Breakfast is a sociable time where children and parents are welcomed in to the nursery, staff will encourage parents to give a handover of their child’s wellbeing and the children will have a choice of cereals or toast.

The purpose of free flow activities is to support and encourage children with make their own choices, empowering them to be independent learners. Children learn best when they are given autonomy to make choices, even if that choice is to play with the same activity over and over again. It is then the role of the practitioner to observes, assess and the range of resources and experiences they give to each child in relation to the Early Years Foundation Stage. Practitioners must respond to each child’s emerging needs and interests, guiding their development through warm, positive interactions. In planning and guiding children’s activities, practitioners must reflect on the different ways that children learn and reflect their in their practice. Three characteristics of effective teaching and learning are:

Playing and exploring – Children investigate and experience things, and ‘have a go’;
Active learning – Children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties, and enjoy achievements; and
Creative thinking – Children have and develop their own ideas and develop strategies for doing things.

• Playing and exploring – Children investigate and experience things, and ‘have a go’;
• Active learning – Children concentrate and keep on trying if they encounter difficulties, and enjoy achievements; and
• Creative thinking – Children have and develop their own ideas and develop strategies for doing things.

Nappy changing is an opportunity to interact and gage whilst changing the childs nappy.

It is essential when moving from nappies to the toilet to ensure that the child is ready for this transition. We work in partnership with you to ensure this is a smooth adjustment to your childs routine.

A member of staff to open up the garden, this means ensuring the indoors is reflected on the outdoors. Practitioners must open up all areas by removing the tar pooling and letting the children choose what they would like to play with, giving them independence.

This is a time throughout the morning when children will have an opportunity to prepare and self-select their own snack. Children to be encouraged to choose their own fruit or vegetables with a choice of milk or water. Children are to wash up the plate and/or cup they use, this promotes independence and choice. This is known as a rolling snack time and encourages children to decide throughout the period of time if they choose to partake in a small sociable meal time experience. Therefore, it is essential that practitioners promote this social time. 11:45am *5 minute warning before getting ready for lunch*

Children are encouraged to serve up their own food and pour their own water, practitioners will need to support with all children, especially younger children.

This is a social time for all; staff are to interact with the children, role modelling and encouraging manners and the use of knives and forks. Staff members are to sit at the table with the children and eat with them; there must also be a place set up for staff as well as children.

It is important for all children to have an opportunity to either rest or sleep through their day. In the baby room, children should have their own individual sleep routine and therefore there is no set sleep time.

Children develop and learn best when they are given opportunities to rest and/or have time to sleep. Each child with need different amounts of sleep. If a child is not sleeping, they still need time to rest and therefore are to be encouraged to look at books in the comfy are or play with toys on the carpet are. Staff are to support and read to the children.

The curtains are to be drawn around the blue room carpet area to avoid distraction.

During this time any children that wake, staff must change their nappies and get them dressed.

Children are to be supported tidying activities on the carpet and washing their hands by practitioners.

Staff are to engage and extend the children’s learning. Staff need to observe the children and record this on the weekly observation sheet.