Beacon acknowledges that starting school is a child's first experience outside the family environment, and because of that our adaptation process is carefully elaborated as to ensure a smooth transition. We welcome young children into an environment specifically designed for them, prioritizing play as a means of developing independence, organization, and self-esteem.
The activities, both individual and group, value their interests, skills, and needs, promoting investigation, exploration, and exchanges. In the partnership between family and school, we take care of the adaptation process, respecting the time and needs of each child, celebrating this special moment in their lives and those of their families.
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We focus on the child's overall development, prioritizing different forms of expression.
We encourage imagination, embrace curiosity, and enhance children's creative process in a stimulating environment that prioritizes play in the learning process.
We invite children to recognize themselves as part of a group, where everyone’s actions contribute to ethical and empathetic coexistence, and respect for diversity.
The routine brings consistency and security to the child's day-to-day life, so that they can take ownership of their daily life in an autonomous way.
We value the partnership between school and family through open and constant dialogue, prioritizing transparency in the child's development.
The development of autonomy permeates the entire school day, and is a fundamental basis for building children's identities.
Field studies, connected to the Units of Invquiry, provide collective moments and broaden the children's view of the world, where the investigative approach valued by the school transcends its walls.
Understanding that children use multiple languages in their learning process, the curriculum is based on five Fields of Experience:
The Fields of Experience recognize that immersing children in creative and interactive social and cultural practices promotes significant learning. They are a curricular arrangement that organizes and integrates play, observations and interactions that take place in the school routine. They give intentionality to pedagogical practices and place the child at the center of the process.
Adapted from the National Common Curriculum Base (BNCC)
Daily interaction at school relies on the careful mediation of educators to promote autonomy and encourage respectful interactions rich in exchanges between peers. It is through this routine that children develop concepts to understand themselves, others and how they belong to groups (family, school and community). Cultures, celebrations, languages and diversity are presented and worked with in an inviting way, prioritizing play.
At Beacon, we value different forms of expression, such as body movements, gestures, visual arts, music, and interactions. Immersion in the English language takes place in an integrated way in everyday school life, as well as in Portuguese, expanding the child's cultural repertoire and communication possibilities.
On a daily basis, children come into contact with make-believe and their own imagination, stories, songs and legends, games, and experiences, with a variety of materials from different cultures. Working with unstructured objects, music lessons, and classes in the atelier provide tools and encourage the appropriation of free expression and the creative processes developed by the children..
Mathematical discoveries are made through games and play, as well as being encouraged on a daily basis at school. Understanding weight, quantity, volume, deduction, classification, sequence, logical reasoning, and numbering are spontaneously part of the routine in investigative play spaces. Projects and experiments that promote the understanding of mathematical concepts are part of the daily planning of classes in Early Childhood Education.
Our curriculum is based on children's investigations. The proposals seek to integrate a broad cultural repertoire, the search for knowledge in playful experiences of scientific research and environmental studies. The school is designed so that the children's questions and explorations can take place freely, mediated by the teacher, and so that they are prioritized.
Body and Movement classes work on the overall development of the child, in line with the investigative curriculum. Children are introduced to cooperative games and begin to understand the rules, increasing their awareness of themselves and others. Through games that increase body awareness, children explore movements and gestures, working on fine and gross motor skills.
We invite families to attend our introductory meetings in order to get to know our pedagogical project and the school's physical facilities - Berlioz, Villa, and Campus.
We invite families to attend our introductory meetings in order to get to know our pedagogical project and the school's physical facilities - Berlioz, Villa, and Campus.
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