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Thank you, Kelly!!!

Not only did you come and take some awesome photos of our children and their families recently, but you also inspired them to role-play their very own Jolly photo shoots afterwards with their friends (well done Stephen for being straight on it and following this interest and excitement and rushing off to locate the cameras!!)…. …

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Making our mark outside!!

Our newly resurfaced outdoor area is starting to take shape as exciting deliveries begin to arrive…. These fabulous outdoor chalk and whiteboards arrived and our children have immediately set to making their mark!! Xxxx

Meeting new friends at the Memory Cafe

Today was our first trip up to the local Memory Cafe held up at the Two Pointers with some of our new Free-Flow group. It was very funny explaining to the children before they left that we were taking them to the pub!! We had some stories about when they have been there with their …

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What’s cooking in our mud kitchen?!?

Imagination, friendship, creativity, negotiation, hand/eye coordination, turn-taking, conversation, idea development, counting, quantity exploration, sequencing, sharing, moulding, mixing, scooping, emptying and filling are just a few of the things on the menu…. Our children are literally cooking on gas!!!! xxxx

Sliding with a pal!

Oh the great outdoors! Sliding with your bestie putting your turn-taking and physical skills to the test…it’s simply the best xxxx

Spots pending…..

The pink is gone and yellow you can now see… That must mean it’s……..a Pudsey tree!!!!! We hope you will join us all in wearing yellow, spots or pjs as we have lots of Pudsey-related fun on Friday for Children in Need. If you’d like to make a donation at any point this week please …

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Lest we forget…. 

Mark-making has never been so much fun!!!

Our children are a little bit obsessed with fireworks at the moment as many experienced them over the weekend and lots are excited for tomorrow and having even more then… So their interests have formed the inspiration for some wonderful mark-making activities and they’ve also sparkled up our playdough too…. Accompanied by pops, BANGS and …

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The box will be there until Friday….

Thank you to those who have donated. We’ve since had a further £14.70 donated. We’ll leave the box there until the end of the week and then donate the additional money that has come in since last Friday’s donation (as we were too keen with our paying in!). Thank you all for your kindness and …

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We definitely wore it pink!!!!

A HUGE thank you to Team Jollies, our children and our parents/carers for all your superb efforts today to help us raise awareness and money for Breast Cancer Now. We dressed in pink, ate pink snack, played with pink toys, created pink artwork, decorated pink biscuits, explored pink sensory trays and generally had a day …

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