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All this on our doorstep!
If you go down to the canal today you’re sure of a BIG surprise…. If you go down to the canal today you’ll never believe your eyes !!! Our local canal certainly did not disappoint when Exploring Elephants went for a stroll along there recently… They were obsessed with transport within their room, so they …
What’s in the box?!?!?
……….. this was our question when we all walked past this HUGE delivery in our entrance hall! …………EXCITING…………….. ……. It was a marvellous, magical new bubble tube complete with a huge interactive colour changing ‘die’ controller…. Our children literally roll, or turn it over, and watch as the bubbles change to match the colour shown …
Memory cafe number 4
Making friends up at the Memory Cafe… Today we enjoyed our fourth Jolly visit to our local Memory Cafe which is held up at The Two Pointers on the third Thursday of every month. It was great to see our friends again and we enjoyed drawing them a picture, playing dinosaur dominoes, completing Peppa jigsaw …
Happy Father’s Day
At Jollies we love our daddies (and grandads!) to the moon and back…. and way beyond actually!!!! We hope you all have a wonderful Father’s Day and please know that your little ones appreciate everything you do for them xxxx
Welcome to the mini beast hotel where THE BEST breakfast is served!!!!
Recently Terrific Twos visited the mini beast hotel on the grass verge opposite Jollies in small groups with Katie. We love that ‘Woodlesford in Bloom’ created this for everyone in our village to enjoy! They used their magnifying glasses to search for real mini beasts who had checked in for a quick stay (and a …
Mmmmmmmn…..
minty/lemony/muddy loveliness!! Welcome to our Jolly Cafe where the food is highly seasoned and looks delish… Mud, water and herbs were the main ingredients selected today and our children enjoyed exploring all the different dishes they could make with these. There were some very strong smells emerging as they carefully and creatively mixed in lots …
Teamwork makes the dream work ….
and the tower grow taller and taller!!! These two were super collaborative as they worked out which stacking cup to place on next to make their tower grow…. The cups were studied closely, working out which one to place on next, before being carefully added. Determination, negotiation and focus filled the room as these two …
A very big task!
Evie gave some of our Cheeky Monkey gang a VERY BIG task…… to prepare their own snack! It was certainly a challenge for the children, but they all gave it their very best efforts. The children loved to use a knife to chop their banana and then spread their humous on their rice cake too. …
National Gingerbread Day
Run, run as fast as you can!! Quick… let’s bake a gingerbread man!! Sooo much yummy fun has been had this week in Pouncing Possums xxxx
Rocketing into a new challenge!!!!!
Emily had loved observing her children and their complete space obsession incorporating jigsaws through to small world play…. So she thought about a way to extend this interest to further develop their number, letter and shape knowledge… which they are also VERY interested in!! Continuing the theme but adding in another dimension she made a …