest established Day Care Centre in Sligo. Recently located to a new purpose-built and specifically designed building, it is 6,500 square feet of dedicated space for children consisting of 7 rooms, its own indoor play area, a kitchen for providing children's meals and a modern garden area with slides and climbing frames.

Happy Days was established in 1992 to meet the growing needs of Sligo's working parents. It is the longest established Day Care Centre in Sligo.

Wheelchair access available.

What We Offer: We offer a wide range of full and part-time options for parents requiring education and care for their children from the ages of 3 months to 12 years. We are open from 7.30am to 6.15pm Monday to Friday all year round except bank holidays, Good Friday, 23 and 24 December.

We use the High/Scope approach which encourages:-

• Active learning – enabling children to construct their own learning and make sense of the world;
• Key experiences – creative interactions with people, materials and ideas that promote children's cognitive, emotional, language, social and physical growth;
• Adult/child interactions – active learning depends on positive adult-child interactions with a strong emphasis on a problem-solving approach to conflict;
• Learning environment – an active learning environment provides children with ongoing opportunities to make choices and decisions;
• Daily routine – a consistent daily routine supports active learning. This includes the plan-do-review process during which children make plans and choices and then have recall time to enhance their learning;
• Assessment – children's development is recorded through the Child Observation Record and is used in the daily planning and also to ensure that each child is fulfilling their potential.