Nido Early School Ascot Vale

Nido creates their curriculum around the Reggio Emilia philosophy, that is, the child, parent, community and environment are all integral components of a child’s early development. 

In addition, every Nido Early School follows the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) and the National Quality Standard.

The Framework describes the principles and outcomes that support and enhance young children’s learning from birth to five years of age, as well as their transition to school.

All the nursery Educators are carefully chosen, not just for their qualifications, but because of their nurturing personalities.

The Nursery program is carefully developed to centre around your baby’s unique patterns of play, feeding and sleeping. This is used as a guide to introduce daily experiences that will spark their interest, support healthy brain development and promote social skills.

Toddlers are encouraged to develop friendships so that they gain confidence, as well as learn cooperation and sharing.

Each child’s interests are observed and a program is developed to promote key learning areas such as language, maths, investigation, creative pursuits, fine and gross motor skills, sensory experiences, cultural experiences, and environmental understanding.

Nido Early School’s Kindergarten helps prepare your child as lifelong learners. Your child will be empowered to use their own unique learning style to explore maths, language, investigation, creative pursuits, fine and gross motor skills, sensory experiences, their cultural identity and the environment.

The Kindergarten educators provide positive learning experiences so that children develop a healthy relationship with learning that extends beyond their school life.

Morning 

Ari has just turned one, and is starting to explore more. She loves using various aides around the room to help her stand and move about. She sure is getting strong!

Lunchtime

Ari is starting to recognise other babies, and loves sitting next to others and sharing toys. Ari loves the rattles and drums because of the fun noises they make.

Afternoon 

Ari loves stories and starts clapping and smiling when she sees her favourite educator bring out Possum Magic to read to the class. Ari loves the colours and the possum’s big bushy tail.

Morning 

Freddy loves the arts and crafts room and is practicing his painting skills. Freddy asks the educator if he can finger-paint this morning, and she agrees it would be a great idea!

Lunchtime 

Freddy is practicing his numeracy skills through play-based learning with his friend Tamiko. They are playing mud-pie kitchen. Freddy counts how many pies they’ve made on his hands.

Afternoon 

Freddy gets to settle down to yoga this afternoon. He loves being able to do all the hard poses, including tree pose. His balance is getting better every week.

Morning 

This morning Rohan is outside in the vegetable garden, helping the educators put compost on to the tomatoes to make sure they grow big and strong, just like Rohan. Rohan loves picking the fresh ripe tomatoes off the vine and popping them into his mouth.

Lunchtime 

Rohan loves that he can choose indoor or outdoor play. Today he is excited to play hide and seek across the centre with his friends and educators. Rohan loves hiding behind the bookshelves – the educators know exactly where to find him.

Afternoon 

Rohan has been doing exceptionally well at reading, and loves practising with the educators at the end of the day. Rohan picks up his favourite book, and has nearly memorised it.