ABOUT US

Our Preschool caters for children aged between 2 and 5 years old.

We provide a child-initiated learning environment, which is designed to equip your child with the skills that help them in their development toward the new entrant educational system. We have a very good rapport with local schools and they often comment on how well our children settle and progress throughout their schooling. As part of creating a smooth transition to school, we have a very strong, play-based programme for our 4-year-olds that builds on the core skills of literacy and numeracy in a way that engages the children and builds their desire to learn more.

We provide a child-centred learning programme based on your child’s interests, designed to encourage your child to be a confident and competent learner. Children experience opportunities for local excursions and current community events. The children are offered other spontaneous and planned experiences throughout the day, plus they are encouraged to make their own choices and have a voice in what they would like to do. Educators follow and extend on the children’s interests.

Children in this unit are encouraged to become independent with a range of self-help and self-care skills, which enable them to grow up to be self-motivated learners. We have numerous play spaces both indoors and outdoors as you can see in our photo gallery. We also have a shaded, barked, area that is both challenging but also safe and age-appropriate for the children

Our children enjoy their carpentry, using real tools at our carpentry table. The shed is a key part of centre life. It is where children come together three times a day for mat times, waiata and shared learning.  The shed can comfortably hold 60 people and it is also the room we use for any preschoolers who need to sleep during the afternoon.