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In the book nook!
A quick look in our book nook revealed…. Emma sharing a story and having a great discussion with this little one xxxx
Arty exploration on a HUGE scale!!!!
Last week some of our oldest and youngest children joined together and had a very exciting morning playing outside taking part in Kirstan’s amazing ‘art attack’ activity… Kirstan had set up clear umbrellas, a shower curtain, a variety of paint, brushes and even some ‘fly swatters’ as an exciting invitation to play and make lots …
Book day fun!
World Book Day was so much fun yesterday! Thank you to everyone for dressing up and bringing in your favourite books to share. From baking gingerbread men and decorating them, mixing up the perfect Gruffalo crumble, creating colourful Elmers, completing jigsaws, making up puppet shows, to sharing stories in the book nook we simply had …
World Book Day 2026….
A HUGE thank you to Team Jollies for getting into the spirit and fully embracing this special day…. Quite a few of the team came snuggly and ready to share stories (as the younger children do not always love the grownups being dressed up!) and then we had the very hungry caterpillar turning into a …
BUSY! BUSY! BUSY!
From planning, building, measuring and constructing under the canopy, followed by sharing stories together in the book nook, to testing out our physical skills on all the equipment in the playground…. Our children have simply had it all going on during their outdoor play today!!! xxxx
Construction Cabin!!
Sian has been busy adding the finishing touches to our construction cabin… What a wonderful space and wow, wow, wow what an invitation to play it ever we’ve seen one… Our vision for a much improved outdoor space is coming together. It needed resurfacing and our fixed climbing frame was slowly falling apart, so this …
Happy Purple Day!!!!!!
It’s fifteen years since Natalie (our very lovely Nat Nat) lost her dad and St Gemma’s were wonderful and supported the whole family through a devastating time. So to make her Dad proud and to say thank you to St Gemma’s Natalie has organised a purple day today here at Jollies. Thank you to the …
Storytelling Session
A HUGE thank you to our lovely friends from the new MHA group for today’s ‘Acorn and Oaks Story telling session’ held up at The Two Pointers. It was lovely to meet you all and share the lovely stories and story sacks. We love a natter and we books so it was the perfect combo!!! …
Memory Cafe
A HUGE thank you to the group of children who visited the Memory Cafe up at the Two Pointers today for their patience, their great chatter and their brilliant listening ears!! They did us all proud as there was a little delay at the cafe today with the pancakes for the ladies and gents and …