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Some Thoughts from NZCER’s Early Childhood Folio, No 1, 2018

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  • A big idea in Te Whāriki 2017 is a shift from the thinking that this is what we do in our centre, to asking,”What learning is valued in this local community?” For a Catholic service, that includes the value of the Catholic curriculum.
  • Further, Te Whāriki 2017 requires a commitment to equity and social justice. Hopefully, our services are already well committed to these concepts and practices.
  • A little bit of celebration: Te Whāriki 1996 was the first national early childhood education curriculum in New Zealand, and the first bicultural curriculum, and was celebrated internationally for its bicultural stance. We note here that The Catholic Early Childhood Curriculum was similarly groundbreaking, being the first Catholic early childhood curriculum in the world to cover children from 0-5.
  • In releasing Te Whāriki 2017 the Ministry of Education has identified areas of practices to be strengthened across the sector: providing a rich curriculum for every child; focusing on learning that matters within the local setting; affirming children’s identity, language, and culture; engaging parents and whanau in their child’s learning; and developing personalised pathways from ECE to school and kura.
  • Intentional decision making (reflection-in-action and on-action) and using specific teaching practices are crucial to providing a rich curriculum for each child. Page 38 of the Folio provides a detailed chart of intentional teaching practices and strategies, which is valuable.

Click here to link to the complete folio online.