About This Resource
This session will provide an overview of the AISL Harrow Early Years Curriculum (AHEYC) which will be used by all Early Years Provision from September 2022. While defining the nature and role of Curriculum in Early Years and the received content for learning, it will provide a brief context to its purpose, rationale, initial development, and the key principles that underpin it. The session will explore the relationship between the Disciplines (Learning Behaviours) and Domains (Knowledge and Skills) and how they are all underpinned and driven by core values. It will also provide a practical approach to understanding how the AHEYC enables educators to design and construct their own responsive Curriculum and how this is interpreted and implemented using the AHEYC as its framework for aspirations and expectations.
About the Speakers
Isabel Xu
Director of Bilingual Education, AISL
Isabel Xu is the Director of Bilingual Education at AISL. Having been working in the education field for over two decades, she has experience working in both Chinese and UK public schools, international schools, and bilingual private schools. She has worked as a Secondary teacher, Group Leader, Head of School, and Consultant, leading on various school development projects. Isabel is an IB examiner and a CIS accreditation evaluator.
Prior to joining AISL, Neelam worked as Director of Digital Learning and Innovation at Ashford School and as Educational Technologist for The United Learning Group of schools. She draws on her research and practical experiences of working with technology with various groups of schools in education, whilst also holding responsibility for providing leadership in ICT operations and strategy. She is also the author of the Digital Literacy in the Primary series and Digital Parenting book, locally published and distributed globally.
Jan Dubiel
Director of Early Years, AISL
Jan Dubiel is Director of Early Years at AISL and is a nationally and internationally recognised specialist in Early Childhood Education. He was recently identified by the Times Educational Supplement as one of the ten most influential people in British education. He was previously Head of National and International Development at Early Excellence. He has worked as a YN, YR, and Y1 teacher, senior leader, consultant, adviser, and national lead on the management of the (Early Years) Foundation Stage Profile with QCA. He has written widely on different aspects of Early Years policy, pedagogy and practice.
