Key focus areas

Health & Wellbeing

At Leading Bees Montessori, Our children’s health and wellbeing is our utmost priority. It represents the ‘care’ we provide our children. but it also represents a critical area of learning in our curriculum. We teach the skills of personal care and independence through our weekly cookery activity done by children. The everyday routines that involve eating, drinking, sleeping, toileting, applying sunscreen and cleaning up after ourselves are as valuable learning experiences as any other with academic outcomes. The students learn about responsibility, autonomy and agency and are supported to complete tasks. They can also develop a more definite sense of their own identity and belonging by establishing what they are capable of and what they can contribute to the group.

Self Expression & the Arts

Teaching arts, as a form of expression, plays an essential role in the Leading Bees Montessori curriculum. Painting is not only about making marks on paper, it involves choosing colours, deciding the size and movement of each brushstroke, and noticing how the child feels while creating.

Listening, reading, writing and recognising

At Leading Bees Montessori, we understand the importance of sharing books, and we recognise that this is often a child’s first formal learning experience with their family. By reading with children from as young an age as possible, we can support the development of listening skills, vocabulary, sound and picture recognition, and, later on, reading and writing abilities.

We encourage all families to be involved with the Aurora Library, as every child deserves access to the invaluable experience of enjoying stories at home with their loved ones — regardless of the resources available to them.

Physical Education

At Leading Bees Montessori, we observe that children are not inclined to remain still. Their natural desire to move highlights the importance of physical education in developing both gross and fine motor skills, as well as in helping them understand how their bodies work. A child’s first language is movement; for example, a baby explores objects with their mouth, as if asking the world, “What is this thing?”

Construction, engineering and design

Play that promotes cause and effect, trial and error and problem-solving skills are all early opportunities for children to construct, engineer and design. To help our students make sense of their world, we encourage conversations about how a bridge works or how a car moves, to challenge a child to think beyond the previously accepted and extend their knowledge. It is also essential for children to feel that they have the potential to influence the world with their thoughts and actions.

Science, technology and mathemetics

Science and mathematics are essential components of cognitive development in children. At Leading Bees Montessori, we begin with foundational concepts such
as counting objects, recognising different shapes and patterns, and continually asking why.
Children naturally connect counting to their world from an early age — wanting more or less,
noticing what is big or small, knowing how old they are, or talking about how many pets they
have. Each of these everyday moments can spark meaningful mathematical conversations.

A key part of mathematical understanding is developing the vocabulary children need to express
their ideas. For this reason, educators intentionally weave mathematical concepts and language
into daily experiences and interactions.

Nature and sustainability

At Leading Bees Montessori, we embed nature and sustainability into everyday learning. Children are encouraged to care for their environment through simple, meaningful practices that cultivate  respect for the natural world.

Our sustainability practices include:

  • Gardening and nature play: Children plant, water, and care for herbs, vegetables, and flowers, learning where food comes from and how living things grow.
  • Recycling and waste reduction: We teach children to sort materials, reduce waste, and reuse everyday items for creative projects.
  • Energy and water awareness: Simple routines—turning off lights, using water mindfully, and caring for shared resources—help children develop lifelong sustainable habits.
  • Sustainable materials: Whenever possible, we use natural, recycled, and open-ended materials that support imaginative play and reduce environmental impact.
Through these practices, children learn that their actions matter and that caring for the planet is a shared responsibility, starting with small steps each day.