WE STRIVE TO SEE THE WORLD FROM A KIDS-EYE-VIEW
Bellwoods Playschool uses a child-centred, socially conscious pedagogy to engage young children in social and artistic thought and action. Using what the city has to offer, we empower our students with the knowledge to be socially and environmentally responsible citizens while they develop into explorers of their urban landscape.

WE THINK OF THE CITY AS OUR CLASSROOM
A valuable aspect of the Bellwoods Playschool program is to empower children as navigators of their city. We journey on regular excursions, by foot and by public transportation, to art galleries, museums and cultural events, as well as markets, parks and city landmarks.

WE KNOW ITS TAKES A VILLAGE

Our Playschool runs on a model that links a range of artists together to engage and inspire children. We like to bring in different perspectives and actively pursue a diverse teaching staff. As such, professional educators and artists trade chalkboards for personal anecdotes and textbooks for real life experiences. Together, they create an atmosphere that is at once intellectually stimulating and deeply personalized.


Our Community

Tuesday, September 07, 2010

This Month's Focus


For the first month with our new group, we will focus on community + community building.

GOALS
a) create a caring, supportive, inclusive culture
b) familiarity with + appreciation for our neighbourhood + Little Portugal

This week we will be setting out our group agreements. A collaborative brainstorm with ideas of how all the kids think we should treat other people will be able to be summed up to these agreements that we will go by during the year:

Universal Rights: Freedoms of expression (including the right to pass), safety & happiness, of every person, plant + animal.

Respect: Accepting everyone and everything's uniqueness and avoiding harm to them (people, plants, animals and things they all create).

Appreciation: Recognizing and acknowledging qualities and contributions to celebrate in everyone and everything around us.

Care: Putting care in everything we do (listening, speaking, playing, making, etc.) and when interacting with others.

We will also work on decorating our homebase, art journals and art boxes, as well as take neighbourhood walks to local galleries and explore Little Portugal.

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