Dunvegan Nursery School
- LET THE LEARNING BEGIN -
A Typical School Day
A typical school day includes structured, supervised play and teacher-directed handwork activities, music and discussion rings, perceptual games, story time and quiet time. All activities are structured around an extensive theme-based curriculum. To view our themes, please visit the parent portal.
Snack Time
Sandwiches and juice are supplied by the school twice a day for mid-morning and mid-afternoon snack time.
Lunch
Parents are requested to send a healthy lunchbox for children to eat at lunch time.
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Aftercare
Our aftercare program runs from
13:00 – 17:30 every day.
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Half Day
Halfday children are to be collected between 12:30 and 13:00 daily.
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Open All Year
Our school is open all year round excluding public holidays and December holidays.
Holiday Club
A holiday programme is available all day during the school holidays.
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Extra Mural Activities
Included In Your Fees
Playball
Teacher Virna and teacher Andy are our Playball teachers. They have been a part of our school for many years.
Playball offers varied, formalised, age specific sport and movement development to children between 2 to 9 years of age.
Positive coaching methods are used to develop life skills like independence, self-confidence, courage, discipline, concentration and listening skills, good sportsmanship, responsibility and social interaction.
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Music
Our resident muso, Teacher Selmari has been a musician for most of her life. She has more than 13 years of teaching experience.
She has a deep love for teaching young children. Their spontaneity and fascination with the world around them align so remarkably with the power of music and its ability to foster development.
She is a qualified Kindermusik and Colourstrings Kindergarten teacher. She currently holds several tertiary degrees including a BMus, a BMus (Honours) and a BMus (Masters).
She is currently completing her doctoral thesis in the area of Reggio Amelia within the context of the music classroom.
Additional Extra Murals
Build em Brix
A fun STEM based early training platform where kids learn various skills ranging from basic colours, shapes and numbers to more advanced technical and architectural skills.
Playfit
A sports education programme designed to have fun while getting fit. Age-appropriate lessons build confidence and promote developmental growth week by week. Children are introduced to all major sports as they focus on fundamental skill development including gross motor, fine motor, ball skills, strength, flexibility, balance, body awareness, concentration and muscle tone.
Pottery
Pottery classes encourage creativity, assist in perceptual development, enhance fine motor development, strengthen eye-hand co-ordination and is a whole lot of messy fun. Children create imaginative artworks using clay on a weekly basis.
Wiggle & Jam
A preschool music and movement programme which caters for children from babies to the age of 6. Thematic activities are designed to stimulate beat synchronisation, auditory, self-regulatory and motor coordination skills through weekly group activities.
Tumbling Tigers
Highly qualified, enthusiastic trainers incorporate aspects from boxing, pilates, gymnastics and ball skills into this comprehensive, functional exercise programme. Children’s stability, core, scapular and upper body strength as well as athleticism is targeted through a broad range of well – thought-out, balanced and fun activities.
Soccercize Starz
Trained coaches provide skills needed for youngsters to become more confident on the sports field.
Little Lab Coats
A science programme where Molly and Marius mouse take each little lab coat through mini voyages of discovery. Singing, experiments, stories and demonstrations are the order of the day. Children are exposed to interesting scientific principles, the periodic castle of elements and chemistry in a way that is easy to grasp, inculcating a love for science in young children.
Growing Beautiful Minds
Is a wellness and mindfulness programme for children that believes in planting the seeds of a healthy life in the early years. Weekly sessions assist with emotional stability, mitigate the effects of bullying, aid with the early signs of ADHD and hyperactivity, reduce attention problems, improve mental health and wellbeing and improve social skills.
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a highly beneficial sport for young children. A child who participates in gymnastics achieves a higher level of coordination, muscle strength, balance, and general body awareness.
Karate
Karate is a fun way to learn and develop co-ordination of reflexes, discipline and self-control, balance and self-confidence.
Aftercare
Dunvegan Nursery School Aftercare offers a specialised after school facility for Dunvegan Primary School children in Grade 1 to 7. Our Aftercare Supervisor, Teacher Claire alongside our aftercare staff ensure that all our children’s after school needs are met.
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Children are collected from Dunvegan Primary by our teachers when their school day is completed. Collection after extra mural activities is also available. On arrival at our school, children are divided into their respective age groups and are afforded the opportunity to change into “comfy clothes” before beginning their homework.
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Homework is completed timeously and conscientiously through the supervision of experienced teachers. Written homework is completed in a group setting, however, children’s different abilities are accommodated for and additional, individual attention is given as needed. Language, poetry and oral work practice, Mathematics and study skills are all accommodated. Reading is done on a one-on-one basis with a trained member of staff. Our school computer centre also allows for children to do supervised research for school projects.​
Post homework, to sustain energy levels, our children receive an afternoon snack consisting of sandwiches, baked goods or fruit and juice. Thereafter creative art, fine motor and physical activities are the order of the day during free play time. This allows the children the opportunity to blow off steam and cement friendships through teacher-guided games and activities. The children are supervised at all times and are free to move between activities at will. Typically, groups of friends form and this highly valued part of the afternoon is spent in social play.