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ABOUT US
The Dreamtime room caters for 16 children per day ranging from ages 2 years to approximately 3 years 6 months.
The
team consist of 3 full time trained and experienced staff.
We believe that children learn best when they guide their own learning, therefore our program is based on exploring children's interests setting up experiences that allow them to question, explore and extend their own knowledge.
We see
our role as one of educating, supporting, challenging, nurturing,
listening and collaborating with your child to give them skills
that will prepare them for life as they grow and develop.
Our learning environment reflects the children that use it and the belief that relationships are the cornerstone to learning.
The room
is broken up into areas that reflect both the children's needs and
interests, a creative arts space including drawing area, library,
home corner, block and construction space as well as quiet and secluded
areas both inside and outside that encourage time to be alone or
develop friendships with peers.
The environment celebrates children- it offers space, natural materials, choice and flexibility, it enriches the idea of building awareness of diversity.
The benefits of this program are endless, it allows young children to make choices, and it encourages small group experiences and friendships as well as ongoing projects and it caters for children’s individual strengths.
  
| DAILY ROUTINE |
| 7:30am |
Centre
Opens
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Children arrive, say goodbye to loved ones.
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Individual Routines used, fpr example, wave at the fence.
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All children are grouped together for play.
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| 8.00am |
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Dreamtime and Preschool prepare to go outside.
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Sunscreen is applied and hats on - the outdoor learning experiences
are set up based on
the children's
interests, skills and projects.
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| 9.30am |
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Wash hands, have monring tea outside in the pcinic tables.
- As the children
finish they wash their hands and return to their investigations/play
for example climbing, sandpit and painting.
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| 9.50am |
- Nappy changes and toilet training.
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| 10.00am |
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Indoor learning experiences based on past experiences, ongoing
interests, extension of
projects and forward planning. |
| 11:05am |
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Children are reminded 5 minutes to pack away time. |
| 11:10am |
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Pack away time - the children are a part
of this important routine, it teaches them to care
for their learning environment.
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| 11:20am |
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Make beds - the children are actively encouranged
to be involved in choosing their beds
and making them, forstering self help skills
and confidence.
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Large group time - language and literature/music. |
| 11:30am |
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Lunchtime - children sit in small groups to encourage
relationships and staff role model good
eating
habits. |
| 12:00 |
- Wash hands, face, toilet, rest nappies
and prepare for rest time |
| 12:10pm |
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Rest time - each child is supported in sleep
routines, for example bottles, patting, dummy
and rest. We encourage each child
to have books on their beds as an alternative to a
sleep.
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| 12:40pm |
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Quiet activities for non-sleepers. |
| 1:00pm |
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The children wake, nappies are changed, toilet training,
sheets are packed away, wash
beds - Indoor learning experiences.
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| 2:30pm |
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Wash hands for afternoon tea - Afternoon Tea Time. |
| 2:50pm |
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Music, large group time with dance, musical instruments, drama
and listening games. |
| 3:10pm |
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Transition to outdoors, sunscreen applied and hats on.
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Outdoor learning experiences. |
| 3:30pm |
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Parents begin to arrive and greet the children, hugs, smiles
exchanged and stories about
their day. 
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| 4:30pm |
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We begin to pack away the outdoor area, sweep the sandpit,
decks and clean the verandah.
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Prepare the children for home, change nappies, toilet, clean
faces and shoes on. |
| 5:00pm |
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Pack away, Mursery, Dreamtime and Pre-school all group together
- Indoor/Outdoor
learning experiences. |
| 5:20pm |
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Late afternoon tea or a small snack.
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Group games and stories etc. greet parents and talking
about their child's day, interests
and events.
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5:40pm
6:00pm |
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Staff finish house keeping tasks, for example washing
and folding, washing toys, clean and
launder hats, dishwasher (drain and put
away dishes.
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Sign all the children have left the building. Prepare for
the following days program.
Centre Closes
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| 6:00 |
Staff partake in house keeping tasks ie washing, washing toys, preparing following day's program
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