Grade 00 (Purple Class)
3 to 4 years old.
Directress: Hafiza Hoorzook - Montessori 3 to 6 Diploma
Assistant Directress: Zulfah Jacobs
| Time | Activity | Skills/learning |
| 08:00 | Arrival of children | |
| 08:30 | Assembly (+/- 15 min) | |
| 08:45 | Children go into classes | |
| 08:45 – 09:00 | Toilet routine | |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Ring time | Grace and Courtesy o How to excuse oneself o How to use a tissue o How to greet someone o How to carry a scissor etc. Numbers o Rote counting 1-20 o Sandpaper numbers Alphabet focus o Phonetic sounds o Rhyming o ‘I spy ‘ games o Vocabulary enrichment Sensorial o Colours o Geometric solids o Touch and feel o Covering length, breadth, height, shapes, etc. |
| 09h30 – 10h30 | Montessori Work Cycle (1-hour) | o The child chooses different pieces of work from the shelf from any of the five areas |
| 10h30 -11:00 | Snack time | |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | Outdoor play | Gross motor development |
| 11:20 - 11:45 | Free Play / Pretend Play | Free Play / Pretend Play |
| 11:20 – 12:00 | Story time & goodbye | o Story time o Fruit time o Home time |
Theme focus - We follow a new theme on a weekly basis, such as our earth, our body, animals, planets, current news events, transport , sea Life etc throughout the year. Art and music is incorporated into the daily routine. On a Friday there is a special focus on art and gross motor development.