Connecting through Continuity Ali Porteous ali@childspace.nz
Mahia i runga i te rangimārie me te ngākau māhaki With a peaceful mind and respectful heart, we will always get the best results
Contents • Transitions • Primary care • Continuity of care • Continuity of experience • Continuity of learning • Continuity of friendships • Continuity of environment
Growing children’s brains together 85% of a baby’s brain is programmed in the first 3 years of life, we are the programmers!
Transitions
In order to thrive and learn, children must establish an intimate, responsive, and trusting relationship with at least one other person. Infants are able to develop close attachments with several people but not with many people. To develop a sense of their own identity and the strong sense of self-worth necessary for them to become confident in relationships and as learners, children must experience physical and emotional security with at least one other person within each setting. Te Wh ā riki
Key Kaiako system
Role of adult
…primary caregiving is not about being with one adult exclusively; rather it is about a style of caregiving that all the team shares…
Continuity of care
1 st movement 2 nd movement Nursery Toddler Nursery Toddler Bridge Ali Bridge Ali Mel Fei Charlie Hanna Charlie Hanna Casey/Tamsin Mel Kaukau Kaukau Pathway Heather Pathway Heather Tash Lou teacher teacher Lou Emaline/Evie Casey/Tamsin Cushla Emaline/Evie Emma Emma Fei Korimako Korimako Taylor Taylor Cushla Laura Tash Laura
Benefits of continuity
Challenges to continuity
Continuity of teachers
Continuity of experience
Continuity of Experience Consistent caregiving by one adult or a very small number of adults able to form a warm relationship with the child and to respond sensitively to the infants’ changing needs and preferences and developing pride in acheivement
Continuity of learning
Continuity of friends
Deeper relationships
Continuity of the environment
Love makes us who we are and who we will become
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