Flying Start @ Marjon have a new addition to their garden… a Mud Kitchen!
The parents and families of the nursery have been very generous in donating saucepans, scoops, spoons, utensils and pots to help the children develop their imaginative play and exploring in the garden.
Thankyou to all kind and generous parents donating to the Mud Kitchen… keep your eyes peeled for some tasty creations from the kitchen!
Flying Start are delighted to launch their new website with a wonderful video of the children and the nurseries.
Many thanks to Todd Barden for helping us construct it in time for Flora’s 21st birthday.
Flying Start @ Marjon have been enhancing their garden space through upcycling and re inventing resources to create exciting new spaces and learning environments outside.
The staff would like to thank all parents and friends of the nursery who have donated tyres, plastic sheeting, pots, pans and utensils. These have been used to make dens and tunnels to hide in and run through, musical lines and new learning opportunities.
Now the children and staff are waiting for more sunshine to keep them in the garden for longer… just don’t forget the sun hats!
Flying Start @ Marjon are sending in updates to their DIY Project!
It started with a walk to B+Q to select their materials and pay for them. Since then the children have been busy risk assessing their tools, practising using them and now building with Grant.
The preschool children have explored saws and hammers on tree stumps and logs using their fine motor skills to carefully control and guide the tools, being extra careful to be as accurate as possible!
Look out for their new structures in the garden!
Flying Start Nurseries have been hosting Stay and Bake Actvities in February, for parents, grandparents, friends and relatives of the children to come in to the settings and get hands on in a baking activity with the cooks and children!
Some of the recipes created can be found on our Facebook Page, just search Flying Start Nurseries and make sure you ‘like’ the page so that you can keep up to date with lots of exciting information and notices from all of the Flying Start Nurseries!
We would like to say a big thankyou to all of the baking helpers that came into our nurseries, and we hope they got some exciting recipe ideas and helpful techniques for baking with children!
We would love to know about any baking you do at home with your child, why not send us a photo or comment on our facebook or blog to let us know! And if you have a recipe or photo to share please email it to penrynfs@hotmail.co.uk!
Flying Start @ Marjon have been celebrating Chinese New Year in their preschool department.
The children were visited by two chinese ladies who explained to them what Chinese New Year was, what they would be eating and how they would be celebrating.
The children then had a turn at dancing and dressing up inside the Lucky Dragon!
The ladies were very kind because they also brought the traditional Chinese New Year gifts for the children, this included fortune cookies and red money enevelopes with real money in them! Thankyou so much!
One final word…. ‘kung hey fat choy!’… Happy New Year!
Flying Start @ Marjon have been exploring the effects of lots of rain, wind and bad weather!
The children in all departments have been out looking in the garden and around the nursery to see what the weather has created over night!
Here the babies got dressed up warm and then found lots of muddy puddles to splash in.
The preschool and toddler children found the drain pipes and guttering and collected the drips in their water play!
Natural play is often where the children are able to explore and learn through their findings most, but please help the staff to ensure this can happen with lots of waterproofs, warm hats and welly boots! Thankyou!
Flying Start Nurseries are reminding all parents that the deadline for school admissions is January 15th 2014.
This is the deadline that the admissions at Cornwall County Council need to have recieved your online or paper application, please visit: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=35035 for more information.
We would also like to kindly remind you that Flying Start Nurseries offer free high quality (good or outstanding) places for 3,4, and 5 year olds (with some 2 year olds also being eligible). These nursery places work the same as school funding and using the same curriculum reception class teachers use, therefore ensuring school readiness and learning and planning appropriate to their age and ability in a friendly learning through play environment. The advantage of staying at nursery is that your child is on a 1 adult to 8 children maximum, and therefore recieves high levels of attention and support in their learning and development!
Please speak to your manager for further information.
Flying Start @ Marjon would like to say a huge ‘THANK YOU’ to their cook, Emma!
She is always happy and works really hard work.
Emma also cooked an amazing yummy Christmas dinner for all of the staff and children!
The team and the children are looking forward to another year of lovely lunches!
Well done!!
Flying Start @ Marjon have been getting festive fingers!
The children in the nursery have been making lots of different Christmas Decorations, to decorate the nursery, take home and even pop on the tree!
The children also sang a brilliant Carol Service for their families and staff, Well Done!
