Introduction

In our daycare center, 53 children aged 0-6 years are currently cared for in three groups.

• In the blue group, children aged 2-6 years are cared for. 
• In the red group, children aged 3-6 years are cared for. 
• In the green group, children aged 0-3 years are cared for.

Outdoor Facilities

The daycare center has a spacious outdoor area that is close to nature and is located directly at a small park with an adjacent playground. For children under the age of three, there is an additional outdoor area that has been adapted to the needs of the children.

Rooms

The premises of the facility include:

• 3 group rooms, each with an adjoining room, a checkroom and a washroom.
• 3 bedrooms,
• 3 diaper-changing rooms,
• 1 sports hall,
• 1 large hallway area,
• 1 office,
• 1 room with sanitary facilities for staff,
• 1 kitchen,
• 1 staff room,
• 1 cleaning room,
• 2 storage rooms and a boiler room.

Daily Schedule

Our daycare center opens at 7:00 am.

• From 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m., the children are on early duty in a designated group or on the outside.
• Between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m., breakfast and a morning circle take place in the groups; all children should be brought in by this time.
• From 9:30 a.m. the discovery time starts for the children. During this time, pedagogical activities from the various educational areas take place, sometimes across groups. At the same time, the children also have the opportunity to play freely.
• At 11:00 a.m., lunch begins for our U3 group, followed by a nap.
• Afterwards, the older children eat and rest.
• Every day we use the outside area.
• The afternoon is discovery time.
   

Food

In our daycare center, fresh food is cooked every day. On Mondays we have a pasta dish, on Tuesdays we cook vegetarian, on Wednesdays we have a meat dish, on Thursdays it is fish day and Friday is reserved for stew or soup. Every day there is a dessert such as a curd, yogurt or pudding dish, compote or ice cream. In the afternoon, we serve the children daily fruit and vegetables or delicious sandwiches/rolls. Once a week we offer the children a healthy breakfast, which the children have a say in.

Basics

In our daycare center, the focus is on the child and his or her life situation. On this basis, it can further develop its diverse abilities. The basis of our pedagogical work is the situation-oriented approach, which focuses on children and their immediate world of experience, learning and life. This pedagogical approach requires extensive reflection and analysis of daily events. The needs and developmental possibilities of each individual child are in the foreground. In our daycare center, participation and children's rights are of great importance. The children are involved in all decisions, are allowed to have a say and, for example, plan festivals and celebrations with the help of a pedagogical specialist.

Employee

There are 18 employees working in our facility.

• A facility manager and a deputy facility manager with pedagogical hours.
• 6 socio-educational specialists, who work in our day care center with different proportions of hours and professions.
• One supplementary employee works in our day care center
• A team assistant and an everyday helper is employed by us.
• In addition, we employ a housekeeper, a housekeeping assistant, and a room attendant.
• We also employ an office worker and a janitor. 
• We regularly offer internships for educators in the various training years, FOS, FSJ and student interns.

Additional Offerings

• In the year leading up to school enrollment, the children meet regularly for project blocks to work on the principle of learning "Explain to me and I will forget.""Show me and I will remember.""Involve me and I will understand." to work.
• Once a week, the Bielefeld Music and Art School offers musical encouragement in the morning at our facility.
• Once a week, Bielefeld United offers a movement program in the morning at the daycare center. 
• Once a month, we have a family counseling session at the AWO Family Counseling Center. This offers free consultation hours for parents.

Quality Assurance

We implement the institution-wide quality management system of the sponsor in our facility. We hold regular quality circle meetings and are audited.

Cooperations

In our family center we work together with different cooperation partners. Monthly we offer an open consultation hour of the AWO counseling center for small and kindergarten children. We work together with the Montessori Early Intervention Center, which can also conduct support sessions in our facility. The Bielefeld School of Art and Music offers weekly musical support at our facility. There is cooperation with the local elementary schools. We cooperate with Bielefeld United, which offers a weekly exercise program for the children in our daycare center.
We work together with the AWO Seniorenzentrum Frieda-Nadig-Haus and the ElternService OWL.

Every year, we gain new cooperation partners and always make sure to keep the needs and wishes of the parents and children in mind.

Teamwork with school

We have an intensive cooperation with the responsible local elementary schools in order to facilitate the transition from daycare to elementary school for our children and to offer parents a broader range of information.

Projects

• The facility participates in the federal program "Sprach-Kitas: Weil Sprache der Schlüssel zur Welt ist".
• The facility is a family center and offers a wide variety of activities for families within the daycare center as well as for families from the surrounding area. 
• The facility has a pedagogical companion dog with which the school children can complete a "dog driving license".

Holiday Care

The daycare center has 15 closing days per daycare year, plus two team days that are coordinated with the Parent Council.

The daycare center is also closed on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

Parental Interviews

Parent surveys are conducted at regular intervals on a variety of topics.

Description and Stations

The daycare center is easy to reach by bus line 30 or 135. You get off either at the Rheinallee or Erftweg stop.