About Us
Your Child Is in Great Hands
Philosophy
Teaching Programme
Our teaching is based upon the belief that all children are capable and competent learners and through observations and parent consultation, we aim to identify children's strengths/weaknesses and work to scaffold their learning.
We run a programme which is really a whāriki or woven mat made up of all sorts of ideas. We weave Christian ethics into all that we do and actively teach children about values such as kindness, love and peace; we add into our whāriki ideas from the teachers to add interest, variety and vibrancy to our programme; we observe children carefully and do our best to notice their evolving interests so that we build upon and extend the children’s learning. In the midst of this, the teachers act as facilitators to empower children to become independent learners. Children have an involvement in decision making, designing, implementation and completion of their activities - including tidying up, in accordance with Ministry of Education and the National Early Childhood Curriculum – Te Whāriki.
Te Whāriki
We have a fabulous early childhood curriculum in New Zealand. The main principles that it is constructed upon are – family and community/whānau tangata, holistic development/kotahitanga, empowerment/whakamana, and the vital one – relationships/ngā hongonga
We choose to use Te Ara Whānui.
Within all of these main principles we work on developing the child’s sense of wellbeing and belonging and offer all of our children many opportunities to develop their communication skills, explore their world and make their own contribution within the preschool environment.