our classes
we believe
happiness is the key
to a healthy learning experience
A safe and welcoming environment for your child to learn and grow at their own pace.
BABY UNIT
3 MONTHS – 2 YEARS OLD
A beautiful, clean and nurturing environment where your little one enjoys age-appropriate stimulation and play. With a unique outside covered play area to explore.
PRE-PRIMARY
3 – 5 YEARS OLD
Our structured, weekly theme based lessons are conducted in a fun and inviting way, encouraging the children’s interest and curiosity. Activities include creative and educational play where fine and gross motor skills are developed.
GRADE R
5 TURNING 6 YEARS OLD
We also offer a school readiness program for the Grade R class where the needed skills are acquired for them to progress and be ready for Grade 1.
OUR DAILY ROUTINES
Here’s a look into a typical day for your child at Little Blessings Pre-School…
Here’s a look into a typical day for your child at Little Blessings Pre-School…
- Arrival and breakfast time
- Nappy changes and bottle time
- Morning nap
- Morning snack and bottle time
- Nappy changing time
- Theme related (stimulating activities) and creative time
- Lunch time (younger babies)
- Lunch time (older babies)
- Nappy changes and bottle time
- Afternoon nap
- Afternoon snack and bottle time
- Nappy and clothes changes – getting ready for home time
- Bottle time
- Free play and home time
Note: nappies will also be changed at hoc throughout the day as needed, apart from the set time for nappy changing
Our daily routines are a guide and may differ slightly from class to class to rotate outside play time and the needs of the children.
- Arrival and free play time
- Morning ring
- Creative/art activities, cognitive and fine motor activities
- Second ring (gross motor activities)
- Tea time
- Outside play time
- Story time
- Lunch time
- Quiet/resting time
- Outside play time
- Tea time
- Songs and rhymes
- Free play and home time
A general routine for the day and may differ slightly from class to class to rotate outside play times.
our extra mural activities
We offer the following extra activities for a well rounded pre-school experience.
Fun with English
We are very proud in offering an English language enrichment program – very few schools offer children this opportunity. The program focuses on vocabulary building, expressive language and assisting children with their learning in an English medium
school.
Swimming
Swimming is offered through Wanda’s Swimming School. Lessons are presented in small groups with trained instructors. Reliable and safe transport to and from lessons are provided by the swim school.
Monkeynastix
This fun activity focuses on the large muscle movement and development through fun activities. Some of their learning outcomes include balancing and hand-eye co-ordination.
Playball
Playball introduces various ball skills and related sports to children in an age
appropriate and fun manner.
Sally's Simple Steps
Sally’s Simple Steps introduces children to various dance styles in an age-appropriate manner. Both girls and boys are welcome to take part in this movement to music activity.
Little actors
The program is focused on promoting self-confidence and good manners through child friendly drama (acting) lessons.