A Typical Day – Dormice Room

A typical morning @ The Brambles in the Dormice Room

8 onward Welcoming babies and toddlers into the room where free play takes place such as: small world imaginative play, puzzles, role play, mark making, etc

9.30-10 Whole group snack – with a range of healthy choices are offered such as wraps, rice cakes, cheese, cucumber, tomatoes, humus.

10-11.45 Free flow – where all children can access the garden freely, also planned activities take place to support individual learning and development, messy play, banking and lots more.

12 Lunchtime

School dinners and packed lunches

Hot lunches are provided from the kitchen of Cape Cornwall School and served in the nursery at 12.00pm daily. The cost for a hot meal is £1.40 and £1.90 with a pudding.

A selection of meals including cottage pie, pasta bake, spaghetti Bolognese, lasagne, chicken pie, sweet and sour, chicken curry, stew, sausage hot pot, quiche, and sausage and mash.

The option of a vegetarian meal or a jacket potato is available every day. A roast is always served on a Wednesday and on Friday there are chips with sausage, fish fingers or chicken nuggets.

1 o’clock onwards – the afternoon activities follow a similar pattern of choices.

Staff are flexible throughout the day to support the child’s individual needs and daily routines.

Wednesday – Zumba
During term time the very young children attend a Zumba class from 10am for half an hour. Where moving to music with props such as scarves, parachute games, and throwing games
This has been a big success so far shown by the enthusiasm of the children and lots of happy faces.