A Day at ACE Day Nursery

ACE Day Nursery provides a wide range of activities and experiences within the 7 areas of learning and development set out in The Early Years Foundation Stage framework. Each day includes 2 free flow play sessions - one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Throughout these sessions children enjoy supervised access to the nursery gardens. 

Core areas of the playroom are: small world, construction, water play, role play, book corner, mathematics trolley and the creative and sensory area. Core areas of the garden are: dry and wet sand, a digging planter, vegetable patch, art easel, mark making table, sensory fence activities and boxes of open ended resources. 

ACE Day Nursery is a nut free vegetarian nursery. A morning snack is provided; children can choose from a selection of fruit and
vegetables, together with a savoury cracker and milk or water. A hot, home-made meal, prepared on the premises by the nursery cook, is served at 12pm along with a fruit or milky pudding. A substantial tea is provided for the children at 4pm.

8.30am-11.35am	Free flow session Children have access to a variety of adult led and child initiated activities, including construction and small world toys, imaginative play and sensory equipment, both indoors and outdoors. Morning snacks are provided. Nappies are changed/checked
11.35am	Tidy up
11.45am – 12.00pm	Group time with a focused activity Washing hands
12.00pm	Lunch
12.45pm	Sleep /rest time Nappies are checked/changed
2.00pm – 4.15pm	Free flow session Children have access to a variety of adult led and child initiated activities, including construction and small world toys, imaginative play and sensory equipment, both indoors and outdoors. Afternoon snacks are provided from 2.15 - 3.00pm. Nappies are changed/checked
4.15pm	Tidy up and washing hands
4.30pm	Tea time
5.00pm	Group time with a focused activity
5.15pm	We start to say goodbye.