8:00am – 9:45am                                 

Preschool opens – Educators prepare the environment and activities for the day. Children arrive, hang up bags, put lunch boxes and drink bottles on the shelf.

Children are free to choose work inside from:

  1. Practical life exercises: Spooning, scooping, pouring, plant care, threading, personal care and independence.
  2. Sensorial exercises: Colours, shapes, sound, puzzles, dimensions, blocks, discrimination.
  3. Mathematical exercises: Introduction of recognition of quantities developing into the decimal system, addition and subtraction.
  4. Language: Development of hand/eye co-ordination, pencil skills, phonics and letter recognition.

Environment Studies: Biology, geography, history and science.

Cultural Subjects: Art, craft, literature, music and movement.

9:45 – 10:00am  Tidy up and Mat-time

10:00 – 10:25am  Morning Tea

10:25- 11:45am  Outdoor activities and games.

11:45- 11:55am  Mat-time

Half day children prepare to go home Full-day children prepare for lunch.

11:55am – 12:20pm  Lunch

12:20-1:15pm  Outdoor activities and games

1:15-1:30pm  Mat-time

1:30 – 2:45pm   Children are free to choose work inside as above

2:45pm  Mat-time

3:00-3:15pm  Afternoon Tea

3:15-3:40pm  Outside Activities and Games

3:40pm  Mat-time

Children prepare to go home

4:00pm PRESCHOOL CLOSES

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