Introduction/specifics

The Sonnenschein day care centre is located in a central, right Elbe location in the district of Meißen Cölln. The railway station and bus station are in the immediate vicinity, making the facility very easy to reach. Directly behind our house runs the Elbe River with the Elbe Cycle Path, which can be used for walks.

Of course, our traditions include festivals throughout the year as well as various group-specific highlights involving families.We also try to have a healthy breakfast with the children at regular intervals. In the course of this, we grow fruit and vegetables in our raised beds together with the children, which are also used by the children.

Rooms

The Sonnenschein day care centre offers the children a friendly, bright and modern ambience in 7 group rooms spread over 2 floors. All group rooms have been modernised and are designed together with the children according to their needs.

Outdoor Facilities

The Sonnenschein day care centre has an outdoor area of 1500 square metres, which was completely redesigned in 2013/2014. A tree house, a climbing frame, a trampoline as well as a slide, a swing and a sandbox invite the children to play. Furthermore, a football field was created for the children. There is also enough space for the use of vehicles.

Daily Schedule

Our day care centre is open from Monday to Friday from 06:00 to 17:00.

From 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. there is a central care for the children in the early service. During this time we have breakfast with the children.

The work in the individual groups begins at 8:00 a.m. and each child is now cared for in its respective group.

Around 9:15 a.m., the children have a fruit break.

The children start lunch at 11:00 and then it is time to rest between 12:00 and 14:00.

From 14:00, the children can be collected by their parents.

Our central care in the late service starts at 14:30.

Food

Our facility provides lunch for the children. This is delivered by the Stiftung Soziale Projekte Meißen. Drinks for the children are also offered as part of the meal allowance. All other meals such as breakfast, fruit break and snack must be brought by the children from home.

We hold breakfast buffets with the children at regular intervals.

Basics

The educational work of the Sonnenschein day care centre is based on the Saxon educational plan as well as the situation-oriented approach and the rights of children on the basis of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

We attach great importance to the participation of the children and project work with them. They should be involved in decisions within the framework of their developmental stage. This is done through children's conferences within the group. The principle of our work is to accept the children as they are and to pick them up where they are.

It is also important for us to have a good and stable cooperation with the parents in order to work together on educational goals.

Teamwork with school

Our day care centre has a cooperation agreement with the Johannes Primary School and works intensively with them.

A teacher from the Johannesschule regularly visits the preschool children in our day care centre, but there are also offers in the school that the children can take advantage of directly on site. In this way, we make it possible for the children to build up a relationship with the school and to get to know it already in the last year of kindergarten.

There is also close cooperation with the other primary schools in Meißen. The teachers regularly visit our preschool children at the day care centre and offer preschool lessons directly at the respective primary schools.