- Manaakitanga – a place of welcome and belonging for all
- Whakawhanaungatanga – building positive, respectful relationships
- Ako – teaching and learning from each other
- Kaitiakitanga – respecting and caring for our environment
- Mana Tāngata - Valuing our bicultural foundation and our multicultural context
We are a welcoming and inclusive early childhood
education service, where each child is valued and supported to explore and
discover in a respectful and fun, play-based environment and
children, parents, whānau and teachers collaborate to build a caring learning
community.Our Teaching
Philosophy
We believe that tamariki learn best through play-based
experiences.
Te Whāriki, our early childhood curriculum is embedded in all
areas of our teaching practice, and we work to ensure that we align with the
vision that all tamariki are competent and confident learners. We want all tamariki to be healthy in their
minds, bodies and spirits and to have a great sense of belonging in our
preschool.
We respect tikanga Māori, Te Reo Māori and kaupapa Māori and weave
these into our daily routines and practices.
We acknowledge Māori as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand.
We love our multicultural community of whānau and work hard to
ensure respectful practices for everyone we have the privilege of working
alongside.
Our teachers come from a variety of different experience and our
teaching pedagogy is inspired by a wide variety of theories and studies. Our teaching practices are based around
respect for everyone within our community, manaakitanga – warm and welcoming,
caring for all, a passion for ongoing learning and building trusting
relationships.
