Flying Start @ Duchy Toddlers Explore Mark Making With Paint!

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Flying Start @ Duchy Toddlers Explore Mark Making With Paint!
The toddlers at Flying Start @ Duchy have been exploring paint and using different objects to make marks!
 
They have tried out using brushes, sponges, cars, and their hands to make marks and be creative!
 
They explored making large movements in the paint with their hands, and then also had a at mixing the colours altogether!
 
Lots of messy & creative fun!

Flying Start @ Helston Do Science Experiments!

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Flying Start @ Helston Do Science Experiments!
The pre-schoolers at Flying Start @ Helson have been exploring changing colours with some science experiments!
 
They added some water and food colouring to some pots and mixed it up…
…and then they added some white tissue paper to see if the colour of the paper will change… and as if by magic, it did!!
 
Not stopping there as the children were on a science mission to explore colour… so they set up another exciting experiment with flowers in coloured water!
The children are so excited to see the results, and have been carefully observing for any changes!

Flying Start @ Saltash Create Music Wall In The Garden!

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Flying Start @ Saltash Create Music Wall In The Garden!
What’s even more fun than playing in the nursery garden? How about a *music wall* in the nursery garden!
 
The pre-school department at Flying Start @ Saltash have made an amazing music wall in their garden, to make music outdoors!
 
They’ve attached all different heuristic items including saucepans, utensils, and spanners, and suspended them at different heights and on different surfaces, to make different noises!
 
The children have been having the best time making music and trying out different tools to play the musical wall with…
They have had great fun exploring different sounds, playing different parts of the wall together, and even dancing along… and all out in the garden and the fresh air too!
 
 
 
 
 

Flying Start Nurseries Sign National Mental Health Manifesto

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Flying Start Nurseries Sign National Mental Health Manifesto
Today is the beginning of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek and Sharon Cowburn, Director of Flying Start Nurseries, proudly signed the ‘Where’s Your Head At’ Manifesto.
 
This is a national document that all businesses are being invited to sign, and it shows a company’s commitment to mental health awareness, and creating a mentally healthy workplace.
 
Read more about the manifesto here: http://www.wheresyourheadat.org/manifesto/
 
The ‘Where’s Your Head At?’ campaign is calling for a working world where mental health is supported and protected. A world where wellbeing is at the heart of all we do, and where businesses have employees trained in Mental Health First Aid.
 
Flying Start Nurseries is proud to have trained their senior management in Mental Health First Aid, and making an ongoing commitment to wellbeing in the workplace.
 

Flying Start @ Helston Celebrate Flora Day!

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Flying Start @ Helston Celebrate Flora Day!
On Wednesday, Flying Start @ Helston celebrated the annual highlight of the year for Helston town… Flora Day!
The children and staff went into town to watch the children’s dance and the midday dance through the town…
…and to look at all the shops that had been decorated with bluebells and greenery!
Such a wonderful atmosphere, and the children had lots of fun, especially listening to the big band!
 
Then they all came back to nursery and had a Cornish Pasty for a special lunch… delicious!

Flying Start @ Saltash Celebrate Flying Start’s 26th Birthday!

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Flying Start @ Saltash Celebrate Flying Start’s 26th Birthday!
Flying Start @ Saltash had so much fun celebrating Flora’s Birthday last week, and 26 years of Flying Start Nurseries! They packed in a lot of great fun…
 
 
The children did some large scale art in the garden, working together to paint their own huge Flora (our logo) onto a big sheet!
Then they collected up sticks to make a big number 26 too, and also made some ribbon sticks and danced to party music in the garden!
 
Then the nursery hosted a party tea, with delicious party food, where some parents and families came in to join the fun
 
And then they went to St. Anne’s Residential home, to visit the residents and do some painting, and enjoy some nice times with them too!
 
What a wonderful range of ways to celebrate Flying Start’s 26th Birthday!
 

Flying Start @ Duchy Celebrate Flora’s Birthday!

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Flying Start @ Duchy Celebrate Flora’s Birthday!
Flying Start @ Duchy celebrated Flora (the little girl in our logo flying her kite!) & Flying Start’s 26th birthday with a whole day of fun birthday activities!
 
The babies and toddlers took part in some large
scale art in the garden to decorate a big birthday banner which they now have displayed outside the nursery!
 
They also enjoyed making some fairy cakes for their party afternoon snack, and decorated them with colourful icing!
         
 
The pre-school children worked really hard to find some natural materials in the forest to then bring back and make their own natural Flora designs out of these items!
 
The children also made crowns to wear for their party snacktime and tucked into their delicious cakes!
What delighted faces enjoying birthday celebrations!

Flying Start Nurseries Celebrates 26 Years!

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Flying Start Nurseries Celebrates 26 Years!
We are delighted to celebrate that Flying Start Nurseries turns 26 years old today!!🎉
Sharon & Steve Cowburn would like to express a huge thank you to all the staff, families, and children who have been a part of Flying Start over the years, and who join them today in celebrating 26 years!

 
A particularly special mention goes to the amazing staff members who have worked for Flying Start for the whole 26 years, or were original staff who have returned to the company! And also to members of staff who were previously children in the nursery – wow!!
 
Today and throughout this week, the nurseries will be celebrating the nursery anniversary – and the birthday of the little girl in our logo who we call Flora!
 
Here is to many more years of providing a ‘Flying Start to lifelong learning’!
 

Flying Start @ Duchy Get Creative In The Forest!

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Flying Start @ Duchy Get Creative In The Forest!
Wow, check out Flying Start @ Duchy getting creative during forest school doing a process called ‘happa zome’…
 
The children have been really enjoying making different patterns using natural objects and materials.
To do ‘happa zome’, the children firstly look around and collect natural items of their choice, then they wrap them in material, and then bang them with a hammer or something heavy like a rock!
 
This creates a unique pattern on the material, which they unwrap to reveal!
 
The children were experimenting with lots of different items and predicting what the pattern would look like once they had ‘bashed’ it!
Plus, they had some really important conversations about keeping safe when using hammers and heavy objects
Great work, Duchy!

Flying Start @ Duchy Meet Tiny Chicks!

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Flying Start @ Duchy Meet Tiny Chicks!

 

The children & staff at Flying Start @ Duchy were very excited to have a special Easter visit!

One of the nursery grandparents brought in some very very special visitors… a mother hen and it’s 3 day old chicks!!

 The children were able to touch the chicks, very carefully, and learnt all about how they are hatched in an egg!

 

A huge thank you to the Duchy grandparent who gave the children such a special experience!