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Imaginations flow… and so does the (afternoon) tea!!

These friends took great delight in getting all dressed up ready to travel on their ‘steam train’ together whilst sharing an afternoon tea Imaginative ways and perfect role-playing days spent loving life together here at Jollies xxxx

Just wow!!

Emily could not believe the incredible structure these two friends made together recently. They had decided to play together and they were most definitely engaged in a shared mission!! They played for ages and they negotiated plans and stayed focused throughout. Their play and exploration led to them emptying out the ‘cars’ and ‘loose parts’ …

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Shopping trip…

Terrific Twos were not the only ones to venture outside into our local area last week as Exploring Elephants also had a very busy morning too! They decided together that they were going to do some baking and they wanted to make some rice crispy buns, but when Jade and Blue went to check the …

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More World Book Day

A few more snapshots of our World Book Day fun!!! Thank you everyone for your superb efforts today!!!! xxxx

Happy World Book Day

……..from Team Jollies xxxx Mickey, Minnie, the Cheshire Cat, a variety of underpant wearing aliens, a leopard who found her spots, Abigail the Giraffe, Norman the slug with the silly shell and many PJ-ed up lovelies all got ready to snuggle and share story, after story, after story…. We love to read here at Jollies …

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Our second ‘For the Love of Learning Evening’ tonight

Thank you so much Team Jollies for staying on, and mummies and daddies for coming in, after a long day’s work for all of us to celebrate our children’s Jolly learning journeys and their total love of learning… We hope you all enjoyed looking through memories books and chatting together about all things Jollies!! Thank …

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What a flipping wonderful day we have all had….

From making pancake faces, to flipping pretend ones in pans, to exploring pancake sensory trays, to having Mr Wolf (of Mr Wolf’s pancakes fame!) visit us, to eating the REAL DEAL!!! Boy did we eat them too…. Savoury first and then sweet ones!! We kept Sian making pancakes (with assistance from sidekick Fiona!) for three …

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Maths is fun!!!!

What better way to learn subitising skills than playing a game of dominoes with your friends!!!! Xxxx

Who will I become today?!?!

We simply love to follow our children’s interests here at Jollies as they can lead us to some crazy, amazing places and the very best learning takes place when our children are fully engaged, absorbed and engrossed! Some of our oldest children are currently OBSESSED with bringing stories to life and creating puppet shows and …

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Oh help, oh no…. It’s only the Gruffalo!!!

Earlier in the week Terrific Twos went on a lovely walk to the canal…and what a beautiful day they had for it They took along some birdseed in case they spotted any ducks… and boy did they!! There were LOTS and LOTS of them, so they stopped and fed them all… They then all took …

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