Flying Start @ Redruth Have Space Expert Visit!

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Flying Start @ Redruth Have Space Expert Visit!
Flying Start @ Redruth would like to say a huge thank you to Nathan who is a parent at the nursery, and also a space engineer…wow!
 
He came into the nursery to speak to the children all about space, teaching them about gravity, and how it would take 4 days to travel to the moon by rocket!
 
He taught the children all about space stations just like our role play area… the children have been using photos and flyers from Goonhilly to create their role play station!
 
A huge thank you to Nathan for this amazing talk to inspire & educate the pre-school children!

Flying Start @ Redruth Host Mother’s Day Stay & Play!

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Flying Start @ Redruth Host Mother’s Day Stay & Play!
Flying Start @ Redruth hosted a Stay & Play session for Mother’s Day, where they invited mums, grans and other family members to join them for spring activities!
 
They made play-dough, planted seeds to take home, did some paintings, and enjoyed playing in the garden.
 
A huge thanks to all who came and joined in the fun!
The nursery team got such lovely feedback from the mums and other family members who came to join in – and look forward to hosting more events in the future!

Flying Start Nurseries Win Silver Award For Healthy Workplaces!

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Flying Start Nurseries Win Silver Award For Healthy Workplaces!
Flying Start Nurseries are delighted to win the Silver Award for Healthy Workplaces, in the first year of attempting this award!
 
Flying Start were particularly recognised for:
 
 Wellbeing wall and wellbeing boxes for staff to access which include magazines, colouring and puzzle books
 Staff away day, including beach games
 Ensuring staff can talk openly about their mental health
 Training 38 members of staff in Level 2 Mental Health Awareness
 Training all Senior Staff in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
  The CEO is a qualified MHFA trainer
 
The whole company is delighted to gain this Healthy Workplace Award, and all staff will continue to focus on the physical and mental health of their colleagues and all of the children!

Flying Start @ Redruth Celebrate Holi Festival!

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Flying Start @ Redruth Celebrate Holi Festival!
The whole nursery at Flying Start @ Redruth have been celebrating the Indian festival of ‘Holi’!
 
The children learned all about India and how the festival is celebrated there… Then they joined in with a variety of activities and lots of messy painting activities,
as in India they celebrate Holi by throwing paint at each other!!
   
 
After all this creative fun, the children did a
little ‘taste testing’ to try different foods from India at snack time…
…and the children were very adventurous and enjoyed exploring the different spices!
What brilliant fun, and a great opportunity to learn about a different culture!

Flying Start @ Redruth Visited Burncoose Nurseries!

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Flying Start @ Redruth Visited Burncoose Nurseries!
The pre-school children at Flying Start @ Redruth went on a fantastic visit to Burncoose nurseries!
 
The children were given a tour around the gardens to look at all of the exciting wildlife and learn about the different types of tree & flowers!
 
After the children had a lovely walk around, they went back to do some planting of their own! They were kindly given a blueberry bush & lots of seeds to do some more planting at nursery too!
 
Redruth nursery would like to say a huge thank you to John & Teresa for such a lovely time & to Spring the dog for guiding them through the garden!
What a fantastic trip to enjoy nature and learn lots – just look at those smiles in the photo!

Flying Start @ Redruth Bake Scones For St. Piran’s Day!

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Flying Start @ Redruth Bake Scones For St. Piran’s Day!

The toddler’s and babies at Flying Start @ Redruth have been baking some delicious scones in their cookery club!

As part of their celebrations for St. Piran’s day, the children had been making Cornish flags and had been looking at photos from around Cornwall…

To finish off their celebrations, they made delicious scones as a special treat, to enjoy as a Cornish cream tea!

Flying Start @ Redruth Explore Space!

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Flying Start @ Redruth Explore Space!

The pre-school children at Flying Start @ Redruth are very excited about their new theme of space!

They have been busy helping make their very own Space Station and rockets for their new role play area. They got some ideas from reading the ‘Whatever Next!’ storybook!

They’ve even role-played their own rocket launches altogether!

And the children have learned all about the stars & moon! They looked at the moon and how the surface looked…

…as well as the different shapes made by stars in the sky called constellations!

The children then used their imaginations and created their own constellations using the black tuffspot as their night sky and chalks and gems to map out their pictures!

Wow, what inspiring learning from our mini astronauts!

Flying Start @ Redruth Explore Foods For Tea!

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Flying Start @ Redruth’s Babies And Toddlers Look At Foods From Around The World

The children in the Day Nursery at Flying Start @ Redruth have a new story theme… The Tiger Who Came to Tea!

This was the story voted upon by the parents and children in the department, and will now be the focus for the half term. Building on the children’s interests from the story the key workers will plan exciting learning opportunities.

After reading the story this week and listening to all of the things the Tiger ate when he came to Sophie’s house for tea, the children have talked about their favourite foods and then explored different dried food that children around the world have for their tea.

Feeling the textures, shapes, sizes and variety of beans, pasta, rice, oats the children are learning about all different types of food… they will be trying some as the half term continues! Look out for some interesting snack times!

 

Flying Start @ Redruth’s Valentines Stay and Play!

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Flying Start @ Redruth Invite Their Families in For Valentines Day Love!

From pink play dough to yummy biscuit dough! The children and families got stuck in to creating LOVE-ly treats, Hannah the Nursery Cook guided all on how to make tasty heart shaped shortbread.

The children were delighted to welcome in their relatives, it was lovely to have a variety of Dad’s, Mum’s, Nanny’s and Grandad’s!

 

Flying Start @ Redruth Make Rain… (sounds!)

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Flying Start @ Redruth’s Toddlers Explore with Music Making!

The children made rain makers this week to take home

They filled, tipped and poured rice & oats into some empty sensory bottles then decorated them with craft tape.

When their instruments were complete they performed a fantastic musical singing session with their very own rainmakers!

Why not have a go at home… finding interesting objects to make different sounds?