Within Hazeldene Family Centre, we plan for children’s learning using Curriculum for Excellence. We also are guided by Realising the Ambition: national practice guidance for early years in Scotland.<\/p>\n
You can find out about these by clicking on the links below:<\/p>\n
At Hazeldene Family Centre we start from the premise of the child as<\/p>\n
In doing so children become documenters of, and commentators on their environment.<\/p>\n
We centre the children at the heart of our planning process, listening to their voices and devise Possible Lines of Development<\/strong> based on our interactions with them.<\/p>\n \u201cThe role of the adult, as educator, is inextricably bound up with how children are viewed as learners.\u00a0 As has already been shown, once it is acknowledged that children are competent (albeit inexperienced) learners, then this shifts the way in which adults respond to them and their varied and various abilities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Julie Fisher<\/p>\n Staff then create invitations to extend children’s thinking and lines of enquiry and record this learning in their Floorbook with <\/strong>the children.\u00a0 Through this co-creation of knowledge children are introduced to, and develop experience in, metacognition \u2013 \u2018thinking about thinking\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cEach child is viewed as infinitely capable, creative and intelligent.\u00a0 The job of the adult is to support these qualities and to challenge children in appropriate ways so that they develop fully.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Louise Boyd Cadwell<\/p>\n Talking and Thinking Floorbooks makes children\u2019s voices visible and gives them status.\u00a0 They allow the child to see and track their own learning pathways and affords staff the opportunity to match the child\u2019s needs interests and desires with the curriculum.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Within Hazeldene Family Centre, we plan for children’s learning using Curriculum for Excellence. We also are guided by Realising the Ambition: national practice guidance for early years in Scotland. You can find out about these by clicking on the links below: Curriculum for Excellence 3-18 Realising the Ambition: Being Me Four Capacities Outdoor Learning At … Continue reading Curriculum<\/span>