Toddlers Room & Junior Kindy Room
What Your Day Will Look Like
Racing, crashing, whirling, twirling. Play is the ‘work’ of children, that’s why our activities enable them to learn about themselves, express their creativity, and start to develop key skills. Whether it’s jumping, riding bikes, craft, cooking, science, colours and shapes activities or story time, their curiosity will be sparked by the range of activities and adventures for them to explore.
Each part of their day encourages learning and growing independence, from open-ended play building block towers and discovering what balance is, to choosing a snack and even toilet training.
Our toddler and pre-kindy rooms are both carefully designed rooms to encourage your child to start making their own choices and discoveries. Our room educators will help them navigate their feelings, build friendships, and encourage them to learn new things in new ways, every day.
Through playful activities and gentle guidance, they’ll build confidence, explore new interests, and develop important social skills in a caring and secure environment.
Toddler’s & Junior Kindy Routine
A Happy Start
We know mornings can be tricky, that’s why ours begin with a big smile and a warm welcome. Your room educator will check in with you and your toddler. ‘Did they have a good evening or weekend? How did they sleep? What have they had to eat or drink?’ And, most importantly, ‘How are they feeling?’
To start the day they can walk in to join breakfast, where they’ll find a relaxed small group setting, with children sitting at tables – interacting, sharing and socialising. Children are encouraged to start learning to pour their own drinks and make food choices, helping them build confidence and independence. Or joining students engaged in a morning burst of outdoor play with both active and quiet activities to choose from to start their day, their way!
Learning Through Play
We start the day with simple, fun activities to help each child settle in. Whether it's a singalong or a group game, it's all about making them feel included, comfortable, and excited for the day ahead.
Throughout the day, children make their own play choices - whether they fancy building towers or creating masterpieces (mark-making) with paint and crayons, story time, or exploring new playthings, activities are designed to be open-ended, engage and inspire their curiosity and encourage them to try new things.
Outdoor Adventures
Rain or shine, the benefits of outdoors are well known and there’s so much fun and learning to enjoy.
Our outdoor spaces are thoughtfully designed to stimulate the senses and spark curiosity, providing opportunities for your treasure hunter, astronaut, engineer or cooking in the mud kitchen to explore the wonders of nature.
Whether it’s splashing in our water play rock streams, bug hunting, digging in the garden, dancing or simply running around feeling the wind on their face, we encourage toddlers to connect with nature, develop their physical skills and explore the great outdoors.
Food & Meal Times
Mealtimes are a big deal! Breakfast, lunch and tea are planned nutritious meals where children eat together.
Here, encouraged by our teams and being around their friends, your toddler will start to learn about different foods, healthy eating habits and helping others, all while enjoying freshly cooked meals from Gourmet Kids.
In between, nutritious mid-morning and afternoon snacks like fresh fruit, pizza scrolls or child made and baked muffins, offer healthy options to keep energy levels up.
Sleep & Rest Time
In between the excitement, your child can choose to slow things down in our quiet areas as well as enjoy our calming activities like yoga or story time, helping them relax and recharge. For little ones who still have an afternoon sleep or rest, we create a cosy, peaceful and comforting environment that mirrors their home routine to ensure they can enjoy the rest of the day with us.
Our little ones sleep on toddler beds with their own dedicated sheet sets provided by us.
Home Time &
Sharing their Day with You
As part of our partnership with parents, during the day you’ll get regular pictures and updates through our Family App (OWNA), so you know what your little one has been up to!
At pick-up, we’ll share highlights with you, what your child enjoyed doing that day, what they ate, how well they slept and a million other little milestones of growing awareness and learning.
