SNOW 30 November

Snow news......all centres OPEN - brilliant effort by al the staff....WELL DONE !! As St.Meriadoc School in Camborne opened late, we were unable to run our normal Breakfast Club there but were able to accommodate the children at our centres in Redruth, Cornwall College and Camborne.

Our Snow Policy is available in all centres so assume we are open unless the website and the radio updates tell you different!

Pictured right are some of the children in

Flying Start @ Camborne having fun in the snow!

29 Nov 2010 SNOW NEWS

08:30

Flying Start @ Cornwall College has had to close today as the College campus is closed, however, our nurseries in Camborne and Redruth are open and so parents can take their children there.

All other centres are open - well done everyone!

The Parents' Evening planned for tonight in Helston has been postponed until further notice and the Staff Meeting in Flying Start@ Penryn has been cancelled until further notice.

Parents Evening for Flying Start @ Redruth

At our recent Parents' Evening in Flying Start @ Redruth we focussed on communication and ran Makaton signing workshops with parents to show them how to sign like their children!

We also set out different activities so that parents and children could play together to improve their children's communication.

A fire in a brazier meant we all enjoyed toasted marshmallows, which was enjoyed together with carrot and lentil soup specially made by the children.

Sales of soup and hot chocolate as well as teas, coffees and special firework biscuits raised over £80 for the RNLI as part of our ongoing appeal. Well done everybody...now whats the Makaton for well done.......

RNLI and Flying Start @ Saltash

As part of our fund raising effort with the RNLI, the children from Flying Start @ Saltash were invited to visit the lifeboat station.

As you can see, we were even allowed inside one of the boats......great fun !

In total we have raised over £2,500 now across all Flying Start nurseries.

Well done everybody.

Flying Start @Cornwall College visit Rosewarne

Oh my word, can you see what are in the background.........COWS!

A group from Flying Start @ Cornwall College recently visited Cornwall College's Rosewarne campus where Flying Start are planning a new After School and Holiday Club for 2011.

Its a wonderful place to visit and will be a wonderful place to be based, so that all the other nurseries can visit.

Playing in the sand in Flying Start @ Marjon

Can you see the wonderful patterns that are being made in the sand in Flying Start @ Marjon

Environmental Club at Flying Start @ Marjon

The children from Flying Start @ Marjon have set up their very own Environmental Club to link in with our Green initiatives and healthy eating.

Here you can see a group in their wellingtons with their gardening tools planting vegetables which they will grow and then eat!

Flying Start @ Helston make a shelter

Look at this wonderful shelter the children from Flying Start @ Helston made.

They used the outdoor construction kit and then put the blue tarpaulin over the top - what a good idea!

How many are underneath?

Apple Pie for Flying Start @ Duchy

Verity , at Flying Start @ Duchy, brought in some cooking apples from the tree in her garden and asked if we could make something with them. We decided to make a yummy apple crumble and so each had a mat to cut on, a knife and a piece of apple.

All the bits of apple were put into a saucepan before they were heated up and stewed. Oh, and we put some sugar in too!

We then made our own crumble topping and put it on top of the apple - all in a cooking pot beore it went in the oven.

When it was done, we all had a taste and it was really yummy. Thank you Verity, or bringing in the apples and having such a good idea !

Divali @ Flying Start Penryn

As part of the Diwali celebrations for Flying Start @ Penryn, we tried out Mendhi handpainting.

Do you like it?

We also made clay diva pots and did some Indian dancing and dressing up!

Beach Fun for Flying Start @ Cornwall College

Look at the fun the children from Flying Start@ Cornwall College are ghaving as they visited the beach at Porthowan.

They all have their shoes off and have even been paddling. Brrrrrr it looks a bit chilly.

Nic and the children also popped in to see the RNLI as part of our fundriaing to tell them we have already raised a whopping £2500 to help them with rescue equipment.

Building at Flying Start @ Saltash

Wow - look at the amazing structure that the children from Flying Start @ Saltash have made with their outdoor construction kit.

Flying Start @ Rosewarne

Flying Start has a strong, ongoing partnership with Cornwall College for whom we run nurseries at Saltash, Duchy Stoke Climsland and Trevenson which is between Camborne and Redruth.



We are delighted to announce that we are now visiting Duchy College Rosewarne twice weekly, which is very close to Flying Start @ Camborne, with our After School group. We aim to open a permanent after-school and out-of-school facility in January 2011.



Both children and parents have visited and are all delighted at the wide range of activities that will be available including a football field, a forest, a large pond, vegetable and flower gardens. In addition, there are also lots of small animals including rabbits, guinea pigs and birds and even a reptile house with snakes, lizards and insects!

As you can see, the children are already having lots of fun, pictured above playing a "blind" treasure hunt......carefully following the string through the wonderful grounds!



Some of the boys are also shown here building their very own shelter in the woods.



Keep watching this space for more information

and new, exciting opportunities for after schoolers in Camborne.

Harvest Festival with Flying Start @ Redruth

The children from Flying Start @ Redruth collecetd together fruit, tinned food and fresh vegetables and put them all in a box.

We arranged to visit the "Green" in Redruth and took the children to meet the elderly people who are cared for there.

Both young and old had a great time - you can see the children in their "Walking Bus" outfits just before leaving.

Balancing skills in Flying Start @ Duchy

The children from Flying Start @ Duchy went into their garden and used the outdoors construction kit . With a little help from the adults they balanced planks on crates and buckets and made a wonderful off ground walkway.

Ruby and Rafferty were a little scared but with help managed to walk the whole way !

After a few deep breaths, they even managed to do some of it all on their own.

Well done - very brave!

Amazing sunflower in Flying Start @ Helston

Look at this amazing sunflower that was grown by the children from Flying Start @ Helston. Strangely, they have also been enjoying the story of Jack and the Beanstalk! I hope they dont get any ideas!!!

Poetry Winners @ Flying Start Marjon

Congratulations to these children from Flying Start @ Marjon. They enterd a poetry competition called "My First Poem" and received a certificate.

Their work is going to be published in a book for them and their proud parents to buy!

Flying Start Winners!

As seen earlier in the blog, Flying Start @Penryn hosted the first Flying Start Sports Day.

Pictured here with the winning team on the Penryn RFC pitch is the deputy manager and organiser - Sophia.

The Flying Start Challenge Cup was proudly won by the team from the Fun Club in Camborne

.....and the individual winner was Harry from the Penryn After School Club - the proud owner of a prize football.

Well Done to everyone who took part and thank you to everyone who helped out.

Outdoor Fun at Flying Start @ Helston

Just because it was raining didnt mean the children from Flying Start @ Helston couldnt carry on having fun and learning outdoors.

We all wrapped up warm and dry and did lots of pebble counting before making a shape we had drawn on the floor....can you see what it is?

Flying Start Sports Day

Well done to the staff from Flying Start @ Penryn who organised the first Flying Start Sports Day.

Teams from Flying Start at Penryn, Redruth and Camborne competed against each other in lots of fun activities for the Flying Start Challenge Cup!

You can see everyone warming up.....

everyone took part in the competition and some activities meant we could all take part and have fun together......

Look at this amazing tug of war....who do you think will win??

Many thanks to Sophia and Jordan for refereeing , organising and for cheering everybody on !

Singing in the Rain for Flying Start @ Saltash

The sun didnt come out but it didnt mean the children from Flying Start @ Saltash couldn't have fun outdoors or learn about pouring and how much different containers hold. Oh and a few songs too!

Flying Start @ Duchy tidy the Forest!

The children form Flying Start @ Duchy decided to tidy up the forest as they had seen some rubbish down there. All the children helped lots. You can see Jed here putting some rubbish in the bag !

We saw lots of animals and talked about why we should take our litter home and then recycle it rather than drop it on the floor.

We ALL love our tidy forest!

Flying Start @ Cornwall College go to Tehidy Woods

The children from Flying Start @ Cornwall College had great fun visiting Tehidy Woods......we walked round the lake and collected sticks and twigs as well as exploring round the lake.

We found we could do lots of counting outside and even made a den!

Flying Start @ Marjon are visited by the police !

This is the second centre in the last few weeks to be visited by the police !!!

As you can see though, the children from Flying Start @ Marjon decided to dress up to make them feel at home.

Junk Modelling at Flying Start @ Helston

Who said re-cycling and re-using cant be fun!

The children from Flying Start @ Helston are using old, empty boxes to make something.....can you guess what it is?

Paella at Flying Start @ Penryn

As part of a Spanish themed week in Flying Start @ Penryn the older children made and ate Paella. Aprons were on and everyone had fun chopping up the ingredients, working out how much to put in and then the easy bit - cooking it!

After it was all all eaten there was the samll task of clearing up!

Mucho gracias!

Flying Start Saltash healthy lunches

Healthy eating is key for growth and development. The children from Flying Start Saltash were joined by their cook for a very yummy lunch. As you can see a great time was had by all, with lots of very clean plates afterwards!

Snakes at Flying Start @ Redruth !

The children from Flying Start @ Redruth joined together with Redruth Children's Centre and had a visit from some very scary creatures, and their handlers.

As you can see the staff are safely at a distance whilst the children were very interested in this tarantula

wheras this young lady was the bravest of them all - giving this snake a cuddle !

Flying Start Camborne go rock pooling!

As part of our Beach School initiative - the children from Flying Start @ Camborne can be seen having fun in rockpools with their nets - what do you think they caught?

Flying Start Saltash are visited by the Police !

The children at Flying Start @ Saltash were very excited to learn that the police would be visiting us. Tyrone, Gabbi and Olivia decided to dress up specially for the occasion!

Don't they look splendid.

Flying Start @ Duchy make biscuits

As you can see, mixing the ingredients for making biscuits was good fun for the children in Flying Start @ Duchy.

The best bit though was tasting the results !

Flying Start @ Penryn fly kites!

As it was a warm but windy day, the children from Flying Start @ Penryn decided they wanted to run around and fly kites - just like Flora the Flying Start logo!

So, we all went onto the rugby field and spent lots of energy chasing after our kite which flew beautifully as you can see.

Flying Start @ Cornwall College picnic on the beach

As part of our "learning on the beach" initiative the children from Flying Start @ Cornwall College can be seen having a well-earned rest and a picnic lunch in the open air.

They met up with the RNLI lifeguards and had lots of fun.......

and found that drawing in the sand is more fun than on paper.....

and of course...paddling is always fun!

Flying Start @Helston and the Big Red Engine !

We asked the firemen at RNAS Culdrose if they could visit us one day and guess what.......

Not only did they visit but they turned up in their huge, red shiny fire engine.

As you can see we all tried on helmets and special high-visibility vests.

and we even got to pretend to drive the engine !

and use the hose for REAL !

Thanks to everyone in the Fire Department at RNAS Culdrose !

Malaysian Day for Flying Start @ Marjon

As one of Flying Start @ Marjon's Diversity Days, the children observed a mock Malaysian wedding and were interested to taste Malaysian food as well as being taught some Malaysian games.

Many thanks to the exchange students who put on a show for us and were so good at integrating and playing.

RNLI and Flying Start at Porthtowan Beach

30 children from Flying Start @ Camborne, Cornwall College , Penryn and the Fun Club in Camborne all loaded up onto a big bus for a trip to see the lifeguards as part of our RNLI fund raising effort.

It was a noisy trip to Porthtowan as all the children were aged from 3 - 10 years.

As you can see they had brilliant fun trying out a jet ski!

Well they tried the helmet and the life-saver - oh and sat in the driving seat of course!

Doesnt that look like fun!

What brilliant roleplay!