Early Childhood Centre

We are moving towards the end of another school year, where we are very pleased to look back at a year in the ECC filled with learning and play that has supported our students greatly in their development, in addition to contributing to a positive childhood experience, here and now.

We also appreciate our parents’ contributions through active communication and engagement in both everyday learning and play activities, in addition to events and celebrations throughout the year. An important focus in the ECC this year has been to develop our physical learning and play environment further, where we talk about The third teacher. This to ensure that our students have voice, choice and ownership of their learning and play, within the framework of our curricula - the PYP (IB) and the Norwegian Framework plan. With covid numbers going down and society slowly opening up again, we have been able to expand our learning and play environment to include inspiring learning environments in a variety of contexts, such as the Aquarium in Nordnes, VilVite and Kode. We were able to take all our students to visit the Aquarium in April. This turned out to be a great learning experience and a lovely day out for everyone. Throughout this school year the numbers in the ECC have increased significantly. We started off this school year with 37 students and are now counting 49.

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Looking at next school year, Preschool 1&2 and Kindergarten are already at capacity, and both classes have students on the waiting list. The numbers in Preschool 3&4 are also looking very positive and we will be beginning the school year with two classes.

An important PD focus for the ECC staff this year has been The Third Teacher, in addition to Child protection. We have focused on giving our students the tools and vocabulary to ensure they have the courage and knowledge to act when they have a concern. This focus continues to be an important PD goal for next year to ensure that we work proactively looking after every student’s best interest and wellbeing. Feeling safe, happy and knowing they are heard is our goal for every child! It’s a great pleasure to observe students, staff and parents in the ECC interacting on a daily basis with this in mind. At our ECC there is room for everyone Happy faces: Celebrating Norway’s Consitution day. to participate, grow and thrive. We all greatly appreciate being part of such an inclusive and inspiring environment, both in the ECC and ISB as a whole.

Ingebjørg Rensvik, ECC Principal