Sue Palmer, education consultant and author of Toxic Childhood has said, “The Scandinavians have clearly got things right with a child-centred, play-based, structured early year’s curriculum that concentrates on children’s physical, social, linguistic and personal development. It is encouraging to see this model at Hamilton International Park.”
“Barnehage” literally means “child garden” in Norwegian, and is an equivalent of “kindergarten”.
Think of the Scots word “bairn”, and it will seem even closer to home.
At the Barnehage we aspire to create a fun, caring environment through excellent play opportunities. To achieve our aim, we will provide a high quality early years education which helps nurture children towards their full potential as confident individuals, responsible citizens, effective contributors and successful learners.



