Our Day
Play is a vital part of a child's life and is the way they make sense of their world.  It is the basic ingredient to learning, develops new skills and stimulates intellectual growth. 

We value play very highly in our daily life with the children and most activities are based on this. We observe their interests, abilities and needs very carefully and provide appropriate individual and group experience to challenge and stimulate each child. 

Our programme is designed to cater for each child's needs and interests, so we have rooms with overall aims, objectives or philosophies that guides the children, with daily or weekly plans.

Within the programme, children are given opportunities to:

• Make choices
• Develop creative abilities
• Problem solve
• Share and co-operate with others

Daily Routine
The daily routines (or flow of the day) vary significantly depending on the ages of the children in each room, the weather and seasons, even the dynamics of individual groups of children. At various time throughout the day activities will include

• Indoor play
• Outdoor play
• Art and craft activities
• Music activities
• Language and story times
• Meal and snack times
• Nappy changing and toileting
• Sleep and quiet times

Daily routines for our babies and toddlers are of course individual. Their feeding and sleeping schedules and times to play will be recorded on the daily feedback sheets available for your collection at the end of the day. You will find more specific details of the daily routine in each room displayed on the noticeboard near the sign in sheets.

Meal Times
Before each meal each child is expected to wash their hands under supervision.  The children may sit at tables to eat or picnic outside.  They will enjoy a social environment under the supervision of adults.  After eating the children will wash their hands, face and either rinse their mouth or brush their teeth.  

Indoor Play
Free play, with an emphasis on quiet activity, which allows the children to choose from permanently setup activities, such as books, puzzles, home corner, blocks and a variety of special activities that change from week to week, including painting, drawing, pasting, board games and construction sets.

 

Outdoor Play
Involves free play, with an emphasis on large muscle development.  Climbing equipment is setup each day.  Swings,  bikes and hoops add interest and variety to the play area.  Other outdoor activities include sand and water play, digging, gardening and ball games.

 

Group Time
These are set times during the day which the children can join together and listen to stories, participate in finger plays and discussions, sing songs, move to music and play instruments.

Rest and Sleep
• Each room has a period of time after lunch for rest and sleep. This is a relaxing time when children are given an opportunity to rest
• Staff play a range of music and create a quiet, relaxing atmosphere for rest time
• After a period of time, children who are not asleep are able to do a quiet activity such as reading and drawing
• All children are supplied with a set of fitted sheets and light blanket everyday to help make them comfortable on their beds.