FIN uses the International Early Years Curriculum (IEYC) as a framework for its bilingual programme.

The IEYC is a new research-based curriculum recognizing global best practice in early childhood education and the developmental needs of 2-5 year olds. It supports key areas of learning through holistic enquiry and play-based approaches that cover all curriculum areas including personal, social and emotional development.
The IEYC approach is based on eight guiding principles:

• The earliest years of life are important in their own right
• Children should be supported to learn and develop at their own unique pace
• Play is an essential aspect of all children’s learning and development
• Learning happens when developmentally- appropriate teacher-scaffolded and child-initiated experiences harness children’s natural curiosity in an enabling environment-independent and interdependent learning experiences create a context for personal development and are the foundation of international mindedness
• Knowledge and skills development lead to an increasing sense of understanding when children are provided with opportunities to explore and express their ideas in multiple ways
• Ongoing assessment, in the form of evaluation and reflection, is effective when it involves a learning-link with the home
• Learning should be motivating, engaging and fun, opening up a world of wonder for children where personal interests can flourish

Our long experience in education enables us to continuously enrich our curriculum and offer the best learning environment for our children. We use research-based resources such as the Numicon multi-sensory maths programme to create confident mathematicians right from the start, or the Ben and Betty award-winning phonics approach to help our children develop their love of reading.