The children are encouraged to find their own named peg and hang up their coat and bag. They then self register finding their name on their daisy and placing it on the welcome board, this encourages independence and name recognition.

We all sit together on the carpet and sing our ‘good morning song’ the children love to join in with this, it’s a lovely way to make everyone feel welcome. Afterwards we sing our ‘days of the week’ song, this is great fun and the children clap along as they count the days, a fantastic fun way of learning for all ages. Lastly we look at our letter sound, colour, number and shape for that week, the children like to join in and it leads on to much discussion. Carpet time is such a great way for the children to interact with each other as well as staff, it helps to develop social skills as well as offering various other learning opportunities.

During this time the children are able to make their own choices of what they would like to play with, choosing from a variety of activities. These have been selected to follow our termly topic and are changed weekly to follow the theme. They include home corner, computer, large construction and small construction, climbing frame and slide, creative table, messy play, writing and drawing table, maths table and small world. Adults provide encouragement and emphasis is put on sharing with others.

Each child will go to the welcome board and find their daisy, they will then give this to a member of staff who is taking snack time. Each child will be called, a maximum of 5 at a time, to come and wash their hands and sit down for snack time. We provide either milk or water to drink (if your child has an allergy we are happy for you provide an alternative) and a healthy snack is offered, there is a choice of a piece of fruit or vegetable and another item, brioche, pitta bread, breadstick, biscuit, scotch pancake etc. The children are able to choose 1 snack item and are
encouraged to pour their own drink. Snack time is a very sociable time, the children actively engage in conversation with each other, sharing stories and experiences.

The children love to play outside and can free flow between playing in or out, we like to let them explore the outside area as often as possible during each session. We have a wide variety of equipment, mud kitchen, sand tray, water play, cars and tricycles, bats and balls, hoops, stepping stones and stilts etc. In the Spring/Summer term the children enjoy planting tomatoes, strawberries, cucumber and sunflowers. This is a great way for them to learn about the natural world around them, developing an understanding of growth and change, caring for living things in the environment.

We play our tidy up music and the children are encouraged to help put the toys away. Stickers are rewarded on occasion for fantastic tidying!

Children all sit on the carpet and we call out each child individually when their parent has arrived to collect them.

Children and staff sit together at the table to eat lunch. Children are encouraged to bring in a healthy lunch. They are encouraged to eat their sandwich and vegetables first (savory) before having anything else.