What is the Wallaby Room I hear you say? What a great question! We’ve put together a great insight into what life in the Wallaby Room is like at Oxford Falls ELC.
Firstly, the Wallaby Room is named after our cute mascots – Wally and Willow Wallaby.
Wally and Willow Wallaby love spending time with their friends from the Wallaby room, with each child having the opportunity to take one of them home for a few days.
Wally and Willow Wallaby love having their photo taken, and we invite our families to do so with the inclusion of a few sentences highlighting their adventures.
This is shared with the class, encouraging talking in front of peers and sharing aspects of each individual’s family culture.
To keep our parents up to date, each child has a Day Book which captures moments of your child’s day. Photos and children’s comments are placed in a book that is available for viewing at the entry way to our classroom. This is a valuable visual tool for children to reflect on their learning and share with their families.
The Day Book is available to view at your convenience as well, we will take a photo of it and email it to you.
The Wallaby Room caters for children between 3 – 5 years old. Our daily routine for the Wallaby Room is as follows:
6.30-8.30 = Family grouping
8.30‐9.15 = Inside activities/craft
9.15‐9.30 = Morning Welcome Group – News time and Wally/Willow Wallaby (morning song, weather chart, sun-cream, wash hands)
9.30‐9.45 = Morning tea
9.45-10.00 = Letterland phonics program
10.00‐11.30 = Outdoor play (news time)
11.30-11.45 = Group time: Project concepts
11.45-12.00 = Lunchtime
12.00-12.15 = Stories on the mat
12.15-1.15 = Rest time and quiet activities
1:15‐2.15 = School readiness/ quiet activities
2.15‐2.45 = Music/story time (wash hands)
2.45‐3.00 = Afternoon tea
3.00‐4.00 = Outdoor play
4.00‐4.30 = Table activities
4.30-6.00 = Family grouping
Following is a quick snapshot of what it’s like to spend a day in the Wallaby room at Oxford Falls Early Learning Centre:
On arrival you will be welcomed by our warm and friendly staff. We combine for family grouping in the Lorikeet room until 8am, where children of all ages can play together and enjoy time with the educators. Breakfast is offered before 8am, including cereal, toast, yoghurt and fruit.
Morning
We enjoy indoor play where they participate in a variety of activities combining planned activities based on the children’s interests, abilities and needs as well as spontaneous activities initiated by the children. We have a morning meeting where we discuss weather, days of the week, Morning tea is offered at 9:00am and consists of fresh fruit, yoghurt, muffins, banana bread and crackers and cheese. After morning tea we do our morning group time where we do our welcome song, weather chart, letterland and get our sunscreen on ready for outdoor play.
We then do our news sessions and then enjoy a healthy hot meal for lunch at 11:45am. After we eat we have our rest time where some of us sleep and others do quiet school readiness activities.
Afternoon
After rest time we do concept group time where we do a story, song or music, followed by afternoon tea. Afternoon tea is served at 2:30pm and consists of fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and a variety of healthy and delicious snacks including fresh made hummus and flat bread and freshly made muffins and oat bars.
Home Time
As the day draws to an end, the children are picked up at all different times. At 4:30pm everyone meets again in the Lorikeet room for family grouping and enjoy a late snack.
When you get home you can login to IChild and see all the fun things your child has done throughout the day. You can leave comments on the daily diaries to help the staff meet your child’s needs and provide ongoing support to your child’s learning.
We hope you have enjoyed an insight into ‘A Day In The Wallaby Room’.
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