Daily Routines
Explorers' Daily Routine
| 8.00-9.00 | Breakfast in the nest |
| 9.00-11.25 | Free play session/focus activities inside and outside |
| 11.00-11.30 | Nappy changing |
| 11.30-11.45 | Group time |
| 11.45-12.15 | Lunch time |
| 12.30-3.15 | Transition to sleep. As children wake, free play session/focussed activities inside and outside |
| 3.15-3.45 | Nappy changing |
| 4.00-4.30 | Tea time |
| 4.30-5.00 | Group time |
| 5.00-6.00 | Free play indoors and out and planned activities (season permitting) Staff handover to parents and carers. |
Navigators' Daily Routine
|
8:00 – 9:00am |
Children begin to arrive/Breakfast available/Free Play |
|
9:30am |
Children given access to outdoors |
|
9:30am |
Core day children arrive/planned activities begin |
|
10:00 – 10:30am |
Fruit snack available |
|
11:15 – 11:25am |
Children tidy up together (Messy play slightly earlier) |
|
11:25 – 11:40am |
Language Group Time |
|
11:45 – 11:55am |
Free play outdoors |
|
12:00 – 12:30pm |
Lunch time |
|
12:30 – 1:00pm |
Free play outdoors / Sleep time for some children |
|
1:00 – 2:55pm |
Free play and planned activities indoors and outdoors |
|
2:55 – 3:10pm |
Tidy up time |
|
3:10 – 3:25pm |
Language Group Time |
|
3:30pm |
End of day for core day children. All staff must go outdoors to plaza, staff to handover to parents and carers |
|
3:30 – 3:45pm |
Free play outdoors |
|
3:45 – 4:15pm |
Teatime for children |
|
4:15 – 6:00pm |
Extended day |
Pioneers' Daily Routine
|
8.00-9.00 |
Children begin to arrive, breakfast is available Free play and planned activities begin |
|
9.30 (or earlier if possible) |
Children given free access to outdoors |
|
10-10.30 |
Healthy snacks are available to children |
|
11.15-11.25 |
Staff and children tidy up together |
|
11.25-11.40 |
Language Group time |
|
11.40-12.00 |
Free play outdoors |
|
12.-00-12.30 |
Lunch time |
|
12.30-1.00 |
Free play outdoors, sleep time for some children |
|
1.00-3.05 |
Free play and planned activities indoors and out |
|
2.00-2.15 |
Healthy snacks are available to children |
|
3.05-3.20 |
Afternoon language group |
|
3.30 |
End of day for core day children. Staff handover to parents and carers. |
|
3.30-4.00 |
Free play 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. |