Elanora Heights Community Preschool

A not-for-profit preschool catering for 3-5 year old children


02 9913 9423

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A Day Preschool

To comply with The Cancer Council recommendations we have separate timetables for summer and winter. We are a Cancer Council approved Sunsmart Centre. Hats and sunscreen are to be worn all year round except in June and July when the UV Index falls below 3.

Wet Weather Program

8.45 – 9.30am Arrival, unpack bags and play downstairs. Say goodbye to parents
9.30 – 9.40am We come upstairs together and greet each other. We warm up our bodies, hands and fingers by participating in finger plays, rhymes and songs. All the activities in the room are explained and demonstrated to the class.
9.40 – 9.50am Bathroom and morning tea. Children are expected to manage their own needs, clothes, wash and dry their hands (with assistance where necessary).
9.50 – 11.00am Indoor activities including art and craft, literature and communication, imaginative and dramatic play, construction or table toys, science and investigation games and cognitive and maths experiences.
11.00 – 11.10am Pack away. Sunscreen application when necessary.
11.10 – 11.30am Group time/language group/music group e.g. dance or movement, musical instruments, action songs, felt stories, drama, pre-writing and number, puppets, topical information, interest areas.
11.30am – 12.00pm Hats on and outdoor play
12.00 – 12.30pm Music & movement session. Pack away downstairs
12.30 – 1.00pm Toilet and lunch
1.00 – 2.00pm Sleep and rest time (1.40pm quiet activities on beds)
2.00 – 2.30pm Pack away beds, shoes on. Sunscreen application when necessary. Koala newsbags – ‘show and tell’ time encourages the children to speak with confidence to the class and improves their language. Each child will have many turns during the year.

Story time and Possum newsbags

2.00 – 2.30pm Hats on and outdoor play
2.30 – 3.15pm Mat activities (quiet activities, construction toys and puzzles while we wait to be collected), then home.

Daily Program

8.45 – 9.30am Arrival and outdoor play (parents should have applied sunscreen prior to leaving home). Say goodbye to parents
9.30 – 10.00am Outdoor play
10.00 – 10.10am Pack away downstairs
10.15 – 10.45am Bathroom. Finger plays, explanation of activities, morning tea (morning tea is eaten sitting on small chairs on the veranda). We encourage healthy eating, preferably fresh fruit.
10.45am – 12.00noon Indoor activities (as per Winter program)
12.00 – 12.15pm Pack away
12.15 – 12.35pm Group time.
12.35 – 1.00pm Bathroom and lunch
1.00 – 2.00pm Rest time.  (1.40pm – Quiet activities on beds)
2.00 – 2.30pm Downstairs play
2.30 – 3.15pm Group activity/story, then home

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Start dates for 2020 are Wednesday, 30th January for the three day children and Thursday 31st  January for the 2 day children. Staff resume on Tuesday, 29th January, 2020. Children attending for … Read More

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