Create a floor plan to observe early years practitioners' physical organization strategies.
Provide background on the Early Childhood Centre used for the practicum.
One of the three islands that make up the Cayman Islands, a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean, Cayman Brac's eastern side is home to Creek & Spot Bay Primary School. The school is divided into two locations: Creek is home to the Infants (Nursery to Year 2) and Spot Bay is home to the Juniors (Years 3 to 6). In October 2019, the After School & Holiday Care Program and a nursery class were added. From Nursery to Year 6, there are 102 pupils enrolled at the Creek & Spot Bay Primary School. There are approximately 51% female students and 49% male students. The school's student body comprises people from many countries, including the Cayman Islands, Jamaica, Honduran, American, Guyanese, and Filipino. The staff is diverse and comes from Britain, Trinidad and Barbados, the Philippines, Canada, and the Cayman Islands.
The first school built on Cayman Brac was the Spot Bay Primary School, which served pupils from several regions. The Agriculture Department at Spot Bay is currently housed in that building, which dates back to the early 1930s. Both indoors and outside beneath the shade of the trees, classes were held. The Creek & Spot Bay Junior School is currently housed in facilities that were built in the late 1960s. Before the merger, Frederick Oliver Hill, Basil Parchman, Mr. Ragnanan, and Brian Wilson were a few of the former principals. The music room and library on the Creek campus are currently housed in the early 1950s-era structure that was once Creek Primary School.
The Creek Primary School principal's bungalow originally housed the Beacon Learning Center. Classes were held both within the building and outside under the shade trees, the same as at the Spot Bay Primary School. Later on, more classrooms were constructed. Islay Conolly, Ercelle Connor, Georgene (McCoy) Lazzari, David Holmes, Trevor Ebanks, Richard Barker, and Mexi-Ann Grant were a few of the former principals before the merger (Creek & Spot Bay Schools, n.d).
Educational Focus and Curriculum.
The Cayman Islands Ministry of Education's national curriculum requirements are followed by Creek and Spot Bay Primary School. The curriculum is designed to accommodate the needs of students at each grade level and covers a wide range of disciplines, including English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, and Physical Education. To prepare students for the digital age, the school also emphasizes the use of technology in the classroom (Office of Education Standards, 2023).
Community Engagement.
The Cayman Brac community and the school are closely entwined. It functions as a hub for neighborhood events and educational opportunities involving environmental studies, local history, and culture in addition to being an educational institution. Parents, community residents, teachers, interns from the District Administration (Cayman Brac), the Ministry of Education, the Department of Education Services, the Senior School Improvement Officer (SSIO), Mrs. Tammy Hopkins, and other stakeholders all support the school. Students' feelings of community and identity are strengthened as a result of this involvement (Creek & Spot Bay Schools, n.d).