A Typical Day at The Villages Pre-school
A daily routine gives children a sense of security. This is why we ensure each day is properly structured while leaving enough time for spontaneous activities. Each day your child can choose from activities that will develop their confidence and build skills that will prepare them for school.
The daily routine at a glance:
| Arrive |
Children find their names and hang up their coat Find their name on the self-registration board. Change from outdoor shoes into slippers. Key persons settle the children.
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| Free Play |
Pre-planned free-flow play activities |
| Snack Bar |
Children are encouraged to find their snack mat, ask for what they would like to eat, pour their drinks, talk about tastes, and textures and try different foods.
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| Circle Time |
Register time. Name and recognition, turn-taking, singing, number games and basic concept work
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| Activities to support Learning |
Music and dance help with listening skills. Co-operation, fine motor skills and creativity. Cooking encourages discovery, maths, turn taking and trial and error.
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| Outdoor Play |
Free play outdoor activities - large sandpit, role play house, large climbing equipment, balancing apparatus. Bridge, discovery area, planting and decked area, space for wheeled vehicles
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| Story Time | We use lots of props telling stories. |
| Lunch |
All the children sit together with the staff to eat lunch, a time used for conversation, turn taking and self-help skills, talking about healthy eating and likes and dislikes.
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| Split into two Groups |
Activities relating to developmental and individual needs
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| Group One |
Phonology work - developing awareness of sounds, letter matching games - linking vocabulary, auditory and memory games. Board games to encourage problem-solving, reasoning and numeracy
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| Group Two |
Games to encourage sharing, cooperation, concentration and turn-taking.
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| Outdoor Play |
In our child-centred garden or out on the large field
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| Physical Play |
Large P.E. apparatus, motor skills, risk-taking and moving around safely. Skittles, parachute games, balls, hoops and bean bags; ring songs
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| Story Time | We use lots of props when telling stories. |
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