Curriculum Information
Dunlop Early Childhood Centre provides an exciting and interesting play based and investigative curriculum which puts every child at the centre of their learning. We work hard to ensure we provide a relevant, progressive and balanced indoors and outdoors curriculum with high quality learning experiences and resources which supports and challenges every child.
The curriculum we provide will enable the children to become, Successful Learners, Confident Individuals, Responsible Citizens and Effective Contributors.
To help us achieve our aims for learning, our planning and teaching is underpinned by the following documentation:
- Curriculum for Excellence Early Level (CfE)
- Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC)
- Realising the Ambition
- How Good is our Early Learning and Childcare (HGIOELC)
- Care inspectorate self evaluation
Curriculum for Excellence puts the child at the centre of learning and the Early Level of Curriculum for Excellence is designed to meet the needs of most children from 3 years until the end of Primary 1. This promotes continuity and progression of learning across the early learning and childcare and into Primary 1.
CfE promotes the importance of:
- Active and Experiential Learning
- A Holistic Approach To Learning
- Smooth Transitions
- Learning Through Play
Throughout their time with us, the children are provided with CfE Early Level learning experiences ongoing across all eight areas of the curriculum.
Expressive arts
Health and wellbeing
Languages
Numeracy and mathematics
Religious and moral education
Sciences
Social studies
Technologies
It is our aim to ensure every child experiences a broad education which develops: Skills for Learning, Skills for Life and Skills for Work.
Personalisation and Choice
In Dunlop ECC, our children are particularly articulate and they can express their ideas, needs and wants with clarity. We build upon these language skills through consulting with them in decision making processes.
We particularly value listening to children by taking account of their individual interests and needs and we use this to help shape the experiences they are provided with for both indoors and outdoors play based learning.
I hope this outline of the Early Years Curriculum provides you with an overview of how your child will learn while they are with us. Please note, ongoing throughout the year, we will consult with you in a variety of ways to ensure you know how your child is progressing and all the lovely achievements they will make during their time with us.
