Flying Start @ Helston Pre-School Explore Theme of ‘Spring’!
The pre-schoolers at Flying Start @ Helston have been embracing the new season, and learning all about their new theme of spring!
They’ve been learning all about baby animals, and talking lots about gardening and plants too…
They took the learning outside to look for bugs and make bug homes to shelter them from the cold wind!
Great work, Helston!
Flying Start @ Duchy Toddlers Explore ‘Whatever Next’ Story!
The toddler children at Flying Start @ Duchy have been reading the story ‘Whatever Next!’
After reading the story lots of times, they have made a space station where the children are able to put on their space boots and helmet and go to the moon!
The children have really enjoyed this activity zooming around the room!
Following this the children have been creating their own rocket pictures using various shapes and gluing them down!
Well done toddlers, great work!
Flying Start @ Saltash Toddlers Enjoy ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ Theme!
The toddlers at Flying Start @ Saltash have been doing rumble in the jungle theme this half term, and they’ve been having a great time exploring the theme with lots of activities!
They have been trying on new animal hats…
…and making binoculars for looking at the animals in their role play!
Great work, jungle explorers!
Flying Start @ Duchy Celebrate Chinese New Year!
Flying Start @ Duchy been celebrating Chinese New Year!
They used tweezers to explore the texture of noodles, and the slippiness! Before tucking into noodles and trying out lots of Chinese food!
Then the children created a big Chinese dragon to make a special display and colouring dogs as it is the year of the dog!
The children were very keen to try new foods and were concentrating hard & working together so well when making their dragon… and look how fantastic it turned out!
Happy Chinese New Year!
Flying Start @ Saltash Babies Do Jiggly Tots!
The babies at Flying Start @ Saltash had a great time during their jiggly tots session!
They said hello to jiggly the puppet, and were then given egg shakers and tap sticks to make noises as they all sang songs together!
Then they did ’round and round the garden’ with each child having their own turn – with lots of smiles & giggling!
The children really enjoyed the activities and are already looking forward to next weeks session!
Flying Start @ Penryn Bake Cookies!
The children at Flying Start @ Penryn have been really enjoying cooking club…
As a special treat, they got to make chocolate cookies!
They mixed up all the ingredients, rolled them into the cookie shape, and even decorated them with chocolate buttons!
Flying Start @ Duchy Focus On ‘Being Themselves’!
At Flying Start @ Duchy, they have been focussing on ‘being ourselves’ as a theme for their learning and exploring…
The children have been creating their own faces on paper plates using various materials to do so. They have been using mirrors to look at their skin tone, eye colour, hair colour etc.
Whilst doing all of this, they have been having lots of discussions around being ourselves and how it is okay to look differently to each other!
Parents have really supported this idea and have also been talking to their children about it at home too!
And look at this wonderful display the staff made of all the great self-portraits!
To support the younger children with this theme, they have also been using puppets and emotion stones to talk about how they are feeling and what that feels like.
Following on from this they have also been using crayons to mark make emotions and playdough to create faces!
Fantastic work, Duchy!
Flying Start @ Camborne Do Arts & Crafts During Half Term!
During half term, the holiday club at Flying Start @ Camborne have had a packed week of fun activities!
They’ve been doing lots of arts & crafts… they made their own sparkly sun catchers from old CD’s and lots of shiny craft materials, and they worked really hard sticking everything on & making them beautiful!
On Valentines day, they got crafty again, and it was a day filled with love and caring! The toddlers and babies made handprint cards and heart sticks, whilst the pre-school and holiday club printed hearts using a squashed tube and red paint!
What fantastic arts & crafts, Camborne!
Flying Start @ Saltash Explore Feelings For Children’s Mental Health Week!
The pre-schoolers and toddlers at Flying Start @ Saltash have been celebrating Children’s Mental Health Week, which happened across the country!
In pre-school, they made faces and spoke about what made them feel happy, sad, or scared. They looked at the similarities and difference between their faces, and then made faces on paper plates!
In the toddler department, the children explored emotions using puppets! They made lots of different expressions with their faces to help them think about the different emotions.
Great work, Saltash!
Flying Start @ Penryn Pre-School Do Science Experiments!
The pre-school children and the after-school club have been doing some exciting science experiments – which they’ve been really enjoying exploring!
The children have been mixing up vinegar and bicarbonate soda with some careful pouring, and some help from staff…
And then watching as the magic mixture it blows up the balloon for them!
How exciting!
