We use the Early Years Learning Framework as the foundation for planning the learning environment with a collaborative staff team approach. We strive to have child and parent input into the learning design. Children are encouraged to learn through their play, take safe risks, problem solve, extend their creativity, explore the environment and centre resources and use them in their own ways, to learn how to play safely and respectfully with others and to acknowledge diversity and equity in their play.
Educators support children to develop skills, knowledge and dispositions that will support them to be confident and creative and inquisitive learners.
What do we teach at Blossom Preschool? Our curriculum lays the foundations for a successful educational journey through:
Language & Literacy
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Storytelling
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Dramatic arts/role play
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Communication: listening/conversing
Mathematical Learning
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Numbers and measurement
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Shapes and spatial awareness
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Patterning Sorting and classifying
Expressive Arts
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Drama and dance
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Art, Design and Music
Outdoors & Physical Activity
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Gross motor development
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Healthy lifestyles
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Movement and Co-ordination
Environment and Sustainability
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Caring for the world we live in
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Understanding and respecting
the environment
Family and Community
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Diversity
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Partnerships and collaboration
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Shared decision-making
Science and Technology
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Enquiry and investigation
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Collecting and organising data
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Use of computers/iPads/SmartBoards
Independence & Responsibility
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Caring for self & for others (empathy)
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Contributing to a group
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Skills such as dressing, toileting and hygiene
Social & Emotional Development
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Understanding feelings
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Demonstrating self-control
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Working with others
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Turn Taking/Sharing
