Category: Storypark
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Digital portfolios and the Reggio Emilia approach
It is important for me to admit that for years, prior to Storypark, the documentation panels, children’s work and group discussions that I completed and posted in my classroom was easily overlooked. If time allowed I would walk parents around the room, directly point out the progress and work of their child. I hosted bi-annual curriculum nights/ exhibits, carefully displaying...
Supporting an effective transition to school
The end of year is a busy time for everyone, so we’ve prepared a few practical tips from experts to help you save time and create the best outcomes for children. In the run up to holidays children are excited, parents are frantically trying to prepare and educators’ workloads increase as they prepare to farewell a group of children. Across...
Taking LEAD childcare to the next level – improving quality outcomes for children and families
This blog post is written by Michelle Tuffley from LEAD Childcare. We have 15 services throughout Queensland and have been using paper-based documentation to record children’s learning for many years. In July 2016 we made the decision as an organisation to go online. This decision came about after all our services went through the assessment and rating process and we...
Maria Aarts, Marte Meo and Storypark
Maria Aarts now sits on the Storypark advisory team alongside other thought-leaders from around the world including Charles Pascal, Joce Nuttall, Sue Robb and Anne Meade. This group helps guide Storypark to ensure we develop features that encourage the best possible practices and outcomes for children, families and educators. Maria Aarts is the founder of Marte Meo, and a world-renowned...
One simple step to a smooth transition
With over 3,000 Early Learning Centres (ELC’s) around the world using Storypark it’s no surprise that children coming to your Early Learning Service may be bringing Storypark with them. Transitioning from one ELC to another can be a big change in a little person’s life, not to mention a big change for their family too. A new environment, new teachers,...
A recipricol learning community at Midlands Kindergarten
Midlands Kindergarten is situated in central Ballarat, Victoria. It is one of 24 learning services managed by ECKA (Eureka Community Kindergarten Association). “We have 95 families attending our service. We have two four year old groups and 2 three year old groups. Here at Midlands we see value in teaching children through the use of an inquiry mode and are...
100% positive at Wyndham Vale Kindergarten
I recently did a Storypark survey to our families through survey monkey and the results were fabulous. 100% positive. Storypark is evolving at our service. The staff have really progressed in their programming using the Storypark tool. Our connections with families has improved dramatically and their contributions to our program have truly benefited the staff and the children. We...
Daybook Options
So much can happen in a day in an Early Childhood learning environment. That can make it tough to update parents about what has gone on, especially when parents are arriving and leaving at the end of the day. So many services like to provide a Daily Diary, providing a snapshot of the activities, learning and adventures that have taken...
Enhancing purpose and sustainability in ECE (Part 2)
Storypark’s purpose is to help every child fulfil their unique potential by connecting and empowering the community around them. We do this in a number of ways, one of which is to help attract and sustain relationships with parents (empowering centres to build profitability and therefore the able to make a long term impact for children). This is the second...
Enhancing purpose and sustainability in ECE (part 1)
With over 3,000 early childhood centres and primary schools using Storypark across 23 countries, the impact and outcomes we create for children, families and educators is now well proven. Whether your organization is a community centre, for profit, not for profit, a registered charity; a single centre or a large group of services: pursuing your mission of creating meaningful outcomes...