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Flying Start @ Penryn’s Autumn Stay and Play!

November 2, 2015/in General

Flying Start @ Penryn’s Parent, Carer, Sibling and Friends Stay and Play!

The family and friends all joined together at the nursery for Autumn cooking and sensory exploration…

Everyone enjoyed experimenting with ‘Tin-Can Cooking’, melting chocolate and marshmallows to decorate biscuits and cupcakes!

The babies explored an interesting collection of pumpkins, twigs, leaves of different shapes sizes and colours and other Autumn objects!

It was a lovely social afternoon of course enhanced with some very tasty treats!

Flying Start @ Helston’s Toddler Halloween Fun!

November 2, 2015/in General

Flying Start @ Helston’s creative Halloween activities…

From cutting into Pumpkins and scooping out the inside for some sensory fun, to painting and adding glitter to help them sparkle!

To spooky halloween pasta .. black pasta and unusual shapes that got very slimy!

And even dressing up role-play as ….GHOSTS! Lots of spooky sounds and shouting BOO!

Flying Start @ Helston’s Autumnal Stroll…

October 28, 2015/in General

Flying Start @ Helston get out and about!

The children and staff enjoy making the most of the Autumnal cold but bright weather…

Last week the babies had picnic snack in the park!

The children also enjoy nature walks finding natural objects, feeding the ducks or listening walks…. shhh what can you hear?!

Flying Start @ Helston’s Dough Disco!

October 25, 2015/in General

Flying Start @ Helston’s Finger Gym Fun!

The children have been benefiting from the staff’s recent training in finger gym…

Focusing on developing hand and finger strength, coordination and skills such as fine and gross movements the children do daily activities to get their brains working and hands moving!

This in turn benefits so many aspects of their daily routine and learning goals, such as better pencil control for mark making, more controlled movements using cutlery and stronger grasps.

Here the children enjoyed a Dough Disco… play dough to music!

Stretching, Twisting, Squeezing, Patting, Rolling and Poking in time to the beat!

Flying Start @ Saltash’s Babies Make Marks!

October 22, 2015/in General

Flying Start @ Saltash’s messy play mark making!

The babies have had great fun exploring paint and making marks…

Using their fingers, sponges and brushes they moved the paint around their tray top.

They then experimented on paper, using different tools and colours feeling the cold slimy textures!

Flying Start @ Helston’s Den Building!

October 21, 2015/in General

Flying Start @ Helston’s Preschoolers have been making dens in the garden!

The children got lots of materials and draped them over different parts of the garden equipment to create big dens to hide in!

Going through tunnels, walking along planks and up the slides the children could enter their secret caves!

The children enjoyed story books and even snack hiding in their den!

Flying Start @ Saltash’s Independent Children!

October 17, 2015/in General

Flying Start @ Saltash have some very independent children!

The nursery has been promoting the area of the EYFS curriculum called ‘Health and Self-Care’ which falls under your child’s Physical Development.

With the toddlers and preschool children this means encouraging the children to make their own choices, try self care routines themselves such as putting their coat on or brushing their teeth and developing their independence at meal and snack times.

The children are really starting to do so much themselves! And saying ‘no’ to an adults help!

Why not try giving your child a little more responsibility at home… can they try washing up their own spoon and bowl?!

This could really work in your favour parents and carers!

Flying Start @ Helstons’ Bakery Visit…

October 14, 2015/in General

Flying Start @ Helston have visited the bakery!

The children in preschool have had a special outing to the bakery to see what they have for sale, and to buy some tasty little treats!

The children then came back to nursery and used what they had seen as a guide for making their own bread…

Putting their first hand experience into play I think it is time for a Bakery Role Play!

Flying Start @ Duchy Raise Money for The Air Ambulance!

October 13, 2015/in General

Flying Start @ Duchy recently had a week of fundraising fun!

The children, staff and parents all entered into the spirit of the ‘fun’-draising and raised £163.65!

Well Done All!

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They participated in a raffle, guessing how many marbles in a jar, a day of Fancy Dress, a colouring competition and a cake sale!

WOW what a fantastic effort.. and the children got to learn all about the brilliant life saving work the Cornwall Air Ambulance do!

Flying Start @ Saltash Making Use Of Their Senses…

October 10, 2015/in General

Flying Start @ Saltash have been making Sensory Bottles!

The children used their senses to explore lots of different liquids and solids, combining them for science in action!

The children felt with their fingers, looked with their eyes, listened and even tried to smell …

Then they watched what happened in the bottles in front of them, sealed them and had created new sensory bottles full of different colours, glitter, oil, flour, water…. the list is endless!