The safeguarding of children’s right to play is at the core of our Early Years approach and reflects everything we do from learning environments and daily routines to planning and assessment methods.
“Establishing a happy, safe and stimulating environment for children is not a luxury; it is a necessary base on which mature societies build. But children need environments in which they “learn how to learn” which are planned, and provided with independent thinking, self-direction and social responsibility central to their rationale “
——Affiliated Body of Childhood Education
Each nursery class has its own co-teaching partnership which forms an integral part of the class team. Strengthened by a shared understanding of the bi-cultural Wellington ethos, teachers, teaching assistants and early years assistants work collectively to share responsibility for each child’s individual learning and promote all the areas of learning and development in both English and Chinese.