EARLY CHILDHOOD
CENTRE – INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE – PRIMARY
YEARS PROGRAMME
The Early Childhood Centre (ECC) comes under
the umbrella of the International Baccalaureate
Organization (IBO) Primary Years Programme
(PYP) curriculum.
This encompasses grades Preschool, Pre-kindergarten
and Kindergarten for three, four and five
year old students. The aim of the ECC Programme
is to extend children in all areas of growth.
It is to give meaningful experiences in a
positive, accepting environment. In such an
environment, children develop
• a positive self concept
• positive attitudes towards others
• a positive attitude to learning.
The PYP curriculum in the ECC is used in a
developmentally appropriate way taking into
account what young children should do and
learn on the basis of what is best for their
development in both the long term and short
term. The latest brain research for students
aged 2 to 4 years of age states the brain
processes new learning for the development
of language pathways and motor skill development.
‘Inquiry Play’ is the major focus of the infant
brain.The five essential elements of the PYP
/ ECC curriculum are:
• concepts
• knowledge
• skills
• attitudes
• action
The five essential elements of the PYP / ECC curriculum are:
• hands on ‘activity based’ learning (discovery)
• a wide variety of play and creative based
experiences
• interaction with other students
• choices, an ability to set own pace
• a physically challenging environment
• limited ‘rote’ learning methodologies
The role of the teacher is to facilitate the
connection between the child’s prior knowledge
and the knowledge to be acquired. This is
best done with the support and partnership
of our parents, because it is the child’s
environment, the home, the school and the
community that will predetermine the cognitive
experience.
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