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Key Information

Key information

Please find some key information about the day's timings and what is available to families in our Raffles Early Childhood community.

Raffles Early Childhood Centre Timings and Attendance:

We offer a range of flexible timings to meet the needs of our parents: 

  • 7am – 8am: Early Drop Off available on request
  • 8am – 2pm 
  • 8am – 3pm 
  • 8am – 4pm 
  • 8am – 6pm 

We offer a choice of 3 or 5 days per week. Days must be pre-selected and once chosen cannot be changed without prior notice. Please note that a change of days is subject to availability.  

We ask that all children are in their classrooms by 8am so that we can start the day’s learning together. Children that arrive late often miss sections of learning and can cause disturbance to the other children, who have already settled.  

Snack and Lunch

Children who attend the nursery from 8am – 2pm will have a morning snack and lunch at the ECC. Children that stay until 3pm and beyond will require an additional afternoon snack.  

Hot School Meals

Our school meals provider is Kalo Kids! Kalo will offer two healthy and nutritious meal plans that will be freshly prepared and delivered into the classrooms as under:

Option 1 (for children attending until 3pm or later)

  • Breakfast snack
  • Full lunch
  • Afternoon snack

Option 2 (for children attending until 2pm)

  • Breakfast snack
  • Full lunch
Registration: 

Kalo Hospitality has a one stop mobile application to enhance the user experience and to make managing the student meal plans seamless and convenient.

  1. The application will need to be downloaded and the student details will need to be registered. Multiple student IDs can be registered against a single user.
  2. The mobile application can be used for the following:
    • Overview of monthly menus.
    • Pre-ordering of meals
    • Direct top up of funds.
    • Viewing of available balances

Kalo mobile application is available for both iOS and Android users and their links are given below and an overview of its functions are attached for your reference:

iOS (Apple) App Link    |   Android App Link

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact:

Packed Lunches:

Parents may provide a packed lunch for their child as an alternative to the cooked meal.  The ECC follows a ‘healthy eating’ policy, and all classes are nut, chocolate, crisp and ‘fast food’ free. It is important that children have healthy and nutritious food for snacks and lunch as they need the energy for learning and water to ensure they stay hydrated.  

We recommend items such as: 

  • Fruit 
  • Yoghurt 
  • Sandwiches 
  • Crackers 
  • Pasta 
  • Salad 
  • Vegetable sticks 
  • Cheese cubes 
  • Quiches 
  • To drink - Water 

These should be packed in a lunch box that is clearly labeled with the child’s name. Please do not send items that require refrigeration or heating. To keep packed lunches cold, a re-freezable ice pack should be placed inside the lunch box.  

Please note that every child must have a water bottle with them daily that is labelled with your child’s name. A water bottle with a covered mouthpiece is best.

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