Flying Start @ Cornwall College Toddlers Make Music!

Flying Start @ Cornwall College Toddlers Make Music!

The toddler department at Flying Start @ Cornwall College have been getting musical…

    

They’ve been trying out lots of different instruments! They’ve practising making loud and soft sounds on the drums and tambourines, as well as trying out the xylophone…

It is great development for their motor skills, and great fun too!

Flying Start @ Cornwall College Babies Explore Transport Theme!

Flying Start @ Cornwall College Babies Explore Transport Theme!
Flying Start @ Cornwall College’s baby department have been focusing on their half-termly theme of transport!
They’ve been doing loads of different activities and themed learning to explore the topic of transport, such as…
Using arts and crafts!
Singing songs & reading stories!
Playing with & moving toy cars and trains on roads and tracks!
  
Sensory play including new textures like sand and goop!
And activities both indoors and outdoors!
WOW, what a huge variety of transport-themed activities that the babies have been exploring!

Flying Start Nurseries Are Named In Top 15 Nurseries In Cornwall!!!

Flying Start Nurseries Are Named In Top 15 Nurseries In Cornwall!!! 

We are delighted to announce that FIVE OF OUR NURSERIES HAVE BEEN NAMED IN THE TOP 15 NURSERIES IN CORNWALL!!!

Our nurseries in Camborne, Cornwall College at Pool, Saltash, Duchy College @ Rosewarne, and Redruth all earned spots in the top 15!!!

And especially huge congratulations to Flying Start @ Camborne, who were crowned in 4th place for the whole of the county, with an incredible score of 9.8 out of 10!!!

This is all thanks to your wonderful reviews celebrating your nursery, and the members of staff that are giving your child a Flying Start!!

To view the full article, including some of our glowing parent testimonials, then click here:

http://www.cornwalllive.com/here-are-the-best-nurseries-in-cornwall-according-to-you/story-30231113-detail/story.html

Flying Start Annual Staff Training Day!

Flying Start Annual Staff Training Day!

Thank you to all of our parents for your patience with the annual staff training day on Monday 27th March – as a company, we really value the opportunity to bring all of our staff together & develop new skills as childcare professionals!

Take a look at these great photos of all of our wonderful staff competing in the ‘Grand Team Challenge’ on the astroturf!

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It was hotly contested by Marjon and Redruth staff teams, but in the end the Cornwall College team were victorious!!!

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Some of our staff did training workshops on Forest School and outdoor learning… this is something we’re really passionate about at Flying Start!

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Another great highlight from our annual company Training Day, was ‘The Tinkering Workshop’ where staff were introduced to new award-winning woodwork kits for young children!!

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The creators of the product came all the way to our training day to give the workshops, and teach staff how to use these great new kits… Our staff are now all very excited to roll this out with the children across our nurseries!!

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Our cooks from every nursery were challenged to make a cream tea for over 100 members of staff… and excelled with a huge delicious spread!!

And at the end of the day, we had our much awaited annual awards…

Congratulations to FLYING START @ CORNWALL COLLEGE for winning TEAM OF THE YEAR!!! 

Thank you to all our staff for their enthusiasm and dedication to constantly improving their skillsets as education professionals, and thank you to all of our parents for their patience with our nursery closure!

Flying Start @ Cornwall College Do A *BIG WIGGLE* For Charity!

Flying Start @ Cornwall College Do A *BIG WIGGLE* For Charity!

Flying Start @ Cornwall College held a ‘Big Wiggle’ in aid of Action for Children charity, linked to their Very Hungry Caterpillar storybook theme!!
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The children came in wearing red and green like the hungry caterpillar, and parents came in to join in the story and the big wiggle…
Staff, parents and children all read the ‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’ story together, recognising the fruits he ate, and then they jumped up to do a big caterpillar wiggly dance!
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Afterwards, everybody shared the very hungry caterpillar snacks all together… they ate all of the fruits from the story including apple, pear, plums, strawberries and oranges! Yum!
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They also had a big cake sale to raise money to support ‘Action for Children’!
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Great work, Cornwall College – and a huge thank you to the parents who came to join in with the wiggling!!

Flying Start @ Cornwall College Explore New ICT Table!

Flying Start @ Cornwall College Explore New ICT Table!
Flying Start @ Cornwall College have been enjoying an exciting new piece of equipment… a big ICT table!
It is a great tool for the children to practise their hand eye coordination and for developing confidence with touch screen technology, whilst using it for all the interactive learning opportunities!
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The children have been trying out paint programs, played matching and sorting games, and they’ve watched some yoga moves on youtube and copied it in their yoga sessions!
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They also have a musical instrument program where up to 4 children can play different instruments at once making their very own live band!
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Flying Start @ Cornwall College Explore The Very Hungry Caterpillar Story!

Flying Start @ Cornwall College Toddlers Explore The Very Hungry Caterpillar Story!
‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ is the story theme this half term for the Toddler department at Flying Start @ Cornwall College!  The staff have specially designed the toddler environment around the story, and the children have been exploring  lots of caterpillar related activities!
So far the children have helped to create an interactive story corner where the butterflies spin around…
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The children have been really enjoing a game where you pass the caterpillars through the holes as they eat their fruits, which has been great for their fine motor control and hand eye coordination!
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The children have also been outside digging int the garden for caterpillars and are preparing for a giant wiggle next week, where parents are invited in to wiggle like caterpillars and then have a very hungry caterpillar snack where we taste all of
the different fruits he ate in the story!
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WOW, great work Cornwall College!

Flying Start @ Cornwall College Do Observation Paintings!

Flying Start @ Cornwall College Do Observation Paintings!

The pre-school children at Flying Start @ Cornwall College have been doing some paintings from observation…

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Look at the brilliant concentration levels, and those beautiful colourful pictures…

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What do you think they were observing??

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Flying Start @ Cornwall College Visit Trevaskis Farm!

Flying Start @ Cornwall College Visit Trevaskis Farm! 
The pre-school department at Flying Start @ Cornwall College went on a very exciting trip to Trevaskis Farm!
It was VERY wet and VERY muddy but the animals didn’t mind!
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The staff and children walked around lots of different fields spotting different pens and animal enclosures… the children even noticed that some of the pigs had new piglets they were keeping warm and feeding!
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They found a very friendly pair of goats, a Shetland pony, lots of cows, chickens,and some geese who were very noisy! The children talked all about the animals they could see, and which animals you can’t find in Cornwall…
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The children splashed in lots of muddy puddles in their welly boots and had a great time!
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Flying Start @ Cornwall College Make Self-Portraits!

Flying Start @ Cornwall College Make Self-Portraits!
The pre-school department at Flying Start @ Cornwall College have been learning all about their bodies and faces – and they’ve been using mirrors to help them look carefully at their own faces!
They have been identifying their features, colours of hair, eyes and skin in the mirror and then finding
materials that they can use to recreate their faces on paper!
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They used scissors, glue, wool, paper, tissue paper, googly eyes, acetate and anything else they thought
might help create great self-portraits!
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Amazing concentration and just look at this portrait!
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