Team Jollies and their new children are getting to know each other and our children are beginning to explore their new environments and all the exciting possibilities they have to offer….

Exploration is occurring and bonds are beginning to be built as individual learning journeys commence, or continue, here at Jollies…. xxxx

Another HUGE thank you for the amazing gift you got for Team Jollies… you know how much the picture means to us all, but it was soooo incredibly generous of you all to get our team the gift voucher for Table 26 too…. We shall all look forward to having a lovely meal out together!!!! Thank you also for the brilliant biscuits and cupcakes…. You clearly know Team Jollies well!!!!

It was so very kind of you all and the whole team thank you so very, very, very much…..

Today we had our Reception Class School Leavers Party and we sent our little (quite big now actually!!) Jollies off in style!!!

A huge thank you to our children for being amazing throughout their nursery journey, to their parents/carers for supporting them along the way and working in such close partnership with us and to Team Free-Flow, and every other member of Team Jollies, who has supported them along their individual learning journey.

Thank you also to The Two Pointers for hosting our party this year… this massively reduced the worry of the weather for us all and avoided us heaving all our Jolly tables and chairs outside too after clearing our outdoor area!!

We hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did and we just want to say thank you for being so awesome!!!! We are going to miss you all sooooooo much xxxxxxxxx

One final visit up to The Memory Cafe for our 2026 School Leavers….

Today was our final trip up to The Two Pointers (or the ‘mucky pub’ as our children always seem to refer to it!!! ) for the Cosy Corner Memory Cafe. It was a last chance to say goodbye to our friends there as these children are our ‘BIG school leavers’ and so will be leaving our Jolly Family to begin their next exciting chapter within school very soon…

We shared a story with our friends of ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’ before grabbing our teddies and toys and having a picnic complete with fruit, a biscuit and some water to drink before thanking our friends for inviting us to join them over the past year and blowing kisses and waving to say our final goodbyes!

Thank you Pauline and all our friends for making us feel so welcome We love creating a sense of community and have enjoyed our games, stories, singing and chats.

There’s nothing quite like a Jolly mud kitchen party…. Niamh had great fun playing with her children in there yesterday morning, before it got too hot, and she was totally spoilt with cup, after cup, after cup of tea… and the occasional plate of biscuits too!!!

We love to mark-make EVERYWHERE….

This morning it was outside sitting/laying on the grass in our garden with Imogen where our best masterpieces were being produced!!

It was busy, busy in our Jolly garden this morning…. Our sandpit was THE place to be!!! ….In between creating exciting pathways and plotting and planning lots of other exciting play!!!

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Our little Jolly lending library’s shelves are full of new books ready to be snuggled up with and shared together at home… happy reading

If the decking, grassed area, mud kitchen, soft stuff side or building site don’t capture our children’s imaginations and inspire their play then maybe a visit to our Movement Den will be just the ticket?!

In this bright, vibrant space they can challenge their bodies to explore and move in different ways. They can balance on beams, they can step across a stepping stone bridge exploring textures as they travel, they can bounce on a trampoline, they can crawl through a tunnel, they can roll a die and recreate the movement pictured, they can explore sensory balls and toys, they can use the mats to roll from side to side and stretch and scrunch up into a ball, or perhaps strike a yoga pose or three?!

They can create structures with the HUGE magnetic panels by stretching and reaching and sharing and focusing and then they can move their bodies accordingly when busy role-playing with their creations afterwards; from rocking on a boat, chugging on a tractor to crawling through a secret tunnel…

As they explore with their bodies’ movement capabilities they will strengthen their core whilst developing their control and coordination and they can look up from the floor and observe their stretching and movements as they practise, repeat and refine them in the mirrors above.

Our Movement Den is a bright space to get little bodies moving at their own desired pace; as self-selected challenges are set and our children listen to their brains and respond to what they are being driven to do over and over and over again… they truly have the freedom to express themselves!

Stretches and balances galore naturally leads to a wonderful strengthening of the core…

At Jollies we like to move it, move it and really develop those pathways in our children’s brains… Movement play is most definitely the way and it’s even better in our Jolly Movement Den!!

Once you pass through ‘Music Alley’ you enter our garden side and sooo many other exciting possibilities!!

Will our children choose to climb the decking via the climbing wall, or step up to the top instead before sliding down the whizzy ramp?! Or will they stop and ponder life laid upon a cushion looking up at the tree above filled with hot air balloons and have time to dream…. Or will they share a story with their besties in the shade?

Maybe they’ll run around the grass, or bounce on an inflatable horse, or build with the giant construction set? Or will the sandpit capture their imagination as they scoop and pour? Perhaps they’ll take time to observe the courgettes and tomatoes that are growing and give them a quick water to care for them and keep them growing well?

Maybe they’ll move diggers and dumpers up and down the decking at the other end of the garden, or will they mix up the perfect pie in our mud kitchen (not forgetting to add the correct concoction of herbs of course!!) before feasting under the canopy with their friends… Or will they explore weight with our buckets and giant wooden scales, or maybe run back to the grass for a kick about and score a goal or two?! The possibilities are endless as our children explore our Jolly Garden…….