The Child's Curriculum

This professional learning session invites educators to rethink curriculum not as a predetermined sequence of outcomes, but as a lived experience co constructed with children. Drawing on the 6Cs-Culture, Context, Choice, Collaboration, Challenge, and Consolidation. This session  repositions the child as an active agent whose cultural world, relationships, and environment fundamentally shape the learning process.

Grounded in contemporary theory and practice, The Child’s Curriculum provides a powerful lens for understanding how children make meaning in early learning settings. Participants will explore how cultural experiences form the basis of identity and learning; how context (spaces, routines, materials and locality) anchors children in purposeful engagement; and how genuine choice supports intrinsic motivation and wellbeing. The session also examines the central role of collaboration in constructing knowledge with peers and adults, the importance of sensitive and meaningful challenge, and the need for consolidation opportunities that deepen and solidify understanding over time.

More information can be found on the School of Education webpage.