Little Pinecone Preschool will provide a high standard of education in a warm, safe and nurturing environment, where children can feel comfortable and have a sense of belonging.
We have a holistic approach, and children will gain the values of turn-taking, sharing, independence, self-confidence, resilience and developing a positive outlook to learning for life.
We will provide child lead experiences that are developmentally appropriate for each stage of learning.
Our pedagogy will allow the child to explore the world around them, to ask questions and have those questions answered.
Children’s learning will include a focus on our natural world, our community and sustainability of our environments and reflect the bi-cultural country of Aotearoa New Zealand. Regular excursions to Cornwall Park & other community facilities will connect children to their local community.
Our teachers will encourage a child to feel empowered, make their needs be known and be sensitive towards children of different cultures, values and beliefs.
Tamariki have the right to:
- a peaceful, safe, secure, healthy, socially just, environmentally sustainable present and future,
- respect, unconditional love/aroha and an early childhood education which recognises them as active citizens and as active participants with rights and responsibilities,
- understand their own heritage and culture within the bicultural heritage of Aotearoa/Nu Tireni/New Zealand.
Tamariki and their whānau and families have the right to:
- full participation and to achievement irrespective of ethnicity, gender, ability or background,
- express who they are and be affirmed as an individual and as part of a community free from discrimination, assumptions or stereotypes.
