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Welcome to Good Beginnings Early Childhood Care & Education
Good Beginnings is proud that our centres provide:
- Attractive and homely facilities with spacious indoor and outdoor areas
- Trained, dedicated and professional teachers offering high quality care and education
- Developmentally appropriate learning environments
- Programmes based on individual children’s strengths, skills and interests
- A philosophy based on respectful care and education practices
- Work and Income child care subsidies (conditions apply)
- 20 hours ECE subsidy for all 3, 4 and 5 year olds
- Highly competitive rates
The centre programme supports children to learn through self-motivated discovery, active exploration, investigating, thinking, and communicating. The mixed age group allows for infants and toddlers to learn alongside their older peers promoting tuakana teina relationships.
The primary caregiving system allows for teachers to know children and whānau well and work in partnership to develop individual and group experiences to promote quality care and meaningful educational experiences for all. Each child’s development and learning is documented in their individual portfolios.
Philosophy
Good Beginnings is the foundation of a positive and life-long learning process. Our name expresses our philosophy, which is based on the beliefs that:
- Each child is unique
- We learn through discovery, exploring, investigating, thinking and communicating
- Good communication and close links between teachers, parents, whānau and the community is the basis of the programme
- Children respond to recognition and encouragement
- Effective programme planning and assessment covers all aspects of children’s learning
- Our philosophy, together with aspirations families have for their child during their time at the centre guide the programme.
