Flying Start @ Helston Have A Visit From Father Christmas!

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Flying Start @ Helston Have A Visit From Father Christmas!

The children at Flying Start @ Helston have been very good this year, and it seems that Father Christmas heard about them… and made a special visit to see them!!

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The children were very excited when Father Christmas arrived at nursery all the way from the North Pole, and they got to go up in turn to meet him!

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Father Christmas told them well done for all their wonderful behaviour, and gave them each a christmas gift!

Flying Start @ Helston Pre-School Get Festive!

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Flying Start @ Helston Pre-School Get Festive!
The pre-school department at Flying Start @ Helston have been doing lots of festive themed activities…
The children have been really enjoying their ‘Santa’s Workshop’ roleplay! They have been wrapping presents up in their workshop, and then giving them to their friends! They’ve also been practising writing their Christmas cards for friends and family carefully…
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The children have also been enjoying their finger gym activities – threading baubles onto pipecleaners, and then decorating the christmas tree with their beautiful bauble creations!
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Great work, Helston!

Flying Start @ Duchy Have A Teddy Bear Picnic!

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Flying Start @ Duchy Have A Teddy Bear Picnic! 
This half term, the toddler department at Flying Start @ Duchy have been reading the wonderful story of ‘We’re Going On A Bear Hunt’!
The children have been really enjoying the exciting story, and they decided to hold a teddy bears’ picnic in the garden!
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The children took their teddy bears out in the garden and laid out their food, with the help of the staff – and then all the children had a go at feeding their teddies and giving them a drink!
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Flying Start @ Saltash Make Lanterns With Parents!

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Flying Start @ Saltash Make Lanterns With Parents!
Flying Start @ Saltash took part in the local lantern parade, after crafting their own lanterns!
The Saltash nursery held a lantern-making workshop and invited all of their parents… There was a fantastic turn out and lots of enthusiasm as the parents helped their children to build the Flying Start lanterns for the parade!
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Great fun was had by all, as can be seen in these great photos of lots of parents getting stuck in!
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The lantern parade itself was a lot of fun, and the children, staff and parents enjoyed walking through the town centre and seeing all the lanterns, and then watching the fireworks too!
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Flying Start @ Penryn Bake Cheese Swirls!

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Flying Start @ Penryn Bake Cheese Swirls!

The children at Flying Start @ Penryn have been working together with careful help from the staff to bake delicious cheese, tomato & chive swirls!

The children all had a go to spread the tomato, and sprinkle the cheese & chive across the huge roll of pastry…

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The staff then helped the children to roll it up, carefully cut it up into slices, and bake it in the oven…

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…and once it had cooled down, all the children got to try their delicious baking & take it home!

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Yum, great work Penryn!

Flying Start @ Duchy Practice Maths With Big Dominoes!

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Flying Start @ Duchy Practice Maths With Big Dominos! 
The pre-school department at Flying Start @ Duchy have been working on their maths this half term…
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The children have been enjoying playing with large dominoes, which are helping to develop their understanding of numbers!
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To play the game, the children have to think about what numbers they will need to match the dominoes up… And just look at the concentration!
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Great work, Duchy!

Flying Start @ Saltash Decorate Christmas Tree For Local Church!

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Flying Start @ Saltash Decorate Christmas Tree For Local Church!
Flying Start @ Saltash have been getting into the festive spirit, by decorating a special nursery christmas tree…
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The children made decorations – including their hand prints – to make their christmas tree look beautiful and festive to deliver to St Nicholas and St Faith Church in Saltash!
Their tree is proudly displayed alongside lots of other trees donated by local organisations and companies!

Flying Start @ Penryn Create Autumnal Art!

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Flying Start @ Penryn Create Autumnal Art! 

The children at Flying Start @ Penryn have been embracing the autumn season by making some amazing artwork…

They used leaves that they collected on their walk to make collage pictures, sticking them to the paper in designs!

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They also used brown pasta tubes to make hedgehog pictures – how fabulous do they look!

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Great work, Penryn!

Flying Start @ Duchy Babies Explore Light And Dark!

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Flying Start @ Duchy Babies Explore Light And Dark!
Flying Start @ Duchy’s baby department have been exploring a new theme with their babies, of light and dark!
The babies have been crawling into the lightbox tent which the staff made, where they have been exploring the lights above them…
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They have also been doing some art activities relating to light and dark, creating pictures of stars, moons and suns with metallic paints, and also creating firework pictures using cardboard tubes!
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The baby department have even started a special festive activity around the theme of light, making stained glass windows for Christmas time…
Great work, Duchy!

Flying Start @ Duchy Do Sponsored Toddle For Children In Need!

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Flying Start @ Duchy Do Sponsored Toddle For Children In Need!
Flying Start @ Duchy did some amazing fundraising for Children in Need… The whole nursery went up to the sports hall on the Duchy college campus, and the children all took part in a sponsored toddle! All the childen had a go with some walking, some running, some dancing, some skipping, and even the babies did some crawling!!
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The staff and children all dressed in spots especially for Children in Need, and then they held a cake sale in the nursery, and even had a ‘guess the number of spots on the cake’ game!
During the day, the children made Pudsey bear masks, and pre-school counted the spots on cupcakes!
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At the end of a great day of spotty-themed fun, Flying Start @ Duchy had also raised £170 pounds for Children in Need – fantastic work guys!