Children preparing to start kindergarten in 2016, and their parents, have undertaken a new program to prepare for big school at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic College, Wyoming.
“The program is based on some early learning principles from the Reggio Emilia paradigm, which essentially brings to fruition the idea that it takes a village to raise a child,” said Our Lady of the Rosary principal, Mr Frank Cohen.
“The children have been undertaking inquiry based tasks which involve literacy, numeracy, fine motor and some gross motor skills,” Mr Cohen said. “This has allowed our staff to observe how the children interact with each other so a much clearer picture can be established before they begin their formal education journey next year.
“The parents have also experienced or will experience a session from an educational psychologist who was asked to provide information around social and emotional competencies for children,” he said.
Newsletter,
Sep 2, 2015
Frank Cohen, Our Lady of
the Rosary Catholic College
Wyoming