School-Based Programme Daily Routine

7.30/8am – 10am       Children arrive, supervised freeplay choice (see play / activity choices offered below), enrichment (structured) activity offered

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10am – 10.15am        Roll, morning tea (children must sit down and have morning tea, play stops while we eat)

10.15am – 12.30pm   Enrichment (structured) activity offered, swimming in summer at relevant schools

12.30pm – 1pm          Roll, Lunch (children must sit down and have lunch, play stops while we eat)

1pm – 3pm                 Enrichment (structured) activity offered

3pm – 3.15pm            Roll, afternoon tea (children must sit down and have afternoon tea, play stops while we eat)

4pm - 5.30pm/6pm   We put a Movie on at 4pm as a chill-out time after the busy day (only child-friendly animated movies) but all activities are still available at this time to children who prefer to play.

Children do not have to join in any of the scheduled or enrichment activities; they may choose another activity offered. 

We encourage children to engage in a variety of activities during the day, and we also encourage them to suggest games they would like to play on the day.

Play / activity choices always available:  Lego/blocks, cars, playdough, colouring pages/drawing pages, board games, Uno, dolls/house/shops/dress-up/imagination play, playgrounds, music (dancing, singing, musical statues), air hockey, fooseball, x-box (only active movement games such as Just Dance or Sport, with 15 min limit on turns, no hand-held controls), active/running games

Enrichment (structured) activities offered:  at least one in the morning and one in the afternoon (these will be indicated on the Holiday Programme brochure)