A Reggio-Inspired School for children from 1 year to 15 years of age from Nursery, Preschool to Primary and Middle School.
Dear Aurora Families,
Welcome to Aurora International School of the Arts.
For those of you returning, welcome back, and to those of you that are new, we warmly welcome you to the Aurora community.
We look forward to creating new adventures and fond memories with you and your child. We are very excited for the new school year, which will be filled with endless inquiry, exploration, investigation and discovery.
Aurora Team
“Going beyond immediate into the realm of the possible” – Jerome Bruner
Aurora International School Of The Arts’ educational philosophy is inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach. The school fosters life-long learning for children aged 12 months to 15 years, supporting self-discovery, imagination and creativity.
We believe that children have the capacity for representing ideas and constructing knowledge in a variety of symbolic and graphic modes. We emphasise the importance of children’s symbolic language, conceptualised as the “100 languages”, where ideas and knowledge-building are expressed through many creative processes, such as speech, writing, drawing, painting, sculpture, construction, music, movement and shadow play.
‘Children are active protagonists of their growth and development processes as our core value at Aurora Ecosystem.’
Please contact us via 028 3744 2991 or info@aurorareggio.com / admissions@aurorareggio.com for more information about our Nursery, Preschool, Primary and Middle School.
Aurora International School Of The Arts
Children are active protagonists of their growth and development processes as our core value at Aurora Ecosystem.
“We are and we need to be convinced of this – in an ecosystem: Our journey on earth is a journey that we take together with the environment, with nature, with the cosmos; Our organism, our morality, our culture, our feelings are connected to the environment, to the universe, to the world. And therein lies the web of our life”
Loris Malaguzzi
Children in our Nursery and Preschool develop number sense and literacy skills through everyday projects and provocation in their daily exploration.
Play sets the foundation for the development of critical social and emotional knowledge and skills. Through play, children learn to forge connections with others and to share, negotiate and resolve conflicts, as well as learn self-advocacy skills. Play also teaches children leadership as well as group skills. Furthermore, play is a natural tool that children can use to build their resilience and coping skills, as they learn to navigate relationships and deal with social challenges as well as conquer their fears.
“To make a school which is lovable (industrious, inventive, livable, documentable and communicable; a place of research, learning, reflection and recognition) where children, teachers and families are happy – this is our purpose. To give it organisation, contents, functions, procedures, motivations and interests, this is the strategy which aims to bring together the centralities, intensify relations between the protagonists.” (Loris Malaguzzi)
Children in our Primary school continue with a Reggio-Inspired approach to learning and teaching that advocates for the rights of the child and puts the child at the centre of their learning. One of the practices within this approach is being fully inclusive which recognises the diversity of children. Individual differences are valued and embraced and practices increase the participation and progress of students who learn differently, not only in the classroom but in other learning experiences, such as non-academic and enrichment classes.
Our curriculum content in the Primary school is taught through investigative research, following the Common Ground Collaborative standards and inquiry-based approach. The 3 C’s are how we define learning. The learning process is a continuous spiral as children progress through deeper levels of constructing conceptual understanding, building competencies and developing character.
As in Pre-school and Primary, in Middle School we maintain our focus upon the student at the centre of all we do and our vision of them as capable individuals with ownership and agency over their learning. We will be following the New Zealand curriculum goals more closely. The New Zealand National Curriculum is internationally acclaimed due to its holistic approach and focus on deep and rich learning experiences which engage the children and allow them to develop a broad skills base.
Aurora was started in October 2015 and opened its doors to the first children in March of 2016, representing the fulfillment of a dream of a local mother and ambitious educators who had long envisioned a high-quality Early Years education and care environment for Vietnam’s youngest citizens.
SUMMER PROJECT 2024
ATELIER ADVENTURES
Join us on this extraordinary journey, where ateliers are not confined to a single space but are woven into the very fabric of our school. Atelier Adventures celebrates the boundless creativity and the joyous exploration that takes place within our walls. Discover the magic of ateliers and witness the transformation of young learners into confident, innovative thinkers.
For children from 2 years to 13 years of age who are already comfortable in a school setting
6 weeks of summer (1 July 2024 – 9 August 2024)
Limited spaces available
EARLY BIRD before 1 APRIL 2024
Please contact us at 
admissions@auroraschool.vn or 
(+84) 028 3744 2991 for more information.
AURORA OPEN DAY
IN DIALOGUE WITH AURORA
We invite you to join us for a morning tea and conversation. We would love to share with you our passion for inquiry-based emergent curriculum learning, that begins in the early years and carries on throughout a child’s life of learning.
Through the dialogue, we will also share about:
– New Zealand Curriculums through the lens of the Reggio Emilia Experience
– How Nursery and Preschool leads into Aurora Primary
– What it looks like to be a learner in Aurora Primary and Middle School
For reservation, please register at http://bit.ly/InDialogueWithAurora2024
