Tawhiti Kindergarten

Kia Ora/Welcome to Tawhiti Kindergarten.

We warmly welcome all children, families and whanau. Tawhiti kindergarten is committed to helping parents; caregivers and whanau balance their busy life responsibilities by providing the very best in quality education for each individual child. We know that your child's development is very important to you, so we aim to support you as busy parents, caregivers/ whanau and as primary educators of your child.

Childhood is a magical time of discovery and learning that lays the foundation for a lifetime of learning and success. At Tawhiti Kindergarten we provide:

• A warm, friendly, home-from-home atmosphere;
• An open door policy; enabling parents, caregivers, family and whanau to spend time with their children;
• Light, spacious, well-equipped and maintained indoor/outdoor environments.
• All teachers qualified, experienced;
• An holistic, positive approach to each child's learning and development which promotes confidence, high self-esteem and happiness;
• An open partnership with our parents, offering regular feedback and family support;
• A unique buddy system with the local school (which aids in the transition process);
• Term newsletter; and
• an individual portfolio for each child.

Teachers

As teachers, we have a hands-on approach to learning. This encourages children to develop their observation skills by doing many types of activities; using the five senses, kinaesthetic movement, spatial refinement, fine and gross motor skill coordination. We support children to build or construct their knowledge of the world as active learners, discovering things through direct experience with people, objects, events and ideas. Children learn best while pursuing their own interests while being actively supported and challenged by the teachers.

Philosophy

As a team, we come together with our own strengths and interests. We work collaboratively sharing our existing knowledge, values, beliefs and ideas.We aspire to continually move forward to provide high quality education for children, where teachers and children work with and alongside each other.

Our educational practices incorporate the following aspects:

• Respect
• Creativity
• Social Competence
• Wonderment and awe
• Independence
• Risk Taking
• Curiosity
• Perseverance
• Problem Solving

Teachers

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As a team, we come together with our own strengths and interests. We work collaboratively sharing our existing knowledge, values, beliefs and ideas.We aspire to continually move forward to provide high quality education for children, where teachers and children work with and alongside each other.