Risby Preschool & Childcare Services
Welcome
A Preschool Typical day
Our Typical day at Risby Preschool
9.00am – Preschool opens
The children are greeted by a member of staff at the door, who encourages them to walk independently into the preschool room.
The children are supported to put their coats on the peg, place their water bottles and lunch bags on the shelves, find their own name card to self-register and then choose an activity in the room they would like to play with.
9.00am-3.00pm- Free flow play
Our children have the opportunity in the morning and afternoon to play and learn both inside and outside. We have a rolling snack around 9.45am where the children choose if they stop their play to come and eat a piece of fruit and drink a cup of water or milk.
Our staff follow ‘In the moment planning’, so children choose where their learning takes place and is based around the child’s interests and choice. The staff will observe what the children are doing, assess what they need to do/know/learn next and plan their teaching, which will be delivered there and then. This means next steps for individual children are not something that will be delivered at a point in the future, but right there ‘In the Moment’
11.15am- Group carpet time
All the children and staff sit together on our carpet with two of our soft toy foxes (Felix and Frieda). The foxes choose who they are going to sit with and helps the child to choose a nursery rhyme for every one to sing. We also sing our good morning song, learn a different Makaton sign of the week and go through the Golden Rules of the Preschool.
11.30am-12.45pm - Lunch time
The children who are staying for lunch will all sit down with one or two members of staff and eat their lunch together. Once they have finished, they are encouraged to put their lunch box away and then continue playing.
Indoors - We have various activities on the tables and mats around the room
Examples are small world play, playdough, sensory table, construction equipment, maths equipment, ICT equipment, kitchen role play and dressing up clothes.
Outdoor – The children have a choice out activities and equipment that are all out to play with every day.
- Bikes/ride-ons - balancing equipment - mud kitchen - digging area
- Builders /construction site - water play - sand tray - bubble machine
- DIY table with real hammers, screwdrivers, nails and screws - Climbing frame
- Bats and balls - playhouse
3.00pm – Home time