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Moving in sooooooo many ways…
Close observation of our children’s movements is vitally important in Early Years play so we can ensure our rooms are set up to facilitate and enable the physical development opportunities they all require. Young children often have a preference for movement; some crawl, some shuffle on their bottoms, some slide on their tummies, some pull …
Bug hotel
We are loving our visits to the bug hotel across the road We are so lucky that ‘Woodlesford in Bloom’ do such an amazing job of making our village beautiful for us all to enjoy. We loved helping them construct the bug hotel and now we are enjoying checking in on the guests who may …
Happy Mother’s (and Others!) Day
What wonderfully special people our children have in their lives here at Jollies… today is all about YOU and celebrating how much you do for them all and to let you know just how much they all LOVE you!! Wishing you all a very special day together xxxx
Puppet shows…
….where conversation flows, where anything goes, where confidence grows, where imagination shows, where happiness and excitement courses from our head to our toes!! xxxx
World Book Day 2024!!!
A HUGE thank you to all our children and Team Jollies for getting into the World Book Day spirit today. We loved seeing everyone dressed up as their favourite book characters, or dressed in pyjamas ready to snuggle and share a story and we loved looking at the books some of our children brought in …
Going, Going…. GONE!!!!
We are proper foodies here at Jollies… and just love to eat our breakfast, lunch and tea; with two snacks in between…. We basically eat all day here at nursery!! (….. Oh and did we mention how brilliant we are at being independent too?! Our youngest giraffes are just soooooo grown up!!!!) xxxx
It’s all about the impact!!
We love it at Jollies each and every day when we can see our invitations to play and our teaching having a real impact upon our children’s minds and bodies through their continued learning and development. We love to follow their interests and use these as a springboard for future learning as when children are …
If you go down to the woods today………..
On Friday one of our little ones came in dressed as an explorer and requested ‘a forest’… So Tracey had an idea that Free-Flow could go off and explore the local woods and it soon turned into a proper adventure!! We went armed with binoculars and a bug book to see what we could spot… …
Cars and trains are AMAZING!!
The other morning in Exploring Elephants the cars seemed to be a HUGE hit, so Jade and Latisha asked their children if they would like to go to the train station; as they also love trains, and they could then see lots of real cars on their way there too! They all said “YES!!”…. So …
Monster Madness!!
From Worry Monsters to Colour Monsters… Terrific Twos have been having fun bringing stories to life. They have made meaningful marks and chatted about exactly what they have been drawing (the grown ups loved scribing their children’s descriptions word for word!!) as they created their very own unique monsters. They then brought them to life …