Tania Răduță, Avenor Nursery Educational Coordinator, talks about the emotion and challenges of new beginnings and also about the “power of learning” guiding children, parents and the nursery team on their educational journey.
“New beginnings in the nursery school always come with intense emotion and challenges for all the co-creators of our early years learning journey: children, parents and teachers.
Little ‘big minds’ will step into our settings for the first time, some of them feeling more ready than others to meet new colleagues, to trust new adults and to actually live in a new environment that will sooner or later turn into their ‘second home’. We will learn from parents about each individual’s particularities, in order to carefully prepare a flexible adjustment period for each unique child. There are, of course, the inquisitive children who will be happy to continue their learning journey, share their new thoughts, interests and experiences with their friends, and form new friendships with colleagues; they will be ready to ‘have a go’.
And so, parents and teachers will continue their partnership in order to plan authentic activities and relevant experiences for each child. All these moments will enable them to show what they already know and to continue expressing initiative and developing new ideas.
The Avenor Nursery team who work with and for children is ready to take on the upcoming challenges, driven by passion and with a great willingness to learn from each other and to co-create meaningful experiences together with the children.
We keep on growing and changing just like the children and one of the things we believe in the most is ‘the power of learning’.
We benefit from a safe learning environment that plays an important role in developing children’s confidence, self-esteem, autonomy, and stimulates their sense of wonder.
The indoor spaces have been refreshed and the outdoor area is in the process of being improved, in order to better support child-initiated learning.
The daily timetable for Reception and Year 1 groups has been adjusted to enable more outdoor learning and more opportunities for children to play.
Looking forward to feeling ‘the vibe’, as people who visit our nursery like to say, of our 2019 – 2020 journey together!”
