Typically responds within
A few hours
Awapuni Early Learners is a community-based early learning service in Gisborne that provides education and care for up to 30 children. It is situated within the grounds of Awapuni Primary School.
The centre philosophy emphasises the importance of relationships, respect and care for children's growth and development.
Te Whāriki is for young children and is not like a school curriculum. It does not prescribe formal subject teaching.
It is a curriculum guideline originally published in 1996 and revised in 2017 by the New Zealand Ministry of Education. It outlines the curriculum that the Ministry of Education requires every early childhood service in NZ to follow if it is to retain its licence to operate, care for and educate children.
In many respects the Te Whāriki curriculum includes much of what a child can experience at home in relationship with parents, family and community – for example, to be able to have a strong sense of belonging, well-being, making contributions, communicating, and exploring through play and family activities. These things can sometimes be harder to introduce in an early childhood education setting where relationships between adults and children may not be as close, and groups are larger. To help ECE services, Te Whāriki makes these values explicit by setting out principles and goals for ECE practice, and providing guidance for teaching approaches and assessment.
