Then… as if today wasn’t exciting enough…. We then had pancakes for our tea as it’s Pancake Day!! After sharing stories about making pancakes and role-playing creating our own pancakes we got to experience the real deal thanks to our ‘Pancake Queen’, Sian, who made them for everyone’s tea…. We had both savoury and sweet ones and most of us thought they were very yummy indeed xxxx

What a wonderful day we have had here at Jollies celebrating and finding out about Chinese New Year…. We have explored the traditions that surround this very exciting time of year and we have enjoyed James’ yummy sweet and sour chicken at lunchtime complete with pancake rolls and prawn crackers and we even had a go at eating it with chopsticks… some of us showed off some very impressive skills!

We want to say a HUGE thank you to one of our little ones as they very kindly brought in a treat bag for all of their friends within their room…. This was such a lovely, kind thing to do and we all hope you have an amazing time continuing the lunar celebrations at home together too xxxx

We have ed being with our friends this week at nursery, but we also the weekend and we our families, so we are hoping for the perfect weekend filled with love and loveliness for everyone within our whole Jolly Family!!!

Happy Valentine’s weekend one and all xxxxxxxxxx

We Team Jollies…. Sian and I got a little Valentine’s treat for our team to remind them that we love them all and are grateful for everything they bring to our Jolly Family…

Wishing everyone lots of love and happiness, not just this month but always!!!! Xxxx

(We know the way to their hearts is through their feet and their tummies ) xxxx

What’s the best thing about getting a fabulous delivery of new role-play kitchen furniture, children’s drawer units, tables and chairs and play panels….. obviously not the spangly new equipment, but the MASSIVE boxes they all came in……. Sooooo much fun playing house and building in them as a den and we think some fabulous crafting is about to come soon too….. xxxx

Loving it when we see healthy messages and routines replicated during roleplay scenarios

Hands were washed before pizza making and eating commenced!! xxxx

Putting our physical skills to the test and challenging ourselves to take measured risks with a little bit of colour recognition and mathematical language thrown in to boot… it can only be play in the early years!! Xxxx

We are sooooooo excited that our ‘Jolly Book Nook’ is ready to invite our children in to get snuggly and foster their love of all things books!!! xxxx

What better way to show off our subitising skills than by creating a modern art masterpiece at the same time?!

Once the dice had been rolled our children then filled the paper with the corresponding number of spots!

Maths in the early years allows freedom, fun and creativity and we all love to show off just how clever we are too!!! xxxx

One minute a tea party is being shared and in the next moment the cups are upturned, more are purposefully gathered and the table becomes a stage showcasing the best drum kit in Jollies!!!!

We love our children’s innovation and crazy-amazing ways!!! xxxx