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Leavers Party

Thank you everyone so, so much for coming along to the leavers party today to celebrate as your little ones leave us as they get ready to embark upon their exciting school journeys. We have loved every minute of being with them and they’ll certainly be missed!! Thank you also to all of you for …

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Fine Motor Skills

Previously his children had enjoyed focusing upon developing their fine motor skills by using a screwdriver to attach shapes to a board and whilst doing this they were strengthening their finger muscles and increasing their control and coordination. Which, of course, later leads to being able to write effectively and enjoyably when it comes to …

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Stepping up to the fun!!

Seeing as our multi sensory room is upstairs it was also a great opportunity for our babies to show off their superb physical skills as they made their way up there to visit. They confidently held onto the bannister rail and some walked and some crawled and some used a mixture of both, but all …

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Light and Dark

Our youngest giraffes have been loving exploring colours changing and the contrasting effects of light and dark within our multi sensory room… the gigantic bubble tube is ALWAYS a hit too!! Xxxx

I spy with my little eye…

….. just so many wonderful things!!! Xxxx

Sad times!

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 …

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Make Your Mark!!

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 …

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Amazing masterpieces emerge!

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

Adventures on an even bigger scale…

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 …

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Will they win?

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!!!!