| 7:00am | Centre opens – Families and children are greeted as they arrive. Staff communicate with parents about important information and messages are passed on. |
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| 7:00am - 8:00am | Inside activities / Breakfast – A range of indoor programmed activities from all programs are set up. Family grouping occurs with siblings able to play together during this time. |
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| 8:00am - 9:00am | Outdoor free play – where there is a variety of physical, fine motor, social and cognitive activities set up for children to further develop their skills of co-ordination and strength, social interactions, language development and small muscle strength. Painting activities – to enhance creative and fine motor development. |
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| 9:00am - 9:30am | Exercise / movement activities / Gross Motor program – a group experience to enhance children’s large muscle development and develop an enjoyment of physical activities. |
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| 9:30am - 10:00am | Morning Tea – we wash our hands and children help themselves to fresh fruit using tongs. This enhances their fine muscle control as well as social skills. |
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| 10:00am – 10:15am | Morning Meeting – what day is it? What is the weather like? What will we be doing today. Which Letterland character will we meet this week? |
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| 10:15am – 11:00am | Cognitive activities inside – activities are set up for individual children based on their interests, needs and development. |
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| 11:00am – 11.30am | Language/Story Time – educational detailed stories are read to the children. Children are encouraged to recall the events in the story and ask questions. Stories encompass both printed tales as well as felt board and puppet stories. |
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| 11.30am - 12:10pm | Outdoor free play/activities and Letterland Program – The children are split into 2 groups. The first group engages in outdoor play whilst the second group will focus on the Letterland character for the week including sharing the sound of the week and practicing writing the letter associated with the sound. The children will swap after 20 minutes. |
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| 12:10pm – 12:40pm | Lunch – Children are transitioned to wash their hands in readiness for lunch in the dining room. The children are provided with a nutritious meal and encouraged to serve themselves with tongs and spoons. Children are encouraged to try different foods and clean up their bowls once they have finished. |
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| 12:40pm – 2:00pm | Rest time or quiet activities – Children are settled to their beds for rest time. Quiet activities are planned for those who do not require a sleep. |
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| 2.00pm - 2.30pm | News time – children are divided into 2 groups and are able to share their news item. Teachers encourage open ended questions which helps further develop expressive and receptive language as well as confidence and social development. |
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| 2.30pm - 3.15pm | Music and Movement Experience – Children have the opportunity to develop their skills of rhythm, beat, singing and expressing themselves through different types of music. |
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| 3:15pm – 3:30pm | Afternoon Tea – After washing their hands, children are seated at the table in the dining room and encouraged to help themselves to afternoon tea using tongs. |
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| 2.30pm – 4.30pm | Activities - Dance (Hey-De-Ho) on Wednesday & Thursday - Japanese (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday) - Computer Bus (Thursday) |
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| 4.30pm – 5.00pm | Free play outdoors or indoors depending on the weather- children are grouped together, allowing siblings to interact with one another. |
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| 5.00pm – 5.30pm | Pack away outdoors – children help pack away the outdoor equipment and progressively move indoors to quiet activities. |
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| 5.30pm – 6.00pm | Supper – a late afternoon meal for children still in attendance at the Centre. |
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| 6.00pm – 6.30pm | Inside Group Activity - Family Grouping and transition to home time |
