Flying Start @ Helston In Oz!

Flying Start @ Helston In Oz!

For World Book Day the staff at Helston nursery came dressed as the characters from the Wizard of Oz. The children brought in their favourite bedtime stories and wore their pyjamas to nursery. We then shared the stories with our friends. In addition to this, all the children made bookmarks to take home.

Flying Start @ Helston Play With Colours!

Flying Start @ Helston Play With Colours!

The babies’ have been having lots of messy fun painting flowers to go with their spring theme. They used shaving foam and paint, as well as sponges and paintbrushes to make different marks and shapes.

Flying start @ Duchy Celebrate World Book Day!

Flying start @ Duchy Celebrate World Book Day!

The children wore their pyjamas on World Book Day and brought their favourite bedtime stories to share with their friends.

Flying Start @ Cornwall College On World Book Day

Flying Start @ Cornwall College On World Book Day

To celebrate world book day, we had a new upcoming author visit us. Emma Reed came in to read us her story, ‘Naughty Monty and the RED and Blue Sock’. We snuggled down with a cup of hot chocolate whilst she read.

We also created our own books to celebrate St Pirans day, in which we drew and wrote about the things we like, living in Cornwall.

Flying Start @ Saltash Have Had A Busy Week!

Flying Start @ Saltash Have Had A Busy Week!

Babies have had very busy week, they spent lots of time in the garden on the ride on’s we also explored the mud kitchen and playing on the slide. We have been very creative, doing lots of painting and sticking.

We are also enjoying our new role play area, dressing up with hats and playing with the dolls.

The toddlers went on a visit to the local secondary school, where they got to see some animals. We had great fun watching the chickens and the giant rabbits running around .

We also had a visit from Brighter Smile dentist, who spoke to the children about how we should brush our teeth. What foods are good to keep our teeth healthy and which foods are bad for our teeth.

They children got to meet Dylan the dragon and try on the gloves. We all got a sticker at the end.

Flying Start @ Saltash Pancake Day, Stay And Play!

Flying Start @ Saltash Pancake Day, Stay And Play!

For pancake day we did a stay and play where we invited children and parents in to make pancakes. We had some great parent helpers who helped to cook our pancakes and we all enjoyed eating them!

Flying Start @ Redruth Explore The Beach!

Flying Start @ Redruth Explore The Beach!

The children have been exploring the beach in their new beach school sessions.

They have been learning about how to safe, especially in the wet and windy weather. Look at the great sand angels they made and what great risk assessing as they helped each other climb the rocks.

Flying Start @ Duchy Paint With Bubbles!

Flying Start @ Duchy Paint With Bubbles!

The preschool children have been exploring paint and what happens when you add soap! We used a straw to blow the paint.

We enjoyed making lots of bubbles, and then we used paper to place on top of the bubbles and made different patterns.

Flying Start @ Helston Love Valentines Day!

Flying Start @ Helston Love Valentines Day!

Helston Flying Start have been celebrating Valentines Day. The pre-school children enjoyed exploring their themed tuff tray, decorating hearts with crayons, sequins and LOTS of glitter. They also made cards for their parents.

The toddler and baby room created love pictures using their hand prints and baked heart shaped cookies.

Flying Start @ Saltash Dream This Half Term!

Flying Start @ Saltash Dream This Half Term!

In holiday club this week we were talking about dreams and our emotions. We then made some dream catchers, we used out new scissor skills to cut out a circle in the plate them use the hole punch to make some holes which we used to thread lots of different coloured wool in. We then took them home to hang in our rooms.