The children who attend Mama Bear’s nursery and pre-school at Springhill Green in Plymouth have had a very exciting time preparing for and celebrating the 10th anniversary of the nursery being run as Mama Bear’s ahead of a well-attended summer garden party at the nursery on 6 July.

Manager Alex Davis and her team worked with the youngsters to prepare banners to decorate the nursery and its garden ahead of a celebration party, as well as organising some entertainment and a cake.

The party was postponed from its original date at the end of June due to rain.

Alex said: “We wanted to make sure all our young guests, their families and our staff really enjoyed themselves, so it was worth waiting for a nice summer afternoon. After 10 years, another few days wasn’t going to make much difference.

“And we were so glad we waited – it was a really lovely afternoon, we were able to enjoy the sunshine, music and coming together.”

“We’re also looking forward to 23 July when we will be holding a graduation ceremony for all the youngsters we look after who will be leaving us to start at ‘big school’ in September. It’s always sad to see them go, but very exciting for them to be making this grown-up move.”

Springhill Green is one of 24 day nurseries run by Mama Bear’s across Devon, Somerset and Bristol, and the group has recently been included for the second year running in the list of the top 20 nursery groups in the UK compiled by leading nurseries review site, daynurseries.co.uk, with the award based on reviews from children’s families and carers.

Springhill Green itself has a review score of 9.9 out of 10 based on reviews in the last two years, with a recent contribution from the mother of one of their pre-schoolers calling it a well-run nursery and saying how sad she will be when her daughter has to leave to go to school

Naomi L said: “My daughter has been coming to Mama Bears, Springhill Green since she was two and I have nothing but praise for every individual who works there.

“I feel completely confident in taking my daughter there knowing she will taken care of so well. A huge thank you to everyone as they're all such amazing individuals and the reception girls are brilliant.”

Springhill Green offers five large, well maintained and resourced age-specific rooms, all of which allow direct access to the garden with staff encouraging everyone to develop a love of playing outdoors, whether it is racing around on the grass, climbing on the apparatus or all-weather play in the undercover area.

The family-run Mama Bear’s Day Nurseries are aimed at providing children with their first vital level of education to give them a head-start when they start at primary school.  

Further information about places for children and about career opportunities at Mama Bear’s are available at www.mamabear.co.uk