Pinvin Community Preschool
Our Curriculum and Pedagogy
Our Curriculum and Pedagogy
We follow the Early Years Foundation Stage 2021, teaching children across the 7 areas of learning; Personal, social and emotional development, Communication and language, Physical development, Literacy, Maths, Understanding the World and Expressive arts and design. When planning our curriculum we consider what the children already know and can do and build upon this taking into account the way they learn.
Through our teaching we want children and adults to create and feel a sense of balance as described below.
Hygge Approach
Hygge Approach
In September 2020 the setting embarked on a new approach to how we teach children also known as our pedagogy. Below documents our journey.
Hygge (pronounced hue-gah) is the Danish approach to life that focuses on having a happier and more simple life. Using elements of warmth, cosiness and nature to make the most of every day of the year.
As we moved through the training we learnt about the changes we were able to make to our learning environments, outdoor provision and daily rhythm to bring in more calmness. In making these changes, we have noted a dramatic impact on the children's, and staff's, overall wellbeing. The children have built up a basic resilience to the elements and their imaginations have blossomed with the use of natural resources that they find.
A big part of our training focussed on supporting the wellbeing of the preschool team and the children. We have all grown and are confident in understanding how we can achieve higher levels of wellbeing through self care and becoming present in nature.
We have now reached the end of this amazing journey and very proud to confirm that we are an accredited Hygge in the Early Years setting.