Daily Routines

Extended Services during Term Time and Holidays

Explorers' Daily Routine

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

9-11.00

Free play session -  inside and outside (snack available at 10am)

11.00-11.30 Nappy changing
11.30-11.45 Morning Gather Time 
11.45-12.30 Lunch time
12.30-3.15

Transition to sleep. As children wake, free play session - inside and outside. (snack available at 2 pm)

3.15-3.30 Afternoon Gather Time
4.00-4.30 Tea time
4.30-5.45 Free play session - inside and outside 
5.45-6.00 Staff handover to parents and carers

Navigators' Daily Routine

8:00 – 9:00 am

Children begin to arrive/Breakfast available/Free Play

9:15-9:30 am

Core Day children arrive

9:30- 10.00 am

Core day children arrive/planned activities begin

10:00 – 10:30 am

Fruit snack available/ free play

11:15 – 11:25 am

Children tidy up together

11:30 – 11:45 am

Morning Gather Time

11:45– 12:30 pm

Lunch time

12:30 – 1:00 pm

Sleep time for most of the children/ Free play

1:00 – 2:55 pm

Free play and planned activities indoors and outdoors

2.00-2.30 pm 

Afternoon snack time

2:55 – 3:05 pm

Tidy up time

3:10 – 3:25 pm

Afternoon Gather Time 

3:25 pm

End of day for core day children. Handover to parents and carers

3:30 – 4.00 pm

Free play

4.00- 4.30 pm 

Teatime for children

4:30 – 6:00 pm

Extended day, handover to parents and carers

Pioneers' Daily Routine 

8.00-9.00

Children begin to arrive, breakfast is available 

Free play and planned activities begin 

9.15-9.30 am

Core day children arrive 

10.00 -10.30 am

Healthy snacks are available to children 

10.00- 11.00 am 

Free play time indoors/ outdoors

11.15-11.25 am

Staff and children tidy up together

11.30-11.45

Morning Gather Time

11.45-12.30 

Lunch time

12.30-1.00

Free play indoors/ outdoors

1.00-3.05

Free play and planned activities indoors and out

2.00-2.30

Healthy snacks are available to children

3.10-3.25

Afternoon Gather time

3.30 

End of day for core day children. Staff handover to parents and carers.

3.30-4.00

Free play indoors/ outdoors

4.00-4.30

Tea time for children

4.30-6.00

Free play indoors and out and planned activities (season permitting) Staff handover to parents and carers.