The Belrose Children’s Centre of the Northern Beaches Council is taking the lead in nurturing the minds of the future scientists and engineers of Australia.
Just this March 2019, the Belrose Children’s Centre has been officially recognised as a Little Scientists House. This is due to the centre’s commitment in facilitating in its early childhood services an inquiry-based learning program based on the Little Scientists’ STEM subjects which include science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
What is Little Scientists?
Little Scientists is a non-profit professional holistic program aimed towards childhood educators and teachers. The program provides these educators and teachers ample workshops and tools in order to for them to impart on their young students the valuable learnings from STEM subjects.
Its overarching goal is to ensure the competitiveness of Australia’s workforce in the future.
The early childhood STEM education provided by the Little Scientists is a priority, and it is supported by the Australian Government Department of Education and Training through the National Innovation and Science Agenda.
Next Generation of Scientists and Engineers
With young students naturally eager to explore, learn, and understand the things around them, it was not a hard task for the educators and teachers at the Belrose Children’s Centre to adopt the Little Scientists professional development program.
By being a Little Scientists House, children at the centre are encouraged to enjoy and explore on different topics and other innovative activities regarding science, math, and technology with their educators in a professional learning environment.
Imparting the early childhood STEM education at the Belrose Children’s Centre is considered as a long-term commitment for both the centre and its educators. Each day, they are expected to continuously facilitate and incorporate an inquiry-based scientific research with the children at the centre, document their progress, and commit on the ongoing professional development workshops provided by the Little Scientists.
Truly, this newly adapted way of teaching young children can spark up some changes on the educational landscape of Australia in the future. Who knows, there may be some brilliant scientists in the making from the Belrose Children’s Centre?
