day care centre
18 MONTHS TO 3 YEARS
DAILY ROUTINE
7:45 - 9:00 am (Arrival Time)
- We create a conducive and stimulating environment to help children part easily with their parents. Parents are encouraged to say bye to their children rather than to sneak away.
- Teachers give a warm welcome to the children on arrival addressing them by name, greeting and encouraging them to say bye-bye to their parents
- Children are supported to keep their bags on shelves, choose play areas of their interest.
9.00 AM
- We pack the toys together with children, and go to our respective groups and carry on with activities planned for the day.
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
- Breakfast time
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
- Free play outside or inside under teachers supervision
11:00 AM - 12:00 AM
- Carrying on with more developmental activities
12:00 AM - 1:00 PM
- Pick up time for morning session and free play under teachers’ supervision.
- Lunchtime
12:00 AM - 1:00 PM
- Pick up time for morning session and free play under teachers’ supervision.
- Lunchtime
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM
- Preparation for a nap
1:45 PM - 3:30 PM
- Nap time (optional)
3:30 PM
- Dressing up
4:00 PM
- Snack time
4:30 PM
- Free play under teachers’ supervision (individually and in small groups inside or outside)
- Pick up time is anytime after the snack
6:00 PM
- The school closes









CRUCIAL AREAS OF DEVELOPMENT
- PEERSONAL SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
- COMMUNICATION, LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
- MATHEMATICAL DEVELOPMENT
- KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORLD
- PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
- CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT
As we work with children 18 months to 3 and a half years, we facilitate development in the above areas learning, using various developmental activities which are planned to meet the child’s level of development.
- Working in small groups facilitates individual attention
- Hands on activities provide a rich learning experience
- Rotation allows children exposure to a different environment and variety of activities
Our aim is to see a child:
- Love to come to school
- Part easily with parents (saying bye)
- Feel secure in school
- Develop a constructive relationship with teachers
- Perform simple tasks
- Undergo potty training
- Develop/learn proper table manners
- Respond to simple instructions
- Identify, sort and match objects according to colour, shape and size
- Develop eye-hand coordination
- Interact with other children
- Learn to share and socialize
- Develop sense of responsibility
- Develop speech, concentration, orderliness and many more
The play-way method is the best avenue to learning
Children are divided into four main groups. Each group has a main teacher, assistant teacher and helper whenever need arises. Cleaners are always close by to support whenever need arises.
Following 25 years of excellence years in pre-primary education, we opened the doors to our primary school, Pearl of Africa International Primary School Entebbe