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Our programme

A Reggio Emilia inspired curriculum that follows the child — built around long-form projects, natural materials, and the patient art of really listening to what they're already wondering about.

4 age groups
From toddler to school readiness
8am – 6pm
Weekdays · half & full day
2 campuses
Happy Garden · Equine Park
Our Approach

The Reggio Emilia way

Born in post-war Italy, the Reggio Emilia approach views every child as capable, curious, and full of theories about the world. Our role is not to fill them up with answers — it's to walk alongside them as they ask their own questions.

01

The child as protagonist

Every child arrives whole — capable, curious, and ready to make meaning. Our educators follow their questions instead of overwriting them with predetermined answers.

02

Environment as the third teacher

Our spaces teach alongside our educators — through natural light, real materials, low shelves, and rooms that invite slow looking. Beauty isn't decoration here, it is pedagogy.

03

Documentation as listening

We pay attention. We photograph the muddy hands, transcribe the half-formed theories, and revisit them together — so children see their own thinking made visible.

04

Project-based inquiry

Learning unfolds through extended investigations that emerge from children's own interests — sometimes a project lives for a week, sometimes for half a year.

Where Learning Happens

Indoor & Outdoor Learning

Learning occurs both indoor and outdoor. Our garden is a sensory delight, with natural elements like wood, water, sand, plants, herbs, spices, and small animals — letting our children appreciate the beauty of nature.

Indoor learning Indoor

Indoor Learning

In the classroom, we bring in materials from nature itself. We use natural objects to stimulate our students' thoughts and enhance their play. They have hands-on learning experiences they won't have in a traditional classroom.

  • Atelier (art studio)
  • Reading nooks
  • Construction
  • Loose parts
  • Sensory play
Outdoor learning Outdoor

Outdoor Learning

Outdoor kitchens with utensils and a sandpit nearby generate countless variations of role play and imaginative play. Climbing, jumping, rolling and crawling are facilitated through larger wooden equipment. Kids explore and play with nature materials, stimulating creativity and a sense of wonder.

  • Sandpit
  • Outdoor kitchen
  • Climbing structures
  • Herb & vegetable garden
  • Water play
Programmes by Age

A class for every stage

From the gentlest first steps away from home to the confident year before primary school — each group has its own pace, space, and rhythm.

18m – 2y

Toddler

Gentle separation, sensory exploration, soft routines. The first taste of "we" outside of home.

  • Sensory play
  • Music & movement
  • Caring routines
3 – 4y

Preschool

Project-led inquiry, language explosion, beginning to draw their own questions onto the page.

  • Inquiry projects
  • Language & story
  • Art & expression
4 – 5y

Kindergarten

Long-form projects, early literacy, numeracy through real problems, deepening friendships.

  • Pre-literacy
  • Number sense
  • Long-form projects
5 – 6y

School Readiness

The bridge year. Confidence, focus, self-direction, and the joy of finishing what you start.

  • Phonics & reading
  • Numeracy
  • Self-direction
A Day at Piccoli

The shape of a good day

Our days follow a gentle rhythm — predictable enough to feel safe, flexible enough to follow what the children are interested in today.

Children at Piccoli
a typical Tuesday ✿
  • 8:00

    Soft arrivals

    A warm welcome, a quiet morning provocation set out on the table, breakfast for those who'd like it.

  • 9:00

    Morning circle

    Songs, stories, and what we're wondering about today. Children share, listen, and propose.

  • 9:30

    Project & atelier time

    Small groups dive into ongoing investigations — clay, paint, observational drawing, building.

  • 11:00

    Outdoor exploration

    Garden, sandpit, climbing, herb-tending. A long stretch of unhurried outdoor time.

  • 12:30

    Lunch & conversation

    A nourishing meal eaten together, with real plates and real talk.

  • 1:30

    Quiet time

    Rest, read, or work quietly — depending on the child and the day.

  • 3:00

    Afternoon provocation

    A new invitation to play — sometimes returning to the morning's project, sometimes something fresh.

  • 5:00

    Wind down & pickup

    Snacks, stories, gentle goodbyes. A moment of reflection before home.

Come see it for yourself

The best way to understand our programme is to stand inside it. Walk the garden, meet our educators, watch a morning unfold. We'd love to host you.

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