7:30 to 6, in small adventures.
The rhythm is steady even when the puddles aren’t — here’s how a Meadow day actually runs, and how we settle new starters into it.
Three chapters of every day.
Regular enough to feel safe, loose enough to feel free.
Mornings — garden first
Breakfast club from 7:30, then free-flow between rooms and garden till snack. Key educators plant invitations — water walls, story dens, the mud kitchen — and follow where the children take them.
Middays — lunch and landings
Marisa’s lunch at small tables, then the split: sleepers to the quiet room, non-sleepers to stories and puzzles. The afternoon starts gently on purpose.
Afternoons — projects and pick-ups
Small-group time with key educators — the week’s project, forest walks, baking Fridays — then a calm wind-down so pick-up gets a child who’s tired in the good way.
How new starters land softly.
Three taster visits
An hour with you there, a morning without you, then a full day with lunch — spread across two weeks, at your child’s pace, extended whenever needed.
The first fortnight
Your key educator sends extra photo-diary updates and a proper end-of-day chat — the wobbles are normal and we narrate them honestly.
The six-week chat
A sit-down about how they’ve settled, what they love, and what home and Meadow can each do next. Then it’s just childhood, scheduled.
Asked on most look-rounds.
Marisa cooks everything on site, so ingredients are ours to control — allergy plans are agreed with you in writing, displayed in the kitchen, and every adult serving food knows every plan.
See the rhythm for yourself.
Look-rounds run most mornings — you, your small person, and a morning already in motion.