We are knowledgeable
We follow the Reggio Emilia approach and value and encourage child-initiated activities. We know that every child is creative and competent.
Our Kindergarten Days
- Our day starts at 08:00 and ends at 15:20. Please find our school calendar for term dates and special events.
- We offer shuttle bus services (in collaboration with Blaguss) for all interested families.
- Every student has their own locker for their shoes and outdoor clothing, as well as a personal drawer inside the classroom for any personal belongings and school work.
- Our international kindergarten consists of three classrooms with infrastructure for all types of learning. A hallway connects the two classrooms to our Wintergarden where we have lunch, our locker room, and a multi-purpose room. We benefit from easy and fast access to our beautiful campus and playground.
- We enjoy playing outside in our playground twice a day.
- Our kindergarten provides freshly prepared morning and afternoon snacks as well as daily choices of lunches. Everything is prepared by our wonderful in-house catering team.
- We strive to keep parents/caregivers informed about our learning in kindergarten. Parents/caregivers will receive regular updates on their child’s learning, two Reports (December and June) as well as invitations to a Parent-Teacher evening (beginning of the year), Parent-Teacher Conferences (mid-year), and Student-Led-Conferences (mid/end of the year).
- At AMADEUS Vienna, we like to get together as a community and celebrate several events throughout the school year to which all families and family friends will be invited. Are you interested in joining our AMADEUS Vienna Community Association? Please find more information about our AVCA here.
Ms Mira Koller-Herlt
EY Coordinator
Learning at AMADEUS Early Years Centre
We are all learners. We celebrate child-centered learning. Within the IB PYP, we follow the Reggio Emilia inspired approach and believe in the competence of every child as well as the importance of engagement in learning. In our Early Years Centre Kindergarten, we are all learners and teachers at the same time. We learn with and from each other.
For more information on the IB Primary Years Programme, please visit www.ibo.org.
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AMADEUS Early Years Centre | Activities & Stories
EY 1: Patterns
In EY 1 we have started to inquire into patterns. The students already understood the concept of something being repeated in order to be called a pattern. Their collected knowledge about shapes helps them with describing and naming various patterns and also enables the students to compare them. ‘Is it really the same colour and pattern, or are you able to spot differences?’
EY 1: ‘You’ve got a friend in me’
The students are busily creating lanterns that will be sold at our Winter Wonderland Festival. This year, all of our profit will be donated to SUPERAR. (Superar is a not-for-profit organization that empowers children and young adults across Europe by providing cost-free musical instruction and resources. Their objective is to strengthen individuals and communities by harnessing the power of music to bring about a positive societal change.) Please help us to support this important initiative!
EY 2: "Letter Day - ‘d’"
🎶 See me play on the drum. Playing drums is lots of fun, with a /d/-/d/-/d/-/d/-/d/-/d/-/d/-/d/- /d/. See me play upon the drum! 🎶
This week in class we engaged in everything we could think of starting with a “d” sound. We created our own duck art from our handprints, played with our dominos, tried the instrument of the drum and made some dot art.
Together we have been looking at the importance of making the “d” line extra long up to the top, to not confuse it with our “a”‘s.
While searching the classroom for equipment and things with “d” we realised that we have four rectangular doors, domino and dices and dance moves we can show off.
EY 2: "Let’s explore materials"
Mixing the water and glycerine for the leave bath got us thinking of what else we can mix to create something new.
With mixing daily used ingredients, like flour, salt, sunflower oil and water, we made our own playdough in class.
We measured the exact amount of every ingredient needed and mixed it carefully with the mixer, adding the water slowly in the process.
Each student helped kneading the dough until it was ready to dye with the food-colouring.
We chose our favourite colours and placed the finished playdough in separate bags to keep it from drying.
Together we looked for a suitable space to keep our new material and are using it for many different literacy and mathematical activities.
EY 3: "Storytelling"
We were thrilled to showcase the incredible storytelling taking place in the EY3 classroom. The students have embarked on a vibrant journey of creativity during their “How We Express Ourselves” unit. Each week, our provocations have inspired these young learners to step into the role of authors. With just paper, drawing tools, and their limitless imagination, the EY3 students have been delving into the art of storytelling, bringing their thoughts and feelings to life on the page.
As we near the conclusion of Term 1, we were excited to celebrate the storytelling accomplishments of our EY3 students this week. (See more pictures below)
In the coming weeks, we will shift our focus to our ongoing Unit of Inquiry, exploring how our year is organised and the various celebrations that occur throughout it. We will pay special attention to light-based festivals as we approach the end of the year. On the morning of December 20th, we will join together with EY1 and EY2 for a light festival celebration.
EY 3: "Spelling CVC words"
This week, we introduced an exciting new game that allowed the children to practice their spelling and reading skills using pictures with CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant) words. The students enjoyed this fun car-themed activity where they “drove” to each stop sign to say the individual sounds of the words, before reading the entire word aloud in one go. The children quickly grasped the game and even offered some creative suggestions!
Additionally, we wrapped up our reading assessments this week and explored the digraph “ph,” as several students expressed interest in this intriguing Greek-originating “f” sound. Alongside these activities, we continued to enhance our phonemic awareness and sound repetition skills.
To celebrate the upcoming light celebration on the 20th, we sang “This Little Light of Mine” and had a wonderful time making our names “light up” using a chalk technique. It was a week full of learning and creativity!
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