TIME

ACTIVITY

09:00

We arrive on time, hang up our coats, and hand our lunches in (if staying for lunch club). Then we find our names and are then free to play.

09:05

We brush our teeth (with parental consent), sitting together in small peer groups, led by an educator.

09:30

We have carpet time for our 3-5-year-old children; free play for our 2-year-olds

Carpet time. Daily (15-20 minutes)

Children aged 3-5-years-old are asked to sit and join in with carpet time – this is good practise for when they transition to school. Together we talk about the days of the week, the date, the months and the year.

We have a ‘letter of the week’ and we talk about what things begin with that letter. We practise Makaton every day and the children take turns to show each other. We also discuss what we are making on the craft table, look at picture cards and watch educational videos. The children are invited up to talk about their experiences and stories.

Then the children choose songs and rhymes to sing and perform together.

Finally, we remember our preschool boundaries, for example ‘manners matter’, ‘sharing is caring’ and ‘no running inside’, and that we must 'be kind to each other', and then the children go and play.

10:00

In groups, we wash our hands and have our snack time, while the other children free play, and then we swap so it is their turn to wash hands and have snack time and we free play.

11:00

Our 5-minute timer is set, and we tidy up before we get ready to go outside.

11:05

Weather permitting, we go outside to play.

11:30

12:00

We have story time (outdoors, if the weather allows) before we get ready to go home or prepare for lunchtime.

 TIME

ACTIVITY

12:00-

13:00

Those of us in lunch club sit together and are given the packed lunches, that their parent/carer(s) provided, to eat.

 TIME

ACTIVITY

10:00 & 14:00

Here at Our Lady's Preschool, we are passionate advocates of healthy eating. The children are provided with a healthy snack during both morning and afternoon sessions.

The children are taken in groups of around 12 to wash their hands before snack time, talking about good hygiene and why we wash our hands before eating; the children then sit around tables with their friends and, with educator supervision, eat together.

We promote choice and independence throughout all our activities within the preschool, including snack time; a child from each table is chosen to give out the plates and another to give out the cups. They are then provided with a range of different prepared fruits and vegetables (a selection of 5 different fruits/vegetables each session) for them to choose and put onto their plates. They then also choose from a drink of either milk or water and are assisted in pouring the drink for themselves.

 TIME

ACTIVITY

13:00

We arrive on time, hang up our coats, collect our names and are on to free play.

13:30

Carpet time for our 3-5-year-old children; free play for our 2-year-olds.

14:00

In groups, we wash our hands and have our snack time, while the other children free play, and then we swap.

15:00

The 5-minute timer is set, and we tidy up before we get ready to go outside (weather permitting).

15:05

(Weather permitting) we go outdoors to play.

15:30

We have story time (outdoors, if the weather allows), before we prepare for home time.

16:00

We are collected promptly by our parent/carer(s).

 TIME

ALL DAY ACTIVITY

All Day

Craft table running throughout the day, where the children are one-to-one or come together in small groups to create something related to the current curriculum topic.

All Day

Regular, educator-led, group games and activities, including messy play and junk modelling, science and information, communications and technology (ICT) experiments, music and movement; all designed to stimulate and develop their attention, understanding and skills.