Aims & Objectives

At MACE we recognise the parent carer as a primary educator of the child and we pride ourselves on working closely in partnership. Respect is shown to family traditions and childcare practices and every effort is made to comply with parents wishes for their children where appropriate to the ethos of our school.

At MACE it will be our initial aim to introduce the children to the philosophy of the Montessori method of education. To make this possible we have fully equipped our school with a complete range of genuine Montessori materials. Montessori materials are very expensive, and are unique, beautiful, mainly wooden and carefully crafted by experts.

We provide the children with a carefully planned sequence of activities in a specially prepared environment. We aim to make the child aware of others and be both considerate and polite to each other while forging good friendships. We aim to build up their self-esteem, independence and confidence.

We aim to introduce the child to Practical Life skills using a wide range of materials especially designed to develop the child’s dexterity and muscle control. This prepares the child not only for writing at a later stage, but answers his pleas for ‘help me to do it myself’, thus encouraging further independence and confidence.

We aim to provide a range of Multi cultural activities to enhance the child’s perception of the world and all who live in it. We use real life pictures of people, places and costumes from around the world. We provide the children with creative activities to enhance their awareness of various festivals celebrated throughout the year.

MACE aims to introduce the child to Geography by providing globes, puzzle maps of the world and each continent, land and water forms, activities relating to soil, air and water and an introduction to flags from around the world.

We aim to introduce the child to Biology by providing a range of material such as puzzles containing different parts of animals, trees and flowers, bird cards, animal cards, fruit and flower cards and of course the nature table. We aim to have throughout the course of the school year, fish, tadpoles, a wormery, ant world and sea monkeys.

We look at History with the child by using the unique Montessori timeline materials and the stories, which go with it. We will introduce the Solar System – a project that has proved a favourite with our children in the past. We help them make Paper Mache models of the planets, which the children can hold and touch and get a real feel of, as well as providing real pictures of each planet and posters of the solar system. We often like to visit the planetarium with our older children to further improve this much-enjoyed project.

At the end of summer term in August, we take the children to our end of term trip where the parents are invited to join us to celebrate the end of the school year. We also like to arrange other school outings during the course of the year. The children benefit greatly from these extra excursions.

We work in partnership with the Local Authority ensuring that during the school year we have covered all the Early Learning Goals for the Foundation Stage. It is expected that most children will achieve the Early Learning Goals by the end of the Foundation stage (end of reception year) and that some children will achieve beyond them.

The foundation aims of the Montessori method of education and the fundamental aims of MACE are to sow the seeds of interest that will fuel learning, giving children education for life.

The welfare of the child is paramount. We want to provide a loving, safe and homely environment where the children can follow their ‘inner teacher’ and develop at their own pace at a time when their mind is at its most absorbent. Our carefully trained and caring teaching staff team will help to ensure that this can happen.

We aim to help the children with their gross and fine motor skills via the Montessori Sensorial apparatus, which also assists the child’s own development stages, carefully monitoring their progress. We introduce new exercises when it is appropriate to do so.

We aim to provide a safe and stimulating environment in which the child can experiment with and learn through a variety of different Art and Craft materials and projects. A pointing easel is freely available throughout the course of the child’s day, as you never know when a budding Monet or Picasso might appear.

We aim for the children to participate in-group discussions and to be able to express themselves clearly using a wide vocabulary. We introduce the children initially to numbers and letters indirectly through everyday activities and develop their social skills.

The letters of the alphabet are taught phonetically using a wide range of specially designed materials, as are numbers and early mathematics. Later, as the children begin to read and write, we combine our Montessori education with the National Curriculum for the Foundation stage, aiming for all children to have reached and usually far exceed the required levels in Literacy, Reading and Numeracy expected in their reception year.

 

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