The children in Cats room will have many opportunities throughout their day to play. Play promotes all areas of their growth and development through a mixture of adult led and child initiated activities. The children are encouraged to make decisions for themselves and are supported by the team in the room. Each day there are planned activities (e.g. looking for different coloured and shaped objects in a large tray of rice) which may involve a small group of children or working on a one-to-one basis.
The children also have the opportunity, on a regular basis, to participate in local trips, e.g. visiting local park to play on equipment.
Staff work in close partnership with parents and carers to ensure that the children have the very best learning experiences possible. The role of the key worker is essential in establishing the needs of their children, to scaffold their learning and enhance their growth.
Cats Routine
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:30am-8:30am | Welcoming and Breakfast We welcome all our friends to nursery and offer them a healthy breakfast. |
| 8:30am-10:00am | Continuous provision This includes home corner, small world, action play, construction and creative play. We build and balance with blocks, we learn through action by stacking, pushing and pulling and use our imagination to pretend. |
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10:00am-10:30am |
Snack and nappy changes |
| 10:30am-11:15am | Learning outdoors We have the opportunity to transport in our mud kitchen, we look for bugs in the nature garden and use our physical skills to dig, scoop and pour in the tuff tray. |
| 11:15am-11:30am | Music and movement, stories We sing action rhymes, play with musical instruments or dance together. We all sit down and listen to one of our favourite stories before we eat. |
| 11:30am-12:00pm | Lunchtime We all sit down for a tasty homemade lunch together. We are learning to say please and thank you. |
| 12:00pm-2:00pm | Sleep time We either have a sleep to refresh ourselves and prepare for a busy afternoon or we play puzzles, read stories and explore with a farm set or train track. |
| 2:00pm-3:00pm | Snack time and nappy changes, continous provision including mark making, construction and small world. |
| 3:00pm-3:45pm | Learning outdoors An opportunity to test our physical skills by playing on our climbing frame, racing and chasing games, playing on trikes. |
| 3:45pm-4:00pm | Storytime We like to cosy up with one of our favourite stories before tea. |
| 4:00pm-4:30pm | Tea time We all have tea together, sometimes we have a picnic! |
| 4:30pm-5:30pm | Nappies and continuous provision including action play, home corner, construction and small world. We build with ramps, play with animals, cars and trains and pretend with dolls and teddies. We are learning to share with our friends. |
| 6:00pm-6:30pm | Calm/ wind down time we listen/ play music, we sing, read books and get cosy with a snack. |
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:30am-8:30am | Welcoming and Breakfast |
| 8:30am-9:30am | Continuous Provision |
| 9:30am-9:45am | Music and Movement session |
| 9:45am-10:30am | Rolling Snack and Continuous Provision |
| 10:30am-11:30am | Learning Outdoors |
| 11:30am-12:30pm | Lunch Time |
| 12:30pm-1:30pm | Sleep Time or Quiet Time |
| 1:30pm-2:30pm | Continuous Provision |
| 2:30pm-3:30pm | Learning Outdoors |
| 3:30pm-4:00pm | Active Play session |
| 4:00pm-4:30pm | Tea Time |
| 4:30pm-5:30pm | Continuous Provision |
| 5:30pm-6:30pm | Music, Singing, Books and Cosiness |
* Nappies are checked and changed as needed
