Flying Start @ Camborne Make Huge Hungry Caterpillar Display!

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Flying Start @ Camborne Make Huge Hungry Caterpillar Display!

The toddler department at Flying Start @ Camborne have been reading and enjoying one of their favourite story books… The Hungry Caterpillar!!

To develop on from the story, the staff decided it was time to make an extra special display…

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The children painted & coloured in props from the story, and the staff helped to hang them from a string to make a huge, special 3D Hungry Caterpillar display!

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Great work Camborne!!

Flying Start @ Camborne Have Been ‘Going On A Bear Hunt’!

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Flying Start @ Camborne Have Been ‘Going On A Bear Hunt’!
The toddler department at Flying Start @ Camborne have been reading an all time favourite story, ‘We’re Going On A Bear Hunt!’….
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They’ve been recreating the story in their sensory tray, using the characters and the scenes from the book!
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The toddlers also have a dark den which they have been using as the cave where they have been getting dressed up in hats, scarfs, gloves and wellies ready to go on a bear hunt!
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“We’re not scared!”

Flying Start @ Camborne Pre-School Make Friendship Buses!

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Flying Start @ Camborne Pre-School Make Friendship Buses!
The pre-school department at Flying Start @ Camborne have been focusing on a transport theme, specifically on cars and buses…
They have been taking it on turns to go on the computer this week, practising their mouse skills by creating cars and buses… look how professional these designs look!
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The pre-school children have also been drawing friendship buses where they have been carefully drawing a bus, and then putting all of their special people on it- peeping out of the windows! What fantastic drawings!
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Flying Start @ Camborne Babies Practise Movement Skills!

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Flying Start @ Camborne Babies Practise Movement Skills! 

This week at Flying Start @ Camborne, the baby department have been focusing on their theme of movement!

 They have been concentrating on doing small movements by mark making on the magnet doodle…

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…and doing big movements by throwing small balls into a basket!

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The babies have really been improving with their movements – especially after lots of turns throwing the balls!

Flying Start @ Camborne Pre-School Get Creative With Their Transport Theme!

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Flying Start @ Camborne Pre-School Get Creative With Their Transport Theme!

The pre-school department at Flying Start @ Camborne have been combining their theme of transport which they have been learning all about, with a bit of artistic fun!

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The staff safely attached the colouring pencils to the toy cars… so that the children could draw and drive!!

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The children really enjoyed creating patterns, lines, and shapes, as they zoomed their cars around the big sheets of paper…

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Great idea Camborne!

Flying Start @ Camborne Dance To World Music!

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Flying Start @ Camborne Dance To World Music!

The children and staff at Flying Start @ Camborne have been exploring music and movement this week, dancing to lots of world music including Spanish and Bollywood tunes!

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The staff helped teach the children some basic movements to have a go at, and they also watched some YouTube videos as inspiration…

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They have particularly enjoyed dancing to Bollywood music – and they even got out their special Bollywood silk scarves to dance with!

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Great moves, Camborne!

Flying Start @ Camborne Celebrate Chinese New Year!

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Flying Start @ Camborne Celebrate Chinese New Year!

The children at Flying Start @ Camborne have been exploring Chinese culture and food, in celebration of Chinese New Year!

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As 2017 is the Year Of The Rooster, the children did some rooster-themed craft activities! Look at those concentration faces as they did some colourful cutting and sticking…

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The children have also been tucking in to some yummy Chinese food – including fortune cookies!

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Flying Start @ Camborne Explore The Bearhunt Story!

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Flying Start @ Camborne Explore The Bearhunt Story! 

The children at Flying Start @ Camborne have been enjoying exploring the classic storybook, ‘We’re Going On A Bearhunt!’ – with lots of bear-themed activities!

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They have been reading the story and joining in with the ‘swishy swashy’ and ‘squelch squelch’ and ‘splash splosh’ noises, and acting out their own bear hunts… And the staff and children together have made a special bear-themed tuffspot!

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The children have also made bear biscuits by mixing up all the ingredients and making them into bear shapes… look how great they look! Yum!

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Happy Holidays from Flying Start!

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To all of our parents, children, and families – we hope you all have a wonderful festive break!

A huge thank you to our fantastic Flying Start staff teams for all of their hard work, care, enthusiasm, ideas and non-stop commitment to the children in their care throughout 2016!

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We look forward to welcoming back your children for another year of learning, exploring and fun in 2017…

 

Flying Start @ Camborne Perform Christmas Carols In Local Church!

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Flying Start @ Camborne Perform Christmas Carols In Local Church!

The children and staff at Flying Start @ Camborne have been very busy preparing for their Christmas Carol show… Which they performed to a packed audience in their local church!

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The children wore fantastic costumes from the Christmas story, and sang lots of wonderful Christmas songs which they have been busy learning and practising… All of the parents, grandparents, and aunties and uncles who were watching, thought it was brilliant and gave the children a huge round of applause!

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After the children had finished singing, a Church Warden called Olive came to tell the real story of Christmas to everybody, and the children listened carefully!

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Well done Flying Start @ Camborne for a great festive celebration in the community!