When you walk in and out of nursery tomorrow please take a moment to look around as things may look a little different. Sian has been working her decorating magic again and she has giraffified the porch….

Our window display has also turned autumnal (oh the irony as thefinally starts to shine ) with lots of exciting seasonal things to look at on your way up the stairs and there may, or may not?, be a pumpkin garland appearing at some point too… as Sian has set me a challenge of crocheting one… (only problem? I’m a bit of a crochet novice and also I’m not cracking at following a pattern as I’m a bit of a free-styler so we’ll see….)

Many of our amazing Team Jollies also gave up a lot of their very precious Saturday to set up their rooms ready for their new children tomorrow. We are so grateful for the love and heart and soul that they all put into making their learning environments so beautiful… A sneaky peek will follow tomorrow of some of these areas, but there’s much more to be added as they truly jollify their amazing spaces… many finishing touches to add, but thank you again team for your total dedication and awesomeness

Decorating and room changing ways and autumnal days spent together here at Jollies xxxx

Team Jollies wanted to say one final thank you to all our mummies and daddies (and grandmas and grandads!) for all their kindness, support, cards, wishes and sooooo many treats and presents as their children are about to move into their next rooms.

It is truly a wrench (for us and you) to say goodbye, but we know that we’ll all soon have strong bonds forming with our new key people/children… here’s to the next exciting Jollies chapter that’s about to begin…

We know that both you and your little ones will soon be loving your next room and carers as much as your previous ones and there’s just soooooo many wonderful moments and memories waiting to be made!!

Thank you all though for your kindness and working in such close partnership with us all and we look forward to these bonds continuing to strengthen and grow as your children’s unique Jolly learning journeys continue…

Here’s to all the new and exciting room changes taking place on Monday… let the fun commence xxxx

One final thank you to all our brilliant BIG school leavers. Thank you for all your brilliance and fun over the years… We’ve given you the roots to grow and now it’s time to spread your wings and fly!

You’ll all be amazing and we all wish you amazing things in the future.

Please come back and visit us here at Jollies and please ask your mummies and daddies to send in photos of you in your uniforms on your first day (either email them in or post them in our closed Facebook group).

We can’t wait to see you all

Take care everyone and we’ll see you soon!!

Love Team Jollies xxxx

Thank you everyone so, so much for coming along to the leavers party today to celebrate as your little ones leave us as they get ready to embark upon their exciting school journeys. We have loved every minute of being with them and they’ll certainly be missed!!

Thank you also to all of you for your support throughout their time at Jollies it has meant to much that you have all worked in such close partnership with us.

It’s the end of an era, but it’s been a blast!!

Team Jollies would like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all the lovely gifts, it is beyond kind and means so very much to each and every one of us. We can’t thank you all enough. Xxxx

Previously his children had enjoyed focusing upon developing their fine motor skills by using a screwdriver to attach shapes to a board and whilst doing this they were strengthening their finger muscles and increasing their control and coordination. Which, of course, later leads to being able to write effectively and enjoyably when it comes to big school and the wider world beyond.

So Stephen helped his children continue with this focus of strengthening little hands and developing control and coordination by setting up an activity whereby they could use elastic bands to stretch and pull, with their fingers, to create patterns by placing the bands over the hooks on the board. This was then taken to another dimension when little fingers had to get to work to free the trapped superheroes!!!

Lots of fun was certainly had and lots of focus, attention and hand/eye coordination was observed as little fingers really got working and got stronger and stronger and stronger!! Xxxx

Seeing as our multi sensory room is upstairs it was also a great opportunity for our babies to show off their superb physical skills as they made their way up there to visit.

They confidently held onto the bannister rail and some walked and some crawled and some used a mixture of both, but all ways chosen by our youngest giraffes required their core strength, balance and coordination and all ways proved highly effective in making their way onwards and upwards towards this very exciting room!

They also loved to say hello to their older friends on their way past the upstairs’ rooms too as our children are all just super sociable and friendly xxxx

Our youngest giraffes have been loving exploring colours changing and the contrasting effects of light and dark within our multi sensory room… the gigantic bubble tube is ALWAYS a hit too!! Xxxx

….. just so many wonderful things!!! Xxxx

Sadly we are continuing to say goodbye to more and more of our very lovely school leaving giraffes… but our hearts smile when we receive heartwarming messages from their families expressing how they’ve simply had a blast!! xxxx

“Hello all Jollies staff

It’s **** last day at Jollies and **** and I would just like to say a huge thank you to everyone that’s been part of our Jolly journey since 2016 when **** started.

A quick Facebook post doesn’t feel sufficient to say thank you for all the love and care you have shown our boys over the past 7 years. You’ve all played a part in helping them grow and become the people they are today.

From their first days to their last, and everything in between (including a pandemic!) – it’s been a blast

Obligatory first day school photos to follow in a few weeks’ time!”

When we reflect upon how our Jolly babies have grown and changed from the tiniest of dots into the huge superstars they are today we can’t help but all feel proud of them and privileged too that we have been allowed to be a part of their lives so far and we know they are more than ready to spread their wings and fly onto their next BIG school adventure…

We do hope they’ll come back and visit us in the future though as we are definitely going to miss them all…. Xxxx

We love it when our children express themselves as they create their masterpieces.

They mark make using soooooo many different types of media; from water to chalk, to digital, to felt-tip!!

We love to see the progression as fingers strengthen and grips develop from palmar to pincer and huge movements turn into intricate ones and random marks turn into precise ones as meaning is ascribed to them.

What will be created today?! We can’t wait to find out…. xxxx