There’s all sorts of spookiness afoot at Jollies today!! Enter if you dare………….. xxxx
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A spooktacular super-sized painting!!
Many of the invitations to play set out for our children by their Jolly grownups last week had a Hallowe’en inspired focus, because, as this exciting evening draws ever closer, it is very much on our children’s minds and we always strive to follow their interests!! We frequently overhear them excitedly talking about how they …
Who Ya Gonna Call?!?!
Turns out we know exactly who to call… Free-Flow revealed themselves to be excellent Ghostbusters today… They hunted high and low and raced and chased until they spotted all the ghosts hidden in our outdoor area by Brooke and Imogen!! Xxxx
Spooky Season!!!!
From witches’ brews, investigating the innards of a pumpkin, dressing up in an array of Hallowe’en costumes, hammering golf tees into a pumpkin, scooping spooky jelly, finding spookiness in superb sensory trays, to bowling with ghost skittles and an ‘eyeball’ we’ve quite simply had it all going on here at Jollies this past week as …
Autumn leaves come falling down…
red, orange, yellow, brown Our children have been getting into the autumn spirit recently by exploring giant autumnal sensory bins, collecting, painting and printing with fallen leaves and using them to make sticky wreath pictures too. The various loose autumnal parts have intrigued our children and they have focused well taking their time to observe …
Friendships!
Sometimes you’ve just got to stop and give your bestie a quick squeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzeeeee!!! Friendship is such an important part of nursery life and our children create such strong bonds throughout their nursery lives and these make their days transform from good ones into AMAZING ones!! There’s always a warm Jolly welcome for all our fabulous …
Rolling, rolling, rolling…..
Whether inside or out conker rolling has simply been all the rage at Jollies!! Inside masterpieces were created by tilting a tray up and down, forwards and backwards and left and right and as the conkers rolled amazing marks were made… Outside, on a HUGER scale, conkers were rolled down drainpipes and they splattered and …
Waste not, want not!!
Our lovely photographer, Kelly, has been here taking weekend family photo shoots and once she’s changed the background ready for the individual photos taking place today we have snaffled it and made use of the background that she’s discarded… It has been placed over furniture to create a ‘den’, but not just any old den… …
Independent choosing ways…
Is what our environments here at Jollies are designed to facilitate… we want our children to be inspired and follow their interests and set their learning journeys off in their own self-chosen wonderful directions! Throughout the day they are invited to participate in adult-led activities with a specific learning intention too, but we also always …
Superb sensory feedback…
Exploring Elephants have been exploring their senses recently when Jade set up an invitation to play and investigate with lots of sensory toys/resources on offer. She brought in fidget toys and noisy tubes for sight, touch and sound. There was a diffuser to stimulate the children’s senses of both smell and sight; as it filled …