REDDAM EARLY LEARNING SCHOOL ST LEONARDS NEWSLETTER Principal’s Message
24th February 2023
By Mrs Simone Cooke
“To learn is a satisfying experience… once children are helped to view themselves as authors or inventors, once they are helped to discover the pleasure of inquiry, their motivation and interest explodes” - Loris Malaguzzi Dear Parents, As educators who are inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach to learning we support the notion that our children have a “Hundred Languages” through which they learn and share their understandings of the world around them. It is widely acknowledged and supported through academic research that young children learn in a multitude of different ways. It is therefore essential that we respond to the challenge of offering our children a variety of ways to explore, invent and problem-solve through music, dance, literature, drama, talking. listening, drawing, researching and investigating, with their voices guiding their learning journey so that their full learning potential can be achieved. As you read through our newsletter this week you will see our children learning and communicating through many diverse ways. We believe that each child is unique and that by exposing them to a wide range of learning opportunities as we do through our classes in yoga, music, drama, gymnastics, physical education and languages we offer our children a holistic approach to learning that builds upon their emotional, cognitive, social and emotional needs and allows us to identify and build on each child’s unique skills.
REDDAM EARLY LEARNING SCHOOL | ST LEONARDS NEWSLETTER
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