B4 big school Programmes
Pre-kindy school readiness Ages 3.5 - 6.5years
Focusing on supporting early foundation skills. Phonics, name writing, number/letter recognition, creative arts - social skills & much more.
Primary school tutoring Ages 4.5-10.5years
Focusing on Maths & English - spelling - reading and writing.
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School holiday workshops Ages 5 -10.5years
Focusing on Creative Arts followed by Maths & English related learning.
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Our program supports the children's social skills, helping them learn how to make friends, gain greater confidence and most importantly for the younger years - building their attention span and love for learning.
Overall, we want to support the young children's wellbeing to ensure a smooth transition for Kindergarten, helping the children and their families manage their separation anxiety, becoming less overwhelmed in new surroundings.
Our overall school readiness program also supports speech delay and much more!
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Our goal is to help the individual students to become confident learners in order to achieve greater things and excel at school.
We believe that everyone is capable and we want the children/students to have this mindset too!
School readiness checklist
Is your child ready for kindergarten or Are they at school and are struggling in the kindergarten classroom?
We have something for everyone!
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School readiness focuses on building early foundation skills - early intervention & social skills.
01. Feeling safe & secure in their environment
At B4 big school, it all starts with supporting the children's wellbeing. We help the children learn to regulate their emotions and support their speech by helping them become more effective communicators, if children/students can learn to express themselves well then we can certainly build those important connections which will allow us to work comfortably together. We aren't just about academics, our social skills program provides a nourishing environment which has a greater impact on the overall development of child.
02. Building resilience & greater confidence
At B4 big school, the children/students are involved and engaged learners. They learn the importance of starting and finishing off tasks/activities (we usually discuss the learning outcomes with the children, we explain why we are teaching certain things) and eventually they want to become independent learners because they are learning how to. This is usually the result once the children gain greater confidence.
03. Familiarity with the Big school routine
At B4 big school, we do encourage parents to pack a piece of fruit and water bottle especially during the 2 hour school readiness program, this is aimed at supporting the children's transition to Kindergarten and supporting their well being. This is not only important for the pre-kindy children but sometimes for many of our students, this can also be a source of comfort even for the primary school students and we respect that.
04. Respectful and safe = happy learners
At B4 big school, we encourage the children to refer to everyone at the centre as our friend. We teach the children how to make a friend, through the use of story books, story telling through role play and by demonstrating positive behaviours as educators with one another. We also remind the children that during play and at all times, it is important to keep our hands to our selves, rather we use our words not our hands. We always resort to using positive reinforcement to ensure that we are encouraging positive behaviours and guess what....It always works!!
Disrespectful behaviours have never been tolerated at B4 big school from either side (educators/families or children). We have an open communication policy regarding such behaviours and this is dealt with immediately.