Life in Acorns

Each child will have the opportunity to register themselves by hanging up their own Acorn peg doll. The children will have free play while their friends arrive at school. At about 9.00am the children will gather for circle time and welcome all their friends to Acorns. We use a visual timetable to let the children know what is happening each day.

Each day is different depending on whether there is Forest School, PE, Music, Italian or library. The children can choose whether they want to go outdoors or stay inside. Snack time is around 10 am followed by continuous play until we get ready for lunch which is at 11.25am in the dining hall. After lunch the children play outside in the playground until 12.45pm. When the children come back inside, we have a time of quiet. The children can choose to read a book, sit quietly, or rest. Some restful music/nursery rhymes are played, and this gives the children an opportunity to relax.

After quiet time, the afternoon session starts with continuous play outside or inside. The day ends with a snack given around 2.45pm followed by songs and stories before the children are collected or go to after school care.