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Who’s Next?!

Our children loved playing alphabet lotto recently. In order to encourage their independence and resilience Emma tried not to get too involved as she encouraged them to keep track of whose turn it was next and how the game should progress… Generally this worked well, but she had to occasionally sensitively intervene as a little …

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Is there a doctor in the house?!

You’re in safe hands here at Jollies as we have several!! xxxx

Elephants were sparkling too here at Jollies

It wasn’t just our Cheeky Monkeys children enjoying the sparkle… as Exploring Elephants got in on the shiny act too… but instead of housing a selection of shiny amazing treasures on top of their foil blanket, theirs was used to hide inside as the best kind of sparkly den!! Mirrored ways and den building days …

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Summer Celebration 2023

Thank you all soooooooooo much for coming to our 2023 Summer Celebration. We hope you enjoyed having time to chill out and chat to Team Jollies and other mummies and daddies. We hope you loved your cheeky Pimms (or juice) and all the cakes the children had made for you all. We hope you also …

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What steam train?!

We heard a whisper that the Scarborough Spa Express was coming through Woodlesford Station this morning, so all our children upstairs decided to take a walk over the road to Woodlesford Station. We are all train spotters here at Jollies so the opportunity to see an actual steam train was just too good to resist! …

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Our Snail Friend

One minute our children are holding Stripy (our Giant African Land Snail), the next he’s inspiring some superb artwork on our huge interactive screen!! xxxx

Sandy fingers and sandy toes…

We love learning through our play as we discover the amazing possibilities of a sand pit… It could be a sandpit we stand at, or a HUGE one we sit in, but the outcome for both is simple… it’s simply AMAZING to explore in!! Xxxx

Captured in dough

Emma couldn’t smile wide enough this morning when one of her little ones captured her image in playdough… we think that the likeness is uncanny!! (It’s definitely all in the smile) xxxx

Flower Power

This little one really wanted to create a flower so she set to at the craft table within her room to create… She used her skills well to draw, cut, paint AND use tape to create her beautiful flower independently with great focus and attention to detail throughout. Creative ways and determined days spent blossoming …

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It’s that time of year again………

We are starting to say goodbye to our amazing school leavers and it’s such a bittersweet time, as we know they are ready for this next exciting step, but it’s a real wrench to let them go as we’ve shared so many memories together along the way… We received this lovely goodbye message from a …

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