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We are still feeling the love here at Jollies
Love isn’t to be celebrated just for one day… love makes our world so much brighter and Cheeky Monkeys are still enjoying playing in their love-themed sensory tray… lots of scooping and pouring of coloured rice and lots of considering of ‘Guess how much I love you?’…. The answer? ……. We love our nearest and …
Happy Valentine’s Day to our whole Jolly Family
Our children and Team Jollies are soooo very lucky as we all have such wonderful families and friends who make our lives just that little bit brighter… We LOVE to be loved and LOVE certainly makes our world go round, as it helps us all feel safe, secure and so, so happy! We’ve had so …
Happy Pancake Day!!!!
Thank you, Sian, our ‘Jolly Pancake Queen’ for making the whole nursery delicious pancakes today. We enjoyed both sweet and savoury treats (the melted chocolate, golden syrup and lemon and sugar ones were definitely more popular than the ham and cheese ones in the end ) and they were certainly delicious!! Before we had this …
Come fly with me, let’s fly, let’s fly away….
Our children’s conversations were all about holidays and when they had flown on aeroplanes with their families…. Cue inspiration for our next role-play area (we’ve recently also had a vets!) as Stephen created an airport to further their excitement. There were arrivals and departures boards, passports to check, plane tickets to purchase, suitcases with clothes …
Where to next, Elephants?
Exploring Elephants has had a bit of a revamp, as we like to mix it up a bit here at Jollies, and little nooks and crannies (and dens!) have been created based upon the children’s current interests and fascinations. The staff team are currently having a HUGE push around communication; so a snuggly story sharing …
Chinese New Year 2024
As the Lunar New Year begins on 10 February; celebrating the Year of the Dragon, our children have enjoyed finding out more about this very special time of year and how it is celebrated by so many across the globe. We would like to wish everybody a wonderful time celebrating and a very, very happy …
Look out of the window… what can you see?
Latisha and the children were fascinated when they looked out of the window together…. The snow had started to fall and this caused great excitement!! There was talk of snowmen and snowflakes and soon after the group enjoyed wrapping up warm ready to go and explore the actual snow outside!! xxxx
Brotherly love!
When you are playing outside and you spot your brother through the window… We’re not quite sure who’s the cheekiest one of all, but what was quite clear was that brotherly love was in full swing here at Jollies xxxx
Lighting up with excitement… literally!!
If we’re not swinging until our hearts are content we are positively glowing with the possibilities our sensory room and all the amazing resources it has to offer… From light up phones to a board of light switches, to balance boards, to bubbles and fish that glow, glow, glow… This sensory space really does have …
Our amazing bodies and their capabilities…
Our newly-revamped sensory room has a rather wonderful Lycra suspension swing so our children can envelop themselves in material and feel enclosed and develop their awareness of their body in space through the sensory feedback they receive. However, a new addition which can also be added and hung from the same special fixings has appeared… …