Our Rooms

Active Explorers Blockhouse Bay has two separate rooms, enabling us to deliver age appropriate experiences for children at each different age and stage.

Teina/Little Buddies Room

Our Teina/Little buddies room provide a safe and nurturing environment for infants and toddlers. ‘It takes a village to raise a child’  and we believe that for children to learn and grow in a safe and healthy environment, all the teachers have the collective responsibility to interact with and nurture the children. This will encourage our little people to develop warm relationships with everyone in their environment and helps very young children to have smooth transition into the new environment. The atmosphere is calm and nurturing, and teachers set up a range of learning experiences for children to explore their skills, strengths and interests. We have a spacious outdoor area with a natural setting for our young children. Each child also has a daily communication book where teachers record about their day and routines.

Daily Routine

In the Teina Room we follow children’s individual routines, especially for our very young babies. Their sleep times, bottle times and kai times may vary, and we follow their home routine as we believe in continuity from the home environment. Outlined below is our general routine for older children (above 14 months). Children are slowly transitioned into the general routine in consultation with their parents.

7:30 am: Centre opens, welcome tamariki and whanau, settling children

8:30 am: Free play inside and outside

9:00 am: Wash hands, sing songs at the table followed by karakia, morning tea/kai time

9:30 am: Free play inside and outside – teachers set up activities for children to engage in such as messy play, construction, manipulative play, reading books, painting and drawing, and sand pit play
Primary caregiving as per individual needs for bottles, nappies and sleeps

11:10 am: Music and movement

11:20 am: Tidy up time – children are encouraged to help put toys away

11:30 am: Wash hands, sing songs at the table followed by karakia, lunch time/kai time

12:00 pm: Primary caregiving as required by each child; sleepers have bottles if required and get ready for sleep

12:20 pm: Moe/sleep time
Free play inside and out for non-sleepers
Teachers engage children in activities following their interests

2:25 pm: Wash hands, sing songs at the table followed by karakia, afternoon tea/kai time

2:50 pm: Free play inside and out
Teachers engage children in learning experiences based on their interests
Primary caregiving as required by each child

4:45 pm: Late snack

4:55 pm: Tidy up and children get ready for home time

5:00 pm: Combine with the Tuakana Room in the front room to engage with the older children to develop Tuakana-Teina relationships.

5:30 pm: Centre closes