Our Rooms

Our Nursery is where we care for the youngest members of our Little Wonders family, up until the age of around 2.5 years. This beautiful, homely space provides primary care, ensuring consistency, with a key teacher for each child. We also enjoy quality ratios and a separate kai room.

Daily Routine

7:00 – 9:00 am: Welcome whanau and tamariki

9:00 am: Optional mat time – each teacher has a different mat time style and will take turns in taking mat times, which may include songs, books, board stories, puppets, music and movement

9:15 am: Rolling kai – the kai room becomes available for tamariki when they are ready to come through, this supports their wellbeing as they are able to finish what they are doing and be independent; teachers make sure each child has eaten before closing off the kai room

9:30 am: Transitioning children get ready to visit the Preschool, morning sleepers start to go down

10:00 am: Free play – a range of planned and spontaneous experiences inside and outside

10:30 am: Intentional teaching experiences

10:45 am: Mat time/karakia

11:00 am: Rolling kai begins

11:30 am: Lunch/sleepers begin to go down as they show signs of being tired

12:00 pm: Free play for tamariki that are awake

12:15 pm: Farewell tamariki leaving and welcome tamariki who are arriving for the afternoon

1:30 pm: Intentional teaching experience

2:00 pm: Rolling kai begins

2:15 pm: Afternoon sleepers start to go down

2:30 pm: Free play – a range of planned and spontaneous experiences inside and outside

4:15 pm: Late snack

5:00 pm: End of day clean-up/free play