Our sessions now have a long freeplay period to encourage children to experience a wide variety of activities but giving them freedom to lead their own play. There are different activities everyday fitting in with a weekly theme and we also have a broader theme covering each half-term. The details of the week's planned activities is displayed on the noticeboard.
During the warmer months, with the permission of parents/carers, nature walks around the village and outings to local attractions may take place.
Freeplay. This includes registration and child helper rota, snack time, creative table, painting easel, computer. Children can choose from at least 4 activities. These may include floor play, home corner with cooking and other focused activities, play dough, drawing, construction games, puzzles etc. We have a range of suitable educational games on our computer – children are encouraged to take turns and play for a timed duration when this is in use. On warmer days we use the safe surface garden area or veranda with a play house, sand, chalk board, climbing frame, water or messy play trough. We introduce the children to gardening in the warmer months using our small greenhouse or planters and we visit the school's Nature garden. We provide a healthy snack such as some fruit and toast with milk or water to drink. Sometimes the snack will be something the children have cooked during the session or grown outside or both. We regularly have a fruit and vegetables chart to encourage and reward children for trying a wide variety of fruit and vegetables.
Circle time: Show and tell, news time, songs and games, names on tree.
Outdoor play (weather permitting) with scooters, buggies etc. or play on the school field and play equipment. In poor weather, indoor games such as action songs, parachute, mat work.
Songs, story, good-bye song.
Home time, collect belongings and artwork.
