Reggio Inquiry at Pickering College

REGGIO INQUIRY AT PI C K E R I N G C O L L E G E

“When I was coming out of my chrysalis, I was flying with my wings, drinking and sipping nectar from flowers.”

(Expressed through Kindergarten sharing)

“Nothing Without Joy” – Loris Malaguzzi

Independent Co-educational Day and Boarding School Since 1842 | JK to University Preparatory

Learning For Life. Creating The Future.

16945 Bayview Avenue, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada L3Y 4X2 Visit us at www.pickeringcollege.on.ca

Learning For Life. Creating The Future.

REGGIO INQUIRY LEARNING AT PICKERING COLLEGE At Pickering College, we provide a nurturing, supportive and enriching learning environment for all students.

We develop and educate the whole child through a focus on academic excellence, co-curricular distinction, character and leadership development, and by providing an individualized approach to student learning. We know our students and ensure that they are supported and encouraged to meet their individual needs and accomplish their dreams.

Our programs build on the special strengths of our community: the personal and individual attention we provide our students; the safe and supportive environment; the diverse cultures and experiences within our community.

The role of Quakerism at Pickering College is a unique and defining aspect of our school.

Retaining a close relationship with our Quaker heritage provides a philosophical, moral and operational framework for our planning and decision-making.

The Foundation Years – The Junior School Global Leadership Program The Foundation Years Program sets the foundations of Global Leadership through cumulative challenges and interdisciplinary projects organized around eight building blocks: Leadership, Global Awareness, Design and Build, Public Speaking, Technology Integration, Environmental Stewardship, Outdoor Education, and Literacy and Languages. The program’s culmination is “My Key Idea,” a public speech where the student advocates on a topic of personal significance.

Reggio is an innovative and inspiring approach which values the child as capable, competent, creative, confident, resilient, and full of potential.

We believe that children are rich with curiosity and knowledge. It is a child’s innate desire to observe, explore and investigate. Inquiry motivates, experiences actualize the learning.

“Learning and teaching should not stand on opposite banks and just watch the river flow by; instead, they should embark together on a journey down the water.

Through active reciprocal exchange, teaching can strengthen learning how to learn.” –Loris Malaguzzi In our JK to Grade 2 classrooms, we have begun to enrich, in depth and breadth, our Pickering College roots, programs and teaching with a Reggio Inquiry Approach.

The Reggio Emilia Approach originated in Italy. At the core of this educational philosophy was the founder Loris Malaguzzi, who was an influential leader in education.

It is a democratic model that follows the development of children, and brings together the children, teachers, and the environment.

As you will notice, each classroom is aesthetically beautiful, filled with natural materials that invite questions and provoke curiosity and discoveries. The environment promotes a sense of belonging and being at one with nature. Careful attention to detail and designing spaces that optimize discovery and learning have been created.

The classrooms are filled with photographs, documentation of the learning, childrens’ work, journals and artifacts that are an integral part of the children’s experiences.

“The wider the range of possibilities we offer children, the more intense will be their motivations and the richer their experiences.” –Loris Malaguzzi

COMMUNITY

The Big Ideas and the guided and emergent lines of Inquiry drive the experiences.

Through a Reggio lens, the units of study are unfolded, and learning is deepened.

“Creativity seems to emerge from multiple experiences, coupled with a well-supported development of personal resources, including a sense of freedom to venture beyond the known.”

–Loris Malaguzzi Pickering has found the lens that is a perfect fit with Reggio style inquiry. The rich and vibrant roots will remain and ensure that the future is strong with Pickering College’s values, curriculum, programs and traditions.

For more information about Reggio Inquiry Learning at Pickering College, please contact Maria Di Mambro, Director of Junior School at mdimambro@pickeringcollege.on.ca

We know that all children bring with them a deep sense of wonder, which drives their interest to make sense and understand their world and their place within it.

Here at Pickering, we are deeply inspired by this approach. We have instilled and adapted Reggio to meet the needs of our students.

HOW REGGIO CONNECTS TO OUR QUAKER VALUES

“The environment should act as an aquarium which reflects the ideas, the ethics, attitudes and culture of the people who live in it. This is what we are working towards.” –Loris Malaguzzi

The organization of the environment, known as the ‘Environment as the Third Teacher’ is fundamental to learning.

Reggio In a Nutshell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvwpLarbUD8

The teachers listen carefully and observe the children, recording their words, thoughts and ideas. Reflective dialogue, questions and deeper thinking are part of each day. This way of working drives the process forward and creates a path for the children to deepen their learning.

Community is gathering interconnected individuals whose collective actions create a sense of belonging and encourage participation, who accept and take care of one another.

COMPASSION Compassion is being sensitive to others’ thoughts and feelings and understanding and considering conflicting issues and ideas. It is to show concern and caring for all others in the community, no matter their differences, in a way that creates harmony and peace.

INTEGRITY Integrity is the courage to act honestly and truthfully in all actions.

RESPECT Respect is valuing yourself and others and the environment in which we exist, based on the principles of simplicity and equality, so that you treat others as you wish to be treated.

RESPONSIBILITY Responsibility is being accountable for one’s own actions and behaviours by demonstrating good judgement and fulfilling obligations.

STEWARDSHIP OF THE EARTH We provide the children with meaningful, thoughtful and authentic experiences and opportunities for them to explore, research, investigate, collaborate, reflect and communicate their findings.

CNN Report on Reggio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm9kvETxWn4

Stewardship of the Earth is demonstrating a respect for the environment and taking action to sustain natural resources and our environment for future generations.

REGGIO INQUIRY LEARNING AT PICKERING COLLEGE At Pickering College, we provide a nurturing, supportive and enriching learning environment for all students.

We develop and educate the whole child through a focus on academic excellence, co-curricular distinction, character and leadership development, and by providing an individualized approach to student learning. We know our students and ensure that they are supported and encouraged to meet their individual needs and accomplish their dreams.

Our programs build on the special strengths of our community: the personal and individual attention we provide our students; the safe and supportive environment; the diverse cultures and experiences within our community.

The role of Quakerism at Pickering College is a unique and defining aspect of our school.

Retaining a close relationship with our Quaker heritage provides a philosophical, moral and operational framework for our planning and decision-making.

The Foundation Years – The Junior School Global Leadership Program The Foundation Years Program sets the foundations of Global Leadership through cumulative challenges and interdisciplinary projects organized around eight building blocks: Leadership, Global Awareness, Design and Build, Public Speaking, Technology Integration, Environmental Stewardship, Outdoor Education, and Literacy and Languages. The program’s culmination is “My Key Idea,” a public speech where the student advocates on a topic of personal significance.

Reggio is an innovative and inspiring approach which values the child as capable, competent, creative, confident, resilient, and full of potential.

We believe that children are rich with curiosity and knowledge. It is a child’s innate desire to observe, explore and investigate. Inquiry motivates, experiences actualize the learning.

“Learning and teaching should not stand on opposite banks and just watch the river flow by; instead, they should embark together on a journey down the water.

Through active reciprocal exchange, teaching can strengthen learning how to learn.” –Loris Malaguzzi In our JK to Grade 2 classrooms, we have begun to enrich, in depth and breadth, our Pickering College roots, programs and teaching with a Reggio Inquiry Approach.

The Reggio Emilia Approach originated in Italy. At the core of this educational philosophy was the founder Loris Malaguzzi, who was an influential leader in education.

It is a democratic model that follows the development of children, and brings together the children, teachers, and the environment.

As you will notice, each classroom is aesthetically beautiful, filled with natural materials that invite questions and provoke curiosity and discoveries. The environment promotes a sense of belonging and being at one with nature. Careful attention to detail and designing spaces that optimize discovery and learning have been created.

The classrooms are filled with photographs, documentation of the learning, childrens’ work, journals and artifacts that are an integral part of the children’s experiences.

“The wider the range of possibilities we offer children, the more intense will be their motivations and the richer their experiences.” –Loris Malaguzzi

COMMUNITY

The Big Ideas and the guided and emergent lines of Inquiry drive the experiences.

Through a Reggio lens, the units of study are unfolded, and learning is deepened.

“Creativity seems to emerge from multiple experiences, coupled with a well-supported development of personal resources, including a sense of freedom to venture beyond the known.”

–Loris Malaguzzi Pickering has found the lens that is a perfect fit with Reggio style inquiry. The rich and vibrant roots will remain and ensure that the future is strong with Pickering College’s values, curriculum, programs and traditions.

For more information about Reggio Inquiry Learning at Pickering College, please contact Maria Di Mambro, Director of Junior School at mdimambro@pickeringcollege.on.ca

We know that all children bring with them a deep sense of wonder, which drives their interest to make sense and understand their world and their place within it.

Here at Pickering, we are deeply inspired by this approach. We have instilled and adapted Reggio to meet the needs of our students.

HOW REGGIO CONNECTS TO OUR QUAKER VALUES

“The environment should act as an aquarium which reflects the ideas, the ethics, attitudes and culture of the people who live in it. This is what we are working towards.” –Loris Malaguzzi

The organization of the environment, known as the ‘Environment as the Third Teacher’ is fundamental to learning.

Reggio In a Nutshell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvwpLarbUD8

The teachers listen carefully and observe the children, recording their words, thoughts and ideas. Reflective dialogue, questions and deeper thinking are part of each day. This way of working drives the process forward and creates a path for the children to deepen their learning.

Community is gathering interconnected individuals whose collective actions create a sense of belonging and encourage participation, who accept and take care of one another.

COMPASSION Compassion is being sensitive to others’ thoughts and feelings and understanding and considering conflicting issues and ideas. It is to show concern and caring for all others in the community, no matter their differences, in a way that creates harmony and peace.

INTEGRITY Integrity is the courage to act honestly and truthfully in all actions.

RESPECT Respect is valuing yourself and others and the environment in which we exist, based on the principles of simplicity and equality, so that you treat others as you wish to be treated.

RESPONSIBILITY Responsibility is being accountable for one’s own actions and behaviours by demonstrating good judgement and fulfilling obligations.

STEWARDSHIP OF THE EARTH We provide the children with meaningful, thoughtful and authentic experiences and opportunities for them to explore, research, investigate, collaborate, reflect and communicate their findings.

CNN Report on Reggio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm9kvETxWn4

Stewardship of the Earth is demonstrating a respect for the environment and taking action to sustain natural resources and our environment for future generations.

REGGIO INQUIRY AT PI C K E R I N G C O L L E G E

“When I was coming out of my chrysalis, I was flying with my wings, drinking and sipping nectar from flowers.”

(Expressed through Kindergarten sharing)

“Nothing Without Joy” – Loris Malaguzzi

Independent Co-educational Day and Boarding School Since 1842 | JK to University Preparatory

Learning For Life. Creating The Future.

16945 Bayview Avenue, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada L3Y 4X2 Visit us at www.pickeringcollege.on.ca

Learning For Life. Creating The Future.