Karibu-always a warm welcome!
Karibu Montessori School & Playgroup was founded by Liza Eyres in September 2000. The school is situated at the Newtown Centre, just next door to the neighbourhood park & Castletroy College. We are located within walking distance of local primary schools, just 5 minutes’ drive from Plassey business park & are easily accessible from other parts of the city via the motorway.
Facilities
Karibu Montessori School is a purpose built Montessori & Crèche with excellent outdoor facilities.
Our interiors are bright, spacious & comfortable. Our secure outdoor area consists of two gardens with artificial grass for all-weather play and a custom made playground.
Our school complies with all current Pre- School regulations, and is fully insured by a specialist multinational insurance company
Our Curriculum
Karibu Montessori School provides a curriculum underpinned by the educational philosophy of Maria Montessori, where education is a natural process carried out by the child and is not acquired by passively listening to words but by actively engaging in experiences within the environment[1].
Our curriculum is guided by the themes of National Early Years Curriculum Framework, Aistear[2], and the standards of Siolta[3], the National Early Years Quality Framework.
We believe that children are capable and confident learners and we aim to provide a curriculum, in a rich nurturing learning environment, that supports the child’s developing independence. We value the role of Parents as the primary educators of their children by promoting a partnership approach to the early education experiences of the child.
How we realise our vision:
- By providing a rich learning environment, inspired by and responsive to the early learning needs of the children through regular evaluation.
- Assessing the development and emerging interests of the individual child to inform planning of early learning experiences.
- Developing short and medium term curriculum plans that:
- Are appropriate to the age and stage of development of the child.
- Are relevant and meaningful to the child’s experience.
- Provide concrete learning experiences.
- Balance what the child needs to know with what the child seeks to know.
- Provide extensive time for child led learning experiences.
- By promoting reflective practice through evaluation of the learning experiences for the child within the service.
- By documenting each child’s learning experience using a variety of methods.
- By sharing the learning journey of each child with their Parents through a variety of means.
- Promoting continuing professional development for each of our Early Years Educators.
- Provision of a Safe & Caring Environment which promotes the Well Being, social & emotional development of the child.
REFERENCES
[1] http://www.montessori.edu/maria.html
[2] http://www.ncca.ie/en/Curriculum_and_Assessment/Early_Childhood_and_Primary_Education/Early_Childhood_Education/
[3] http://siolta.ie/