Jack in the Box Day Care Spennymoor

🐾 Animals About Town Visit! 🐶🐰🐴

What a fantastic day we’ve had at Jack in the Box Daycare! 💕 Today we welcomed Animals About Town for a wonderful hands-on animal experience.

Our children had the opportunity to get up close to the animals, carefully brushing and interacting with them, while learning how to treat animals with kindness, care and respect. 🥰🐾

The children also learned some really important animal safety skills, including how to approach animals safely and how to behave around animals we may regularly see in our homes and community, such as dogs. 🐕 They listened brilliantly and showed a fantastic understanding of how we can keep ourselves and our furry friends safe.

It was a fun, exciting and educational experience, with lots of smiles and plenty of learning along the way! 🌟

All in all, a fantastic day was had by everyone! ❤️🐾

Our trading standards team is supporting the Office for Product Safety and Standards following a product recall of dangerous squishy dumpling toys.

The Child Accident Prevention Trust, working alongside the Toy Retailers Association, are providing advice for parents and carers.
https://capt.org.uk/squishy-toys-warning/

The advice provides awareness of the popular toys which may contain high levels of dangerous chemicals.

Consumer advice is available on our website: https://www.durham.gov.uk/article/31759/Consumer-advice

🍕 Pizza Making Fun at Jack in the Box! 🍕✨

Our Springers and Jumpers children have been busy little chefs, creating their very own pizzas for tea! 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳

The children chose from a selection of delicious toppings and carefully added their favourites to pitta breads to create their own super tasty pizzas. 🫑🍅🧀🥓

There was lots of excitement as everyone got creative with their toppings, and the best part was sitting together in the garden at tea time and enjoying the pizzas they had made themselves! 🌳☀️🍕

A lovely opportunity for the children to develop their independence, make choices and enjoy the rewards of their hard work. 💕👏

Well done, little chefs! 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳🍕

🌞🍦 A Sunny Adventure for Our Jumpers & Springers! 🍦🌞

Last week, our Jumpers and Springers children enjoyed a lovely trip out to the park and supermarket! 🥰

The children had lots of fun at the park, developing their physical skills as they ran, climbed, balanced and explored the different equipment. There were lots of smiles, laughter and opportunities to be active together! 🛝🏃‍♀️🌳

We then headed to the supermarket to buy some yummy ice creams ready for a very special activity back at nursery! 🍦🛒

When we arrived back at Jack in the Box, the children helped bring our Jack in the Box Ice Cream Stand to life! They patiently waited for their turn to be served and used our visual menu board to choose their ice cream flavour, sprinkles and sauce. 🍓🍫🍦✨

The children then used pennies to ‘pay’ for their ice creams, developing their communication, decision-making, mathematical and social skills through fun, meaningful role play. 🪙😊

Finally, everyone sat together on the grass in the sunshine with their friends and enjoyed their delicious ice creams! ☀️🍦💕

What a wonderful day filled with physical activity, independence, imaginative play, early maths, communication and lots of fun! 🌈

Well done, Jumpers and Springers! 💛

🌈🦖 Colourful Learning in Springers! 🐻🌈

Our Springers children have been having lots of fun taking part in a colour sorting activity using colourful bears and dinosaurs! They carefully identified different colours and matched the animals to the correct colour, developing their colour recognition, sorting skills and early mathematical thinking.

A fantastic hands-on activity that encouraged learning through play while building confidence and concentration. Well done, Springers! 💛💙❤️💚

🍪✨ A Week Full of Fun in Springers! ✨🍪

Our wonderful Springers children have had another fantastic week filled with lots of exciting self-chosen activities, following their own interests and ideas through play. 🌈💛

This week, the children particularly enjoyed becoming little bakers as they made some delicious homemade cookies! 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳 They talked about the different ingredients needed, carefully measured and mixed everything together, and watched with excitement as the mixture transformed into cookie dough. The hardest part was waiting patiently while they baked in the oven… but it was certainly worth the wait! 🍪😋

Through baking, the children developed their communication skills by talking about what they were doing, strengthened their fine motor skills through mixing and pouring, and learned about early maths concepts such as measuring and counting ingredients. Most importantly, they had lots of fun and were so proud of their tasty creations!

Well done, Springers – you’ve all had a brilliant week of learning through play!

🌟 A Fun-Filled Adventure for Our Bouncers & Springers! 🌟

Our Bouncers and Springers children had a fantastic outing to the soft play at Spennymoor Leisure Centre! 🧸✨

The children and staff enjoyed a lovely walk from nursery to the leisure centre, taking in the sights of our local community along the way. It was a wonderful opportunity for the children to explore their surroundings, develop their road safety awareness, and talk about the places and people they saw during their journey. 🚶‍♀️🌳

Once we arrived, the children couldn’t wait to get started! They had an amazing time exploring the soft play and climbing equipment, testing out their physical skills through climbing, balancing, crawling, and moving in different ways. The children showed confidence, curiosity, and lots of determination as they challenged themselves and enjoyed being active together. 💪🌈

A fun time was had by everyone, and we are so proud of how well the children represented our nursery while out in the community. ❤️

💦🛟 Learning to Stay Safe Around Water 🛟💦

Today our Jumpers had a fantastic visit from David Bullen, Water Safety for Schools Advisor from Durham County Council.

David delivered an engaging and informative session, helping the children learn all about staying safe near water. They discovered what to do if they ever found themselves in difficulty, as well as how to make sure water play is always a safe, enjoyable and happy experience.

📚 To bring the learning to life, David shared a wonderful story that kept the children fully engaged while reinforcing these important water safety messages. The children listened beautifully, joined in with discussions and showed great enthusiasm throughout the session.

A huge thank you to David for taking the time to visit us and deliver such an invaluable workshop. The children have taken away vital knowledge and skills that will help them stay safe around water, giving them confidence to make safe choices now and in the future.

We are so grateful for opportunities like these that help our children learn important life skills in such an enjoyable way. 💙

☀️🌈 Summer Holiday Fun at Jack in the Box! 🌈☀️

What a fantastic start to our summer holidays we’ve had here at Jack in the Box! 💛

Our children have been busy making wonderful memories through lots of exciting activities. 🥖 Our Springers became little bakers, carefully making their own bread before enjoying tasting it together at snack time – it was delicious and they were so proud of their creations!

🍓🧺 The Springers and Jumpers made the most of the beautiful sunshine by enjoying a lovely picnic tea outdoors with their friends. There were lots of smiles, laughter and happy conversations as they shared this special experience together.

🛝 Indoors, our Springers have been developing their confidence and physical skills by taking turns on the steps and slide, encouraging one another and celebrating each other’s achievements.

🎈 Our Bouncers have had endless fun exploring their brand-new ball pool, discovering different movements, colours and textures while enjoying lots of giggles along the way!

🌞 Of course, no summer would be complete without plenty of time in the garden! All of our children have loved making the most of the sunshine, exploring, playing with friends and creating lots of happy memories outdoors.

We can’t wait to see what the rest of the summer holidays have in store 🏖️

Want to get into nature this Spring? Calling all caregivers, dads, mums, grandparents and teachers; our Children’s Outside Guide is here to help.

Jam-packed full of low-cost, nature-filled ideas, there are activities for both the outdoorsy and indoorsy explorers. You could embark on a scavenger hunt, bake a yummy treat or simply be still and enjoy the calm sounds of the world around you.

Fill your days with family fun and download our FREE Children’s Outside Guide here: https://brnw.ch/21wRSFA