Not only did you come and take some awesome photos of our children and their families recently, but you also inspired them to role-play their very own Jolly photo shoots afterwards with their friends (well done Stephen for being straight on it and following this interest and excitement and rushing off to locate the cameras!!)…. and boy did they all strike a pose!!

Then afterwards… they got creative in a different way by using Kelly’s discarded backing paper as a giant canvas for their artwork!!!

……..Utilising every wonderful experience, opportunity and moment here at Jollies xxxx

Our newly resurfaced outdoor area is starting to take shape as exciting deliveries begin to arrive….

These fabulous outdoor chalk and whiteboards arrived and our children have immediately set to making their mark!! Xxxx

Today was our first trip up to the local Memory Cafe held up at the Two Pointers with some of our new Free-Flow group. It was very funny explaining to the children before they left that we were taking them to the pub!! We had some stories about when they have been there with their mummies and daddies and what they have eaten and where they have been sat etc!! We talked about walking super sensibly and crossing the road safely between Tracey and Nat Nat and using our great listening ears whilst we were out.

We have to say our children did us proud and they chatted confidently to their new friends there. Our children sat at tables around the back room and they played a range of games that we had taken up including pairs, snap, puzzles and a Gruffalo balancing game. The group also had Connect 4 and dominoes on the go which a few children joined in with.

We sat together and had a drink, some fruit and a biscuit and before we left we sang ‘Baa Baa’ and ‘The wheels on the bus’ and our new friends joined in too. It was so lovely to have a chat and answer their questions and begin to build friendship bonds with them all.

We are looking forward to our next visit in December where we will be dressed in our Christmas jumpers and we will sing in Christmas as we share some traditional songs and introduce a few more modern ones into a jolly sing-along! We can’t wait to continue to build those cross-generational bonds… xxxx

Imagination, friendship, creativity, negotiation, hand/eye coordination, turn-taking, conversation, idea development, counting, quantity exploration, sequencing, sharing, moulding, mixing, scooping, emptying and filling are just a few of the things on the menu….

Our children are literally cooking on gas!!!! xxxx

Oh the great outdoors!

Sliding with your bestie putting your turn-taking and physical skills to the test…it’s simply the best xxxx

The pink is gone and yellow you can now see…

That must mean it’s……..a Pudsey tree!!!!!

We hope you will join us all in wearing yellow, spots or pjs as we have lots of Pudsey-related fun on Friday for Children in Need.

If you’d like to make a donation at any point this week please pop your pennies in the Pudsey money box in our entrance hall.

Thank you all for your support xxxx

Our children are a little bit obsessed with fireworks at the moment as many experienced them over the weekend and lots are excited for tomorrow and having even more then…

So their interests have formed the inspiration for some wonderful mark-making activities and they’ve also sparkled up our playdough too…. Accompanied by pops, BANGS and whizzes from a fireworks soundtrack to really bring the experience to life!!

What a wonderful time we have in early years as these are all pre-cursors for developing brilliant early writing skills as mark-making is the foundation for later ‘writing’ development and playing and manipulating the dough strengthens little fingers which is essential before you can even hold a pen. There’s ALWAYS method in our madness here at Jollies…….. Xxxx

Thank you to those who have donated. We’ve since had a further £14.70 donated. We’ll leave the box there until the end of the week and then donate the additional money that has come in since last Friday’s donation (as we were too keen with our paying in!). Thank you all for your kindness and support xxxx

A HUGE thank you to Team Jollies, our children and our parents/carers for all your superb efforts today to help us raise awareness and money for Breast Cancer Now.

We dressed in pink, ate pink snack, played with pink toys, created pink artwork, decorated pink biscuits, explored pink sensory trays and generally had a day filled with pink, pink, pink, pink, pinkness!!!!

We have raised and donated £197.59 for Breast Cancer Now and we hope you will all be talking boobies with your family and friends to raise awareness and get that all important checking occurring…

Find out more here… please think pink and pass it on!!!!

https://breastcancernow.org/…/know-your-breasts-pdf.pdf

Thank you everyone for your support, it means a lot!! Xxxx