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Northern Beaches Montessori School

It’s Spring! Time to take learning outside

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It’s that time of year again. The temperature is rising ever so slowly, the daylight is gracing us with its presence a bit more each day, and it feels like the world outside is waking up.   Spring does something amazing for us all.   While we believe in the importance of finding fun ways to be outside all year round, spring seems to pull us there without the need for…
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Montessori and Peace Education

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"Preventing conflicts is the work of politics, establishing peace is the work of education." Dr Maria Montessori As we celebrate the International Day of Peace this Saturday, we remind families of our mission at FMS: We are a school educating for Peace. Having lived through WWII, Maria Montessori was passionate about how to help the world towards peace. Peace is woven throughout every aspect of the Montessori curriculum. Sometimes the…
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Baby steps to Montessori

Movement Matters! The importance of movement for babies and toddlers

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This term, Primary school students at FMS have been practising new skills, increasing their physical activity, and learning about heart health as part of the Jump Rope for Heart program. By participating in the program, FMS primary students have been jumping, skipping, hopping and moving more every day. They are also choreographing their own moves! Committing to their practice daily, out of school hours, students are spending less time on…
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Learning at Montessori

Montessori Education: Planes of development

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Dr. Montessori recognised that childhood development is divided into four main phases which she called ‘planes of development.’     Each plane builds upon what was learned in those previously, and each plane has both an active and passive phase. By fully understanding the developmental needs of a child — wherever they happen to be on this continuum — we are better able to create an environment that will be optimal…
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