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

If I use this, what mark will it make? Let’s find out…. xxxx

Another week of adventure begins here at nursery, but sometimes our adventures take us outside of Jollies into the wider community as we explore wonderful Woodlesford.

Even though we have brilliant equipment to climb, slide and play on here at nursery there’s nothing quite like going on a walk and exploring EVEN BIGGER slides and climbing frames as a recent trip to our local park illustrated…

With our lovely Jolly grown ups on hand to give us the confidence and support we require to explore there’s simply no stopping us as we put our physical skills to the test and have the utmost fun along the way xxxx

A prediction of the future?! We certainly hope so as this little one has drawn the Lionesses scoring a goal… here’s to a HUGE win on Sunday and hopefully the World will be coming home!!!!

Happy, happy weekend everybody and don’t forget to support the Lionesses on Sunday…

COME ON ENGLAND!!!!

We’ve been footie crazy today with excitement for our Lionesses bid for World Cup glory on Sunday…

From football shaped toast, to football themed snack, to painting and printing footballs and flags, to designing our very own football kits, to playing with gigantic inflatable footballs, to dancing and singing along to lots of football songs… we’ve had it all going on!

It’s certainly been fun and everyone at Jollies wishes our fabulous Lionesses amazing luck on Sunday… we’ll all be cheering them on!!! Xxxx

……..Being outdoors with our brilliant friends!! xxxx

We love to celebrate all the milestones in our children’s lives with them; from feeding themselves for the first time, creating animal sound effects, saying their very first words, pulling themselves to standing, taking their first nursery steps, climbing up the stairs, whizzing down the slide, counting to 3, 5, 10, 20…100, singing at the top of their voices, completing a tricky jigsaw, to retelling (and often re-enacting!) a fabulous story!!

Every achievement is recognised and celebrated and we build our children’s resilience by encouraging them to try, try, try until they achieve their desired result when they undertake a task. We praise them with our smiles, our high fives, our cheers, our words and we love it when they praise themselves with a HUGE grin and a little clap too!

Sharing in these moments is nothing short of amazing and we feel privileged to be part of it all; scaffolding, enabling, inspiring and supporting as our children grow and learn and progress along their individual journeys…

Our children are brilliant at sharing in their friends’ special moments and achievements too and celebrating with their besties is simply awesome and one moment EVERY person at Jollies loves is… a birthday!!

What a milestone this is for our children as they grow and thrive and we love to celebrate in style… we have a birthday chair and a frame for selfies, we sing the happiest happy birthday song and best of all… we love to share in a cake too!

Birthdays come and go as our children develop and grow and we love celebrating EVERY SINGLE achievement along the way with them… xxxx

Technology toys give us all the opportunity to explore this concept…

When I push this button what happens next?

When I tap that part of the touch screen what will I see?

When I press the remote control where will the car whizz to?

When I choose this option from the tablet’s menu which game will I play next?

…….So many options and so many things to explore as we join our friends taking turns and collaborating to achieve our desired results.

Fabulous friendship ways and terrific technological days spent learning together here at Jollies xxxx

Inside, outside, we just love to role-play EVERYWHERE… our imaginations are truly all we ever need, but when dressing up and props are thrown into the mix too life becomes even more exciting!! xxxx