Preschool FLEXIBLE Routine
9:00am - 9:15am Arrival and Parent Play Program
Parents are welcome to stay and engage in activities with their child.
10:00am Belonging Circle
Whole group time that focuses on saying hello to our friends, saying the ‘Acknowledgement of Country’, sharing our personal stories and the shared planning/co-construction of our learning at preschool for the day.
10:15am Fruit Break
10:30am Outdoor Child Centred Play
Children have the choice of our outdoor core curriculum activities that promote the development of gross motor skills. Projects may occur at this time also. Sunscreen applied and hats on heads before going outside.
11:50pm Mat Time: Language Session – Walking Talking Texts
Whole group intentional teaching activity that uses a focus book to introduce and facilitate the development of early language, literacy, literature, math, wellbeing/social, creative arts and science concepts. Topics are based on children’s emerging interests, skills and strengths in literacy and math or our visual arts and wellbeing program.
12:00pm Lunch time
12:30pm Project Yarn
Children will undertake a project/investigation. During the project yarn, children will engage in shared thinking and learning related to their chosen project with their peers and educators. We will engage in play provisions that will help us find answers to our questions as well as discuss and record the learning that has taken place.
12:40 – 2:00pm Indoor Child Centred Play
Children have choice’ of our range of indoor core curriculum activities that have been designed to meet their individual strengths, needs and learning styles and to foster their growth in a range of developmental areas. Projects may also occur during this time.
2:00pm Afternoon Tea
Recess: Toilet, wash hands, eating time. Transition to quiet reading when finished.
2:20pm – 2:45pm Sleep / Rest / Quiet Time
The teacher engages children in a restful/wind down experience.
2:45pm – 3:00pm Family Music and Movement Time
If you can, join us for experiences involving singing, dancing, music games and concepts, musical instruments and moving to music using props such as bean bags, scarves, streamers, puppets, etc.
Variations to the Routine
Library – I walk to the ‘Big School’ library with my teachers and borrow a special book from the Library to take home to my family.
Reading at Preschool with our Big School Buddies –My ‘Year 5/6 Buddy’ class walks to preschool. Next year I will have the same buddy when I start kindergarten at ‘big school’. My buddy’s job is to read my chosen books aloud to me and will talk to me about an important library / reading skill.
Assembly- I walk to the ‘Big School’ hall with my teachers and join in the K-2 assembly with children, teachers and parents. I sing the ‘National Anthem’, the ‘School Song’ and see awards being handed out. This fosters a sense of community, exposure to school routines and offers opportunities for positive role modelling.
Aboriginal Language- A teacher comes to preschool to teach me words in Bundjalung language. Bundjalung language and meaningful learning practices are embedded into the preschool’s daily routine.
