Sonia Deane

Sonia is the joint Manager of the Nailsea nursery and is based in the Pre-School rooms at Nailsea. Sonia has been at Happy Hours since 2003 and has been qualified since 1997.  As the joint manager of the Nailsea nursery with Terri Portch she is responsible for the day to day running of the nursery with particular focus on the Pre-School rooms.  Sonia says “One of the best things I like about working at Happy Hours is that we are an independent small community nursery and as such we have good close working relationships between the parents and children as well as the staff.”
 

Emma Pointon

Emma is the Deputy Manager for Nailsea and has been a childcare practitioner since 1998 and with Happy Hours since January 2000.  She is responsible for Safeguarding in the Pre-School rooms as well as Behaviour Management for the whole nursery, in addition to being the SENCO (Special Education Needs Co-ordinator) for Pre-School at Nailsea. Emma says “I love to be part of the children’s lives and watch them grow and develop to their full potential.  It’s different every day and we have lots of fun and laughter.”
 

Becki Livermore

Becki started at Happy Hours in March 2009 and has been a childcare practitioner since 2009. Becki says “I love being part of children’s development and watching them grow and achieve.”
 

Kelly Leahy

Kelly joined the team in October 2010 and has been a childcare practitioner since then based at the Nailsea nursery.  Kelly says “I like the fact that every day is different and I enjoy coming to work as the staff are not only my colleagues but they are my friends.”
 

Nicola Somerton

Nicola first started in Yatton in November 2009 whilst she was training and moved to Nailsea in November 2010.  Nicola says “One of the things I really enjoy about my job is making good relationships with the children and parents.”
 

Vicki Davis 

Vicki is the Graduate Leader and has over 8 years of experience as a childcare practitioner and started with Happy Hours in July 2010.  Vicki has the specific responsibility as the Quality and Improvement planner for the nursery as well as mentoring staff.  Vicki says “Seeing the children grow up and develop and to be part of their learning is very rewarding.”
 

Ute Bommersbach

Ute is the Deputy Manager at Yatton and has been a childcare practitioner for over 17 years.  She started with Happy Hours in the summer of 2008 and says “the overall relaxed, family-like feeling of the nursery is great and I like that parents can count on us to help with their child’s care.”
 

Laura Brace

Laura has been qualified for over seven years and started with Happy Hours in September 2002 as a trainee.  Laura says “one of the most enjoyable parts of the job is seeing the children develop”.
 

Cara Jennings

Cara joined Happy Hours in September 2011 and graduated in 2005 with a degree in professional studies in primary education.  Cara says “Every day is different and its great seeing the personalities of each child grow and we have lots of smiles and laughs.”
 

Megan Butler

Megan has recently joined Happy Hours as an apprentice and assists the staff in their work.  Megan says “it’s great working at the nursery because of the lovely children we have and the staff are brilliant.”