Early Years
Developing a foundation in learning for our youngest students
At the Australian International School Bangkok, we use the Australian Early Years Learning Framework ‘Belonging, Being and Becoming’ as our guiding curriculum document. AISB fosters a safe, nurturing learning environment for children from all backgrounds and abilities. We believe that the early years are a vital period in a child’s learning and development, and provide the foundation for life-long learning.
Early Childhood Learning at AISB
Developing the foundation skills for life
The early years of education are vital ones, during which children acquire the foundation skills for future learning. At AISB, we recognise the importance of ensuring our youngest students take their first steps in education within a stimulating, nurturing, and vibrant environment. This is the time when children enter a social world beyond their family, establishing themselves as members of a peer group community and forming crucial attitudes toward learning and themselves as learners.
Early Years Learning Framework for Australia
​Guided by principles from The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia, our curriculum provides a supportive yet challenging environment where every child is seen, heard, and empowered. By the end of the early years, students have developed a strong sense of self, a love of learning, and the foundational skills and confidence needed to thrive as they move into Primary Education.
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Children learn when they are having fun, experience success, feel secure and have a sense of belonging.
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Imagination, wonder and curiosity are encouraged by creativity, child-centred, play based, hands-on learning.
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Thinking is at the heart of all inquiry. Children are encouraged to connect and contribute to their world through inquiry and discovery.
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Children have authentic opportunities in a range of curriculum areas to develop their thinking and problem-solving skills. They are actively involved in gathering and processing information using all their senses.
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Children learn to be socially responsible and to show respect for others and their environment.
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Children take risks to develop their social, emotional and physical well-being. They are supported in developing skills of independence, resilience and perseverance.
Belonging, Being and Becoming
Referring to The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia: Belonging, Being and Becoming, early childhood education at AISB places a strong emphasis on play-based learning, recognising that play is the most effective way for young children to explore, discover, and develop foundational skills. Our approach also prioritises communication and language development—including early literacy and numeracy—alongside social and emotional growth, ensuring that children build the confidence, curiosity, and resilience they need to thrive as lifelong learners.​
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Belonging – children feel that they belong because of the relationships they have with their family, community, culture and place.
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Being – is about living here and now. Childhood is a special time in life and children need time to just be – time to play, try new things and have fun.
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Becoming – is about the learning and development that young children experience. They start to form their sense of identity from an early age, shaping the type of adult they will become.
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