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!

Flying Start Managers at the Beach!

Our annual Manager's Away Day is a day when all the managers come together for training and fun, whereas most of the Continuous Professional Development is done in the evenings or weekends. This year we were at Porthtowan Beach at the Blue Bar and did some work in the morning on Flying Start's 10 year plan - watch this space!

As you can see we spent the afternoon on the beach testing out some new outdoor construction equipment. The two teams had to construct a structure that would allow the passage of a bucket of water above head height ! Lets just say a few people got wet!

Flying Start Deputies Training at the Beach!

The Flying Start deputies and team leaders met today for a Training day at the Blue Bar in Porthowan.

Pictured is Mike Keverne of Butterfly Training talking about empowerment and ownership.

Later in the day we all went onto the beach for some team building exercises. The day gained extremely good feedback from all the delegates, so we hope we all learned something whilst having fun too.

Special thanks to the team from Saltash and Duchy who had to catch a train at short notice - but still made it.

Flying Start @ Duchy in a rainy forest!

The rain doesnt stop the children from Flying Start @ Duchy from going to the forest. We just put on our wet weather gear and wellies and off we all go!

Learning outside can be so much fun - look at the excellent balancing here !