Curriculum & Programme
Our motivated, creative, and experienced teaching team provide a caring, homely educational environment to welcome and engage your tamariki. We are incredibly lucky to be very well-resourced to provide an extensive variety of experiences and activities to support the growth into competent and confident learners.
The curriculum we offer reflects the principles, strands, goals and learning outcomes of the Early Childhood Education curriculum document Te Whāriki. This celebrates the uniqueness of each child and the interests and dynamics of group and social interactions. We embrace our commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and acknowledge and welcome the increasing cultural diversity of the Mid Canterbury district.
We have a play-based curriculum providing each child with a variety of choice and which follows the interest of the individual. Kaiako challenge and extend tamariki through their interests growing learning dispositions, skills and abilities along the way.
We offer a mixed age environment which embraces the Māori principles of ako where we all learn together and also places value on tuakana-teina relationships where older tamariki support and guide younger tamariki in their learning and development.
We boast an exceptionally large, natural and well-equipped outdoor environment. We do get outside in all seasons – there’s no such thing as bad weather so ensure you pack spare clothing for all weather.
