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Plane spotting!!!
We don’t just breed trainspotters at Jollies (you can’t blame us, we are opposite Woodlesford station after all!), but plane ones too!! This little one was outside with her friends and after her recent holiday, she enjoyed doing some plane spotting with them. Together they counted how many planes they could see and discussed whether …
“I Wanna Be Like You!!!”
It was just so lovely to watch one of our big school leavers caring for one of our younger children when their paths crossed outside this morning! He instinctively helped her, held her hand and chatted away to her. They went on all the different equipment together and such companionship was shown throughout. Kind and …
Oh Help, Oh No…
we’re obsessed with the Gruffalo!!!!! Seeing as all her children are currently obsessed with The Gruffalo book, Chloe went on a book hunt and found yet another book and this one had an actual Gruffalo puppet attached… which made it even more exciting!! This book gave her children some simple instructions to follow on each …
Teamwork
Teamwork makes the dream work and also the perfect ‘dinosaur castle’!! Negotiating days and balancing ways spent imagining together here at Jollies xxxx
We’re definitely not TYRED here!!!
Boundless energy leads to determined little ones whose confidence and belief in their abilities leads to them challenging their bodies’ capabilities as they stretch and balance and climb! Gross motor skill developing ways and rising to the challenge days spent risk-assessing and exploring here at Jollies xxxx
Blocks and blocks of opportunities and fun to be had!!!
After closely observing her children and their current interests and the choices of resources they were selecting from around the room Latisha filled the mini activity table’s containers with…..blocks (before this they had been brimming with slime, water, shredded paper and water beads to name but a few of their previous contents…) Then she stepped …
Friendships rock our Jolly world
They make our days that little bit brighter, our jokes that little bit funnier, our puzzles that little bit easier, our play that little bit more imaginative, our games that little bit more fun and our hugs that little bit more special We are so lucky to share such warmth and fun with our friends …
Teamwork builds a train track!!!
A new train track was recently donated to Jollies so Tracey passed it Exploring Elephants way as she thought they would love it… and they definitely did!! Jade and Latisha set their children a challenge…. to see whether they could build the train track just like the one on the box?! Although their creation didn’t …
All in a day’s work…
Team Jollies have such amazing bonds with their children and this leads to them getting totally immersed in the fun as everyone learns, explores and develops through their play! Jade joined her children in sliding down the ramp outside in our huge garden area and they were delighted to have their extra special grown up, …
“Best Day Ever!!!!!”
That was how one of our little ones summed up our day at the farm! We have had a WONDERFUL day and we want to say a massive thank you to Aidy, our superb guide, who looked after us, kept us safe and shared his knowledge of all the animals on this working farm. The …