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A peaceful moment….

After a VERY busy morning this little one took herself over to the book area and laid herself down to look through a book… Moments of calm and relaxation are just as important as very active learning experiences and we love that our children are soooooo at ease in our home-from-home environment that they can …

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An unusual perspective!!

Creating awe and wonder as the clouds moving, the birds flying, the leaves swaying in the sky above and many, many other interesting things were explored by looking down in the mirror below!! Simply fascinating to see the world from this perspective… and the added bonus?! … It was when our little ones noticed their …

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The shiniest of all the treasure…

This was the invitation to play waiting for Cheeky Monkeys recently within their room… Their curiosity was definitely sparked, their interest was piqued and their explorations began!! The next minute imaginations were sparkling brighter than the treasures being investigated. At Jollies we like to ignite the spark and then watch the fires of learning burn …

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Our lovely canal

Yet again this beautiful location, situated right on our nursery’s doorstep, provided adventure and amazingness. Our little Possums loved to feed the ducks, say hello (and pose!) with the Gruffalo, munch some snack, look at the boats and dogs and people and take in everything else they could see around them as they strolled and …

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Our Jolly Secret Mission

We love a secret mission and whilst outside Free-Flow have been excellent explorers and they’ve been on a few!! This Jolly team had to find the hidden ladybirds, save the princesses, do a hoola and they even had to race to the aeroplane… Oh….and then they had to spot the giant giraffe inside too. It …

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You are my sunshine

Inspired by the glorious weather that we’d been having at the time (and also linked to her children’s current fascination with all things space themed!) Laura set up a creative learning opportunity whereby her children could develop their fine motor skills to create their very own sunshine masterpiece. This activity was messy, but yet not …

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Meeting in the middle!!

Fiona, as a closely observing practitioner on hand to offer support and assistance as required, wondered how this was going to play out as both girls went up the log steps… they got to the top, said ‘Hi!’ and went back down again! Physical skill testing days and wonderful friendship ways spent playing here at …

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A Pirate Mission

This morning this little one came into nursery asking to make a pirate ship again after having previously built one with Emma several weeks ago… This time he had a few specifications, which meant Lauren and Kirstan had to get to work right away creating a fireable canon, a flag and ensuring that a plank …

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Just a day in the life at Jollies….  xxxx

A Jolly Little Band

With a shake, rattle and roll beautiful music was made outside as Fiona and her little Possums explored all the instruments together xxxx