Daily Timetable
Croydon🕐 Daily timetable — Croydon
The shape of the day, 8:00 to 18:00. The block happening right now is highlighted, so you always know where you are.
Morning 08:00 – 12:00
09:10 – 11:30
Adult-led focused activityA window — children are taken for this while everything below carries on around it.
11:00 – 11:50
Free independent learningA window — runs alongside the nappy changes and the babies' lunch.
08:00 – 08:45Breakfast / Free play
09:00 – 09:10Morning children arrive / Tidy up
09:15 – 09:25Music time
09:25 – 10:10Outdoor play
10:10 – 10:20Nappy change
10:20 – 10:30Tidy up / Wash hands
10:30 – 10:50Snack · morning children get ready to go homeThe only morning snack.
10:50 – 11:00Storytime
11:20 – 11:30Nappy change
11:40 – 11:50Babies' lunch time
11:50 – 12:00Toddlers & pre-school get ready for lunch / Wash hands
Midday 12:00 – 13:00
12:00 – 12:30Lunch
12:30 – 13:00Putting children down for a nap
About the windows. The yellow blocks are not slots. They are periods during which an adult takes children for that activity while everything else carries on around it — so an adult-led activity and outdoor play can both be true at 09:30.
Full arrival, routine and shutdown procedures are in the Staff Handbook, sections 37 and 38.
Afternoon 13:00 – 15:50
13:10 – 16:00
Independent learningA window — the backdrop to the whole afternoon.
14:00 – 17:00
Adult-led focused activityA window — children are taken for this as the afternoon runs.
13:00Afternoon children come in
14:00 – 14:10Nappy change
14:10 – 14:25Story time
14:25 – 14:45Outdoor play
14:45 – 15:00Afternoon children get ready to go home / Tidy up
15:15 – 15:30Wash hands
15:30 – 15:50Snack timeThe only afternoon snack.
Late afternoon 15:50 – 18:00
16:00 – 16:50
Independent learningA window — story time sits inside it.
15:50 – 16:00Afternoon children get ready to go home
16:00 – 16:20Story time
16:20 – 16:30Wash hands / Get ready for tea
16:30 – 17:00Tea
17:00 – 17:30Putting away equipment / Tidy upStaff tidy-up, once the children have eaten — see the note below.
17:30 – 17:45Getting ready to go home
17:45 – 18:00Check / change nappies · Quiet activities · Reading corner · Storytime
17:00 — Tidy Up Time: wash dishes and put away, hoover carpet, put away sleep blankets, wipe surfaces, sweep floors, empty bins, check toilets.