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Tonight the fairies have come to visit…..

Tomorrow morning’s drop off may take a little longer than usual as tonight some fabulous (pizza munching) fairies have flittered into Jollies to bring tinsel, sparkle, cheer and magic to us all……. Watch out for Frank (he’s the gigantic dinosaur) as he’ll be waiting to say a big hello when you walk through our Jolly …

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I am the music man….

By playing musical instruments we… develop a sense of rhythm learn to discriminate between different sounds develop our motor skills strengthen our grip/grasp/hand strength develop our hand/eye coordination learn about cause and effect enable our creativity to flow respond to others around us learn how to take turns and share experiment with movements and their …

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Following our children’s interests….

Natalie observed that her children had been obsessed with using certain toys within the room as telephones and they were holding them to their ears and talking intently to the other person on the line. They appeared to be having some great conversations…. so to extend this interest further and enable even more children to …

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We’re spinning around….

…… or at least the cogs are!!! Our sensory room is a space which is a ‘blank canvas’ that can be adapted to suit the needs and current interests and fascinations of all our children from our very youngest to our oldest by bringing in the most appropriate boxes of resources to set up within …

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Ice ice baby!!!

This recent wintry weather has brought us all so much fun!! ….From bringing the snow inside to create a magical winter wonderland to exploring the snow and ice outside. We have loved scooping, pouring, sliding, scraping and throwing! Today the snow was mostly gone but we still managed to find some amazing icy pieces so …

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Yellow and spotty!!

What a fun-filled time we had last week when we dressed in yellow, pyjamas and spots to support Children in Need. Our children took part in so many yellow, spotty, crazy activities and we can definitely say Jollies was well and truly Pudsified! Thank you Team Jollies for bringing the fun and thank you to …

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Sweet dreams little one….

Role-playing ways and the happiest kind of days spent pretending together here at Jollies xxxx

Living our best lives here at Jollies….

Just one VERY happy little one riding his ‘donkey’ Imogen around… Oh the life of an early years practitioner… our children’s wishes are our commands!! xxxx

Lest we forget…

We remember all those who have bravely died to protect us and keep us all safe (and we thank all those who are currently still doing so) and at Jollies we hope for peaceful times in the future in a world where there’s lots of conflict and uncertainty… xxxx

Developing our motor skills!!

In Terrific Twos the other morning the children had all been working upon developing their gross motor skills as they had been exploring the soft play equipment that had been brought in by their Jolly grownups for them to use. So then in the afternoon they got to work honing their fine motor skills at …

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