From crawling through a tunnel, balancing across crates, climbing up on to equipment, to jumping off as high as we possibly can…. Physical play is crucial for all our children as they learn what their bodies’ capabilities are and strengthen muscles, develop spatial awareness and hone their gross and fine motor skills and control. Whilst …
After lots of patience, dutiful care, close observation and development of our learning and knowledge our caterpillars have finally emerged from their cocoons as beautiful butterflies! Our children were super excited to meet their new friends as they sat with Lauren waiting patiently. They all sat so very calmly and they enjoyed observing the butterflies …
That moment when you are so invested in Jesci’s story…. Real peril was felt as the dinosaurs rampaged through the supermarket!!! We it when our little ones get so engrossed (and lost!) in a book!! xxx
Celebrating 20 years of the very lovely Laura…. Enjoy your two extra holiday days and £500 voucher for a relaxing weekend away You definitely deserve it!! Thank you for being part of our Jolly Family and supporting soooo many children throughout all this time… we love you!!! Xxxx
Whether it’s the bond between between child and key person, or the bond between friends, strong bonds mean EVERYTHING and make our nursery world go round!!!! xxxx
What a wonderful way to learn about colours, taking turns and sharing, developing our hand/eye coordination, anticipating and responding and exploring mathematical concepts!! There was much discussion about how many balls may fall/or had fallen… which colours had come out? Were there more of one colour than another? How many were left in the cylinder? …
Free-Flow had a little Jolly Spa going on recently and it was a HUGE hit. They had relaxing spa music playing, a bubble bath for their feet and cucumber on their eyes and even a natural yoghurt face mask!! The room was most definitely transformed into a chill out den when they went for a …
Fortunately for our poorly patients at Jollies the other day the answer to this question was most definitely!!! The love of all things roleplay continues for many of our children in Free-Flow… After breakfast the children were spontaneously roleplaying looking after each other in the upstairs area of the room, so Natalie went upstairs to …
It was so lovely to observe our Free-Flowers getting creative recently as they explored painting with different colours and brushes. They had such wonderful conversations together as they described exactly what they had created to each other. They ascribed such meaning to their creations and they were very specific about certain parts of their masterpieces …
We are always talking about how to keep clean and healthy and how to look after ourselves as part of our everyday good practice and routines within nursery, but we know that sometimes children can feel anxious about upcoming visits to the dentist or they may be reluctant to brush their teeth at home on …