Flying Start @ Penryn Have Fun At The Park!

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Flying Start @ Penryn Have Fun At The Park!

One of our favourite things to do at Flying Start, is to put on our reflective safety vests, get out in the fresh air and go on trips into our community!

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The children and staff at Flying Start @ Penryn have been enjoying adventures to the local play park recently!

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The pre-schoolers have been practising their climbing, and balancing, and enjoying the big tunnel slide too!

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Flying Start @ Helston Babies Explore Light Bags!

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Flying Start @ Helston Babies Explore Light Bags! 

The babies at Flying Start @ Helston have been exploring the theme of ‘light’ through sensory play…

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They’ve been exploring the light bags… each one glows a different colour, and they flash in different sequences!

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The babies have been completely fascinated by them… holding them in their hands, trying out the different ones, and watching the different flashing patterns – as you can see from the photos!

Flying Start @ Penryn After-Schoolers Explore Chinese New Year!

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Flying Start @ Penryn After-Schoolers Explore Chinese New Year!
The after-school club at Flying Start @ Penryn have been enjoying some great activities, themed around Chinese New Year!
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Julia set up a special activity for the children to make Chinese New Year hats with all of the different zodiac animals on them, and to decorate them with tissue paper!
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Look how great they look – not only did the after-schoolers put lots of work into making them, but then also made up games to play with them too!
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Flying Start @ Duchy Babies Enjoy New Sandpit!

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Flying Start @ Duchy Babies Enjoy New Sandpit!

The baby department at Flying Start @ Duchy have been really enjoying their new fabulous indoor sandpit!

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The babies have been exploring their new facility lots, playing in the sand, getting messy, and climbing in and out…

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The staff team are planning lots of exciting sensory play experiences to come!

Flying Start @ Duchy Make A Role-Play Bus!

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Flying Start @ Duchy Make A Role-Play Bus!
In the pre-school department at Flying Start @ Duchy, the children and staff have been very busy making their own nursery bus… After the staff had cut it all out of cardboard, the children chose the colour and then got to work painting it! They even added a special Flying Start ‘flora’ logo!
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Now the Flying Start bus is taking pride of place in their role-play area… The children have been on lots of adventures in the bus already, including the beach, the cinema, and swimming!
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They’ve also been taking it in turns to be passengers or to drive the bus… What a great project, Duchy!
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Flying Start @ Saltash Explore Post Office Role Play!

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Flying Start @ Saltash Explore Post Office Role Play!
The pre-school department at Flying Start @ Saltash have been really enjoying their new role play area… The post office!
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The children have been on a trip to the post office where they posted a letter to the nursery – and they also got see a postman empty the postbox and take all the letters to be delivered!
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Back at nursery, they stocked up their role play post office with envelopes, paper, pencils and stickers. The children have been taking it in turn to be behind the till, and be the customers… look at these great photos of the children enjoying their roleplay!
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Flying Start @ Duchy Practise Numbers In The Forest!

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Flying Start @ Duchy Practise Numbers In The Forest!
This week in Forest school, Flying Start @ Duchy have been working on reciting numbers up to 10, whilst having fun outdoors!
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For this they have been playing hide and seek… Firstly the children all hid and the staff found them, counting loudly to 10, and then each child took a turn hiding while all their friends counted loudly to 10 before going to find them! Look at that great concentration…
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They also sang counting songs, including 8 speckled frogs where all the children lined up and then jumped onto the pond when it was their time! Then they sat in circles to sing 8 current buns…
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Great work, Duchy!

Flying Start @ Penryn Explore The Bear Hunt Story!

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Flying Start @ Penryn Explore The Bear Hunt Story!
The toddlers at Flying Start @ Penryn have been enjoying exploring the storybook ‘We’re Going On A Bear Hunt!’…
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They’ve been listening to the staff read the story, joining in with lots of actions and sounds, and telling the story to each other too!
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The children have also been having endless fun with the ‘Bear Hunt Bingo’ which the staff made especially… They’ve been busy matching the pictures to their bingo cards, and playing with their friends!
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Great work, Penryn…
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Flying Start @ Duchy Enjoy A Chilly Visit To The Forest!

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Flying Start @ Duchy Enjoy A Chilly Visit To The Forest! 
The toddlers and pre-schoolers at Flying Start @ Duchy haven’t been letting the cold January weather stop them from getting outside and having adventures in the forest… The children have been putting their special puddle suits and welly boots on before heading off to the forest!
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On this trip, the children enjoyed an outdoor snack, before playing lots of games to warm up…
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The children also made homes for their puppets which they took to the forest with them! They collected sticks, leaves and other natural materials to build the homes, and were really proud of their finished projects!
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Great work, Flying Start @ Duchy!

Flying Start @ Penryn Get Festive & Have A Special Visit!

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Flying Start @ Penryn Get Festive & Have A Special Visit! 

The children and staff at Flying Start @ Penryn have been very busy with all their festive activities in the last couple of weeks…

The older children went to a local care home to sing some Christmas carols to the elderly residents, which made lots of them smile – what a lovely way to spread the festive cheer in the community!

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Back at nursery, parents came in to join the fun with a Christmas stay and play event!

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The pre-school and after-school children did some fantastic singing to entertain everybody, from their Christmas Concert!

Everybody got to eat yummy party food, and then there was a very special visitor… Father Christmas!

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Father Christmas had heard that the children at Flying Start @ Penryn have been so good this year, that he swung by to give them each a present!

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