Brayford
Boomerangs
Pre-school

  
WHAT WILL MY CHILD LEARN?
 
We send out a copy of our half terms planning at the beginning of the term which will include details of daily adult led activities.
 
Our activities and the resources we place out for free play are planned around the Early Years Foundation curriculum. This has six areas of learning:
 
* Personal, social and emotional development
* Physical development
* Creative development
* Communication, language and literacy
* Problem solving, reasoning and numeracy
* Knowledge and understanding of the world.
 
It is not just our planned activities that covers this curriculum, for example outside play will enhance these areas of learning - e.g. we raced apples down the play area stream which covers many areas including PSRN and KUOW.
 
We have a topic each half-term which we sometimes base our activities around. These are usually based around the children’s current interests, or festivals from the calendar.

 
OUR ROUTINE
 
At Boomerangs we follow a routine to allow the children to know what is happening and to feel secure. This is only a guide, and may alter if we have a visitor, or the children are very interested in what they are involved in.

 

9.00	Open	Please help your child to find their name on the table and put it in the register pot! This will help to encourage name recognition.
9.15	Circle time	This includes registration, stories & singing. We choose our special helper and discuss what we are going to do during the day. We often play games and have show & tell. Stories/songs may be child chosen or linked to our topic.
9.30	Free play & adult led activity	Children play at self chosen activities, but are also encouraged to join in with an adult led activity. This could be art, craft, cookery, role play, shape, number, literacy games or a topic related activity. At the end of free play we all tidy up together.
10.30	Snack time	Children wash their hands and have a snack and drink together. The children are encouraged to participate in making snacks when possible.
10.45	Outside play	Children put on appropriate outdoor clothing to go outside. This is generally in the Brayford Primary School play-ground with bikes/balls/hoops etc.
11.45	Prepare for lunch	The group returns to the hall. We enjoy a story and then the children wash their hands and find their names/number/colour on the table ready for lunch.
12.00	Lunch	We all enjoy lunch together.
12.30	Self story	The children choose a book to read to themselves or with another child.
12.40	Free play/ activity	Children play at self chosen activities, but are also encouraged to join in with an adult led activity.
1.30	Tidy up time	We all tidy up - this helps the children to learn to be responsible for resources
1.45	Outside Play	Children put on appropriate outdoor clothing to go outside to play. This is generally in the play area, on the pirate ship and in the stream!
2.30	Home time	Children are collected either from the play area, or in the village hall.

Registered Charity No 1088982
Members of the Pre-school Learning Alliance