Newpark Montessori School meets and exceeds the National Curriculum requirements through a
wide range of learning materials and experiences. The main areas of learning in the Montessori framework
are:
Practical Life
Children are attracted to
practical life exercises
because they desire the skills
to function independently in
the world that these activities
provide. Children learn how
to take care of themselves
and their environment, how
to develop grace and courtesy
in their social relations, and
how to perfect self-control
over their bodily movements.
The activities include many of
the tasks children see as part
of the daily life in their home:
washing, polishing, preparing
food, arranging flowers,
buttoning shirts, tying shoe-
laces, etc. Through these
familiar tasks children learn
to work at a task from
beginning to end, and develop
their will, their self discipline
and their capacity for
concentration.
Language & Phonics
Freedom of expression is
encouraged and we make sure we
are continuously labelling the
objects that a child encounters so
that we may help them form a
rich and extensive vocabulary.
Preparation for writing and
reading is based in tangible
experiences to help the child
analyse and better understand
the alphabet, Once the child has
mastered these linguistic tools
they have the freedom to enjoy,
explore and be creative.
Culture
In order for children to feel
that they are a part of their
community they must gain
respect for, and knowledge
and understanding of, the
world they live in. Activities
that further this aim include
art, craft, dance, music,
history, geography, R.E.,
botany, zoology and many
more.
Mathematics
The Montessori approach to
mathematics uses three
dimensional materials which give
children a concrete understanding
of the decimal system. Children do
not merely learn to count but truly
understand the numerical concepts
of growth, quantity, and
sequencing because they have had
both a visual and tactile
experience of them. This bedrock
of comprehension on which
abstract concepts are built will
stay with the child throughout their
life, making mathematics a joy.
"The secret of good teaching is to regard the child's intelligence as a fertile field in
which seeds may be sown, to grow under the heat of a calming imagination"
Dr Maria Montessori
Sensorial Exploration
Children absorb information
through their five senses.
Maria Montessori developed
activities made mainly from
beautiful natural materials
that excite and refine the
senses, and isolate individual
qualities such as colour, size,
shape, weight, texture,
which enable children to
clarify, classify and
comprehend the world and
heighten their sense of order
and powers of observation
and analysis.
wide range of learning materials and experiences. The main areas of learning in the Montessori framework
are:
Practical Life
Children are attracted to
practical life exercises
because they desire the skills
to function independently in
the world that these activities
provide. Children learn how
to take care of themselves
and their environment, how
to develop grace and courtesy
in their social relations, and
how to perfect self-control
over their bodily movements.
The activities include many of
the tasks children see as part
of the daily life in their home:
washing, polishing, preparing
food, arranging flowers,
buttoning shirts, tying shoe-
laces, etc. Through these
familiar tasks children learn
to work at a task from
beginning to end, and develop
their will, their self discipline
and their capacity for
concentration.
Language & Phonics
Freedom of expression is
encouraged and we make sure we
are continuously labelling the
objects that a child encounters so
that we may help them form a
rich and extensive vocabulary.
Preparation for writing and
reading is based in tangible
experiences to help the child
analyse and better understand
the alphabet, Once the child has
mastered these linguistic tools
they have the freedom to enjoy,
explore and be creative.
Culture
In order for children to feel
that they are a part of their
community they must gain
respect for, and knowledge
and understanding of, the
world they live in. Activities
that further this aim include
art, craft, dance, music,
history, geography, R.E.,
botany, zoology and many
more.
Mathematics
The Montessori approach to
mathematics uses three
dimensional materials which give
children a concrete understanding
of the decimal system. Children do
not merely learn to count but truly
understand the numerical concepts
of growth, quantity, and
sequencing because they have had
both a visual and tactile
experience of them. This bedrock
of comprehension on which
abstract concepts are built will
stay with the child throughout their
life, making mathematics a joy.
"The secret of good teaching is to regard the child's intelligence as a fertile field in
which seeds may be sown, to grow under the heat of a calming imagination"
Dr Maria Montessori
Sensorial Exploration
Children absorb information
through their five senses.
Maria Montessori developed
activities made mainly from
beautiful natural materials
that excite and refine the
senses, and isolate individual
qualities such as colour, size,
shape, weight, texture,
which enable children to
clarify, classify and
comprehend the world and
heighten their sense of order
and powers of observation
and analysis.
