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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 staff consist of 2 full time staff members as well as a job share partnership.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
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 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, nature area, 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.
We provide an innovative indoor / outdoor program that allows your child to choose whether they wish to be indoors or outdoors in the morning part of the day.
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 |
| 7:30 |
Centre Opens 
Children arrive, say goodbye to loved ones, individual rituals ie: wave at fence
Greet friends
Indoor experiences set up based on children's past experiences, ongoing interests, extensions, projects and forward planning. |
| 9:30 |
Wash hands, morning tea (usually fruit, cheese or bread/toast/muffins)
As children finish, they wash their hands and return to experiences, painting, dough, puzzles, etc |
| 9:45 |
Pack away morning tea
Begin the transition to outdoors - suncream on/hats on |
| 10:00 |
Indoor/Outdoor program begins - it allows the children to have the opportunity to choose to be indoors or outdoors encouraging children to make choices and caters for individual needs.
Outdoor experiences, activities based on children's interests, skills and projects. |
| 11:00 |
Pack away - children are a part of this routine, teaches them to care for their learning space. |
| 11:10 |
Make beds - children are actively encouraged to be involved fostering self help skills and confidence |
| 11:20 |
Grouptime - usually reflects an interest through a story, songs, rhymes, and games
Transition to lunch - wash hands - sit at the meal table |
| 11:30 |
Serve lunch - children not involved in group actively involved in setting the table ie: cups
Lunchtime - children sit in small groups of peers to develop social skills and build relationships |
| 11:45 |
Scrape plate after meal with support
Dessert |
| 12:00 |
Wash hands and face/toilet/rest nappies/ prepare for rest time |
| 12:10 |
Rest time
Each child is supported in sleep routines and rituals, individual routines take place that reflect the families beliefs and requests ie bottle, pat, dummy, etc
We encourage each child to take a book with them onto their beds, this helps children to settle themselves and develops skills that will assist with literacy. |
| 12:40 |
Children not sleeping are provided with quiet activities ie puzzles, lego, construction sets |
| 1:00 on |
Children wake /nappies changed / toilet / pack away sleep sheets and wash beds
Stories / open ended experiences and experiments
Revisiting past experiences ie bathing the hermit crabs, drawing, scissors, etc |
| 2:25 |
Wash hands |
| 2:30 |
Afternoon tea (sometimes sandwiches, cakes, slices, turkish bread, etc) |
| 2:50 |
Music grouptime - involving dancing, drama, musical instruments, listening games and group games |
| 3:10 |
Transition to outdoors - suncream on/hat on
Continuing to practice using large motor movements ie climbing, jumping, running and balancing
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| 3:00 on |
Parents arrive, greet children, hugs and smiles exchanged, stories about their day |
| 4:20 |
Pack away outdoor area/ sweep sandpit/ verandah/ decks/ clean children's hats |
| 4:30-4:45 |
Return indoors
Prepare children for home/ change nappy / toilet
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| 5:00-5:15 |
Late afternoon tea - a small snack ie fruit, sandwich
Group games/stories etc
Greeting parents - talking about their child's day, children's interests, skills and development
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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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