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Going, Going…. GONE!!!!

We are proper foodies here at Jollies… and just love to eat our breakfast, lunch and tea; with two snacks in between…. We basically eat all day here at nursery!! (….. Oh and did we mention how brilliant we are at being independent too?! Our youngest giraffes are just soooooo grown up!!!!) xxxx

It’s all about the impact!!

We love it at Jollies each and every day when we can see our invitations to play and our teaching having a real impact upon our children’s minds and bodies through their continued learning and development. We love to follow their interests and use these as a springboard for future learning as when children are …

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If you go down to the woods today………..

On Friday one of our little ones came in dressed as an explorer and requested ‘a forest’… So Tracey had an idea that Free-Flow could go off and explore the local woods and it soon turned into a proper adventure!! We went armed with binoculars and a bug book to see what we could spot… …

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Cars and trains are AMAZING!!

The other morning in Exploring Elephants the cars seemed to be a HUGE hit, so Jade and Latisha asked their children if they would like to go to the train station; as they also love trains, and they could then see lots of real cars on their way there too! They all said “YES!!”…. So …

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Monster Madness!!

From Worry Monsters to Colour Monsters… Terrific Twos have been having fun bringing stories to life. They have made meaningful marks and chatted about exactly what they have been drawing (the grown ups loved scribing their children’s descriptions word for word!!) as they created their very own unique monsters. They then brought them to life …

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Double dabs!

Sometimes in life one paintbrush just isn’t enough!!! We love to express ourselves and set our creativity free here at Jollies… xxxx

Shake, rattle and roll to reveal….

Sian brought Free-Flow in a new game for them to play and they were all extremely curious… They had to shake the tubes and see what they could find. There were lots of very different objects hiding inside the tube under the plastic sprinkles and they shook and then looked to see what they could …

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A Tiger at Jollies?!?!?!

Before the car wash last week though a tiger came to tea…. (…..well…..for some snack actually!! ) So, as is normal for a fun-filled Friday in Free-Flow, a little comment soon escalated into tea (or we should perhaps say snack…) with a tiger!!!! Emma accidentally set too many places out at the table at breakfast …

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Following our children’s interests on a HUGE scale!!

After the addition of the garage into Free-Flow last Monday our children have been obsessed with cars all week and, as well as carrying out services, checks and repairs, they have been using the sponges and buckets inside to pretend to wash their bubble and crate cars. So following on from their current interests on …

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Our littlest giraffes love to read…

We said we were obsessed with reading here at Jollies and in the next moment this little one was spotted making herself very at home in the story sharing corner surrounded by her giraffey friends telling them all an AWESOME story…. The book of choice was even giraffe themed, although it was ‘Dear Zoo’ up …

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