Welcome to Triangle Nursery School & Children's Centre

Structure of the School Day

08.30-08.40 am	Briefing meeting where staff discuss the running of the day, staffing issues etc.
08.40-09.00 am	Staff set up the nursery in preparation for the children arriving.
09.00am	Morning and full time children arrive and go to their key person base with their parent/carer to register. Children are then able to choose which activities they wish to be involved in.
09.45-10.00 am	One member of staff to prepare fruit and sit with children (all children to wash their hands before eating fruit). Children who have had fruit to go and invite other children, especially from outside.
10.15-10.35 am	Children join their key person and peers for a story, singing and discussions.
10.35-11.15 am	Children continue to access activities of their choice.
11.15-11.30 am	Children help to tidy up and lay the tables for lunch in the classroom and in the extension (Class list to be used for weekly table laying monitors).
11.15 am	Children outside help to tidy up in preparation for the afternoon children.
11.30 am	A member of staff (TA) is in the bathroom ready to support children and ensure all children wash their hands before having their lunch
11.30 am	Children who stay for lunch and who are accessing activities outside are sent to the bathroom in small groups by a member of staff outside.
11.30 am	Staff member in home corner end to send children to the bathroom in small groups and set up for the afternoon children.
11.30am	One member of staff outside to gather part-time children together while the second member of staff opens the gate for the parent/carers.
11.40 am	Staff go for 1 hour lunch break (except lunch servers).
11.45 pm	Children sit down for lunch.
12.30 pm	A staff member who has served lunch in the classroom starts to set up for the afternoon children.
12.40 pm	One staff member returning from lunch to clean the bathroom in preparation for afternoon children arriving and then take over from member of staff in the classroom at 12.45.
12.40 pm	Two staff members returning from lunch go outside. One member of staff opens the home corner (on Mondays only Barrington is the 4th member of the team and will go to lunch at 1.30).
12.45-1.30 pm	Staff who have served lunch go on a break.
12.45 pm	Afternoon children arrive and go to their key person base with their parent/carer to register. Children are then able to choose which activities they wish to be involved in.
2.00-2.15 pm	One member of staff to prepare fruit and sit with children (all children to wash their hands before eating fruit). Children who have had fruit to go and invite other children, especially from outside.
2.25-2.40 pm	All children help to tidy up inside and outside.
2.40-3.00 pm	Children join their key person and peers for a story and singing.
3.00-3.15 pm	All children go home.
3.15-3.30 pm	All staff return to their teams and the area of the nursery they have been throughout the day to ensure tidying up is finished.
3.30-3.45 pm	Sharing of days observations and evaluation of provision meeting (Mon, Weds and Fri only). Tues 3.30 – 4.45 observation sharing, evaluation of provision and planning for the coming week. Thurs: Staff meetings (start times will vary according to the focus. We plan to finish by 5.00, but some staff meetings may go over the time).

Updated 15/11/11