At the International Childcare and Education centre we concentrate on the whole child, this involves implementing a child-centred curriculum and offering a child-centred, active learning environment, where the child can literally play and learn. This means we have to make the environment as appealing as possible. The environment, using displays, equipment and furnishings; can with carefully thought out planning, become a place that encourages imagination and curiosity. At the same time it provides the children with a feeling of security and comfort. The schools are open-plan, but are organised into many different areas: literacy, maths and science, art and craft, design and technology, role-play areas etc.
Although the children can choose which activity to do and when, the teachers will encourage children to balance their time, and experience every area of the school. The curriculum for the 3 - 4+ children is carefully planned to meet all of their developmental needs, whilst recognising that each child is an individual. All activities within the school are planned, supervised and organised, to provide maximum all-round development for each individual child
Pre-School daily schedule
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8.00 - 9.00 |
Before school care service. |
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9.00 |
Circle-time - Good morning song, say and clap names, singing. General talk and discussion / planning of days activities, introduction to topic, game/activity. |
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9.20 |
Start Activities - Choose what to do in small groups with their key worker. It may be either a session within the environment or ‘whole class’ teaching session with a follow up activity i.e. music, drama, sewing etc. |
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10.00 |
Snack Time - Children are encouraged to help set out/make the snack, pour their own juice etc. |
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10.20 |
Story time - Calendar (day, date, weather, time, etc.), show and tell (discuss a picture or object of interest), discuss what they did in school, story. |
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11.45 |
Get ready for outside play. Or if the weather is bad, indoor games will be arranged. |
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12.00 |
Lunch time. |
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13.00 |
Afternoon programme starts. This has the same format as the morning session, but with different activities (we may have junk modelling instead of free sticking on the craft table for instance). |
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16.00 |
School day finishes. |
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16.00 - 17.00 |
After school care service. |
Back to The Groups
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