It was Imogen’s home(Jolly!)-made ice lollies that were all the rage today in our bid to keep as cool as possible!!

Our children selected the pieces of fruit that they wanted to add into their very own ice lollies… they added juice and then the lid was popped on the mould before it was frozen.

They waited patiently and observed the changes from liquid to solid before thoroughly enjoying their very own lollies!!!

Keeping cool in a healthy fruity kind of a way on a jolly hot, hot day!!!!

Laura and I have just visited Swithens Farm as part of our pre-visit risk assessment and planning process as we will be taking our BIG school leavers (those leaving for Reception) there as part of their leaving treat.

This is always a wonderful day out, it’s great to support local, and the farm is so well-organised and the knowledgeable guides have always ensured we’ve all had a fabulous, safe and exciting visit.

This year there is a new addition, a sled run, so we went to check our children would be ok to have a go on it and do our own risk assessment of the ride.

As I’m sure you’d expect there’s much planning and preparation that goes into a trip of this size and we can’t wait to take our children out and share in this very special day with them all…. Exciting!!!!

Shall I be a police officer, a firefighter, should I read a book, or should I have a giggle and a chat with my friend?! I know…. I’ll do all of them at once!!!!

Loving life in the early years… Xxxx

Resilience and determination leads to the puzzle being completed and the proudest of faces being displayed…

We love celebrating our children’s achievements with them here at Jolliesxxxx

What a lovely afternoon Natalie, Stephen and I had taking some of our Free-Flow children up to The Two Pointers to play some games, draw some pictures, sing some songs and have a good old natter!!

We love catching up with them and it is just so lovely to see these cross-generational friendships blossoming.

Afterwards we had a snack of breadsticks and satsumas and a thirst-quenching drink of water. Once refreshed we were ready to have a play on the pub’s new climbing frame…. It would have been rude not to test it out Our verdict: FABULOUS!!!!!

We then headed back to Jollies for some well-deserved tea lovingly prepared for us by James…. Yummy!!! We’ll soon be re-fuelled and ready to play until home time xxxx

When it comes to putting our coats on sometimes we need a little bit of help and that’s okay, but we love that our children give it a good go themselves first (the coat flip trick is simply AWESOME!!!!) and are then confident to ask for help when it is needed

The other day Natalie gave her children the extra challenge of trying to zip their coats up all by themselves too to gain that little bit of extra independence.

Our children were really good at giving this a good try and many could do this totally independently. Even though quite a few couldn’t get the zip in during their first couple of attempts they were determined and didn’t give up and kept trying until… ta-dah!!!!

We love our children’s independence and resilience and even more than this we love to see the look of pride upon their faces when they achieve, achieve, achieve!!!

Nothing but superstars!!!

At Jollies we like our children to make choices and be as independent as they can be and so we have recently bought some new containers and jugs to increase these skills across the building for even more of our children….

The children got to choose which cereal they wanted for breakfast and they poured themselves a portion before adding it to their bowls and covering their selected cereal in milk.

The decision over which cereal to choose was quite a dilemma for some first thing on a morning…., but the pouring skills came pretty naturally to most

We love to help our children develop their hand/eye coordination and develop skills that will set them in excellent stead in their lives…. xxxx

We love a little wander and despite having a HUGE outdoor area of our own to play outside in daily we also like to venture a little further afield from time to time to explore our local environment and put our physical skills to the test on some different play equipment.

Woodlesford park is a lovely place to explore and we love a little meander up there to swing, climb, run and spin!!!! Xxxx

These two besties were sharing books about babies and making up their own stories; listening VERY intently to each other might we add!!

Then in the next moment they were roleplaying babies and looking after each other in the most caring of ways!

From sharing books to brilliant caregiving ways…. We love where our friendships take us to here at nursery xxxx

Some of our oldest children went to the park with Natalie and Eloise and on the way back they grabbed their grabbers and helped keep our village tidy as they litter picked from the park all the way back to Jollies.

They found plastic bottles, cans, tissues, cigarette packets and sweet wrappers and we all chatted together about how whenever we have an empty bottle or a wrapper we take it home and throw it in the bin.

Our children are clearly going to be the super responsible superstars of the future who will make sure their environment is looked after and we are so proud of them for this!

Thank you for caring for our local environment and being excellent ambassadors of Jollies